''Jah Kingdom'' is a studio album by the

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n musician Burning Spear, released in 1991. Burning Spear supported the album with a North American tour.

Production

''Jah Kingdom'' was produced by

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and

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. Burning Spear employed horns and synthesizers on the album, which was recorded with the Burning Band. The cover of the

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's "Estimated Prophet" first appeared on the tribute album ''

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''.

Critical reception

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'' praised Rodney's "high silk voice." ''

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'' determined that, "pared down to the essentials, the arrangements generally mirror Rodney's economical phrasing, and if they're missing some of the grittiness that characterizes his singing (and some of his lyrics), at least the gloss isn't insufferably thick." ''

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'' opined that the album "is crisply produced, pleasant enough and the band is hard at work, but the singer seems disinterested." The ''

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'' noted Rodney's "ability to write politico-religious lyrics that are by turns angry and joyful, stinging and gentle."

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wrote that the band "plays with a lighter touch than what was normally heard on Spear's previous albums."

Track listing

#"Jah Kingdom" #"Praise Him" #"Come, Come" #"World Power" #"Tumble Down" #"Call On Jah" #"Should I" #"When Jah Call" #"Thank You" #"Land of My Birth" #"Estimated Prophet"

Credits

*All songs written by Winston Rodney except track 11 ( B Weir/ J Barlow) *Executive Producer - Burning Music Production *Track 11 Produced & Arranged by

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, originally released on Arista Records album ''

'' *Recorded at Grove Recording Studio, Ocho Rios, Jamaica *Recording engineer - Barry O'Hare *Assistant engineer - Andrew Thomas *Mixed at Platinum Island Studios, New York *Mixed by Michael Sauvage *Assistants - Barry O'Hare, Mervyn Williams *Studio Assistant - Wes Naprstek *Mastered at Masterdisk by Tony Dawsey *Art Direction - Deborah Melian *Front Cover Artwork - Tony Ramsay *Photography - Chris Carroll

Musicians

- vocals, percussion *

- drums *Paul Beckford - bass *Lenford Richards - lead guitar, piano ("World Power"), Casio PG 380 (solo "Thank You") *Lenval Jarrett - rhythm guitar *Alvin Haughton - percussion *

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- trombone *James Smith - trumpet (solo "Thank You") *Mark Wilson- saxophone *Jay Noel - keyboards Additional Musicians *

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- synthesizers, piano *Ronald "Nambo" Robinson - trombone (tracks 1,3,4,5&10) *Junior "Chico" Chin - trumpet (tracks 1,3,4,5&10) *

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- saxes (tracks 1,3,4,5&10) *Richard Johnson - piano (tracks 5,7&9)

References

{{Authority control Burning Spear albums 1991 albums Mango Records albums