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Calling Rastafari

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Released
  
1999

Length
  
54:24

Artist
  
Burning Spear

Label
  
HeartBeat Records

Recorded
  
1999

Calling Rastafari (1999)
  
Free Man (2003)

Release date
  
1999

Genre
  
Reggae

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Producer
  
Burning Music Production

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album

Similar
  
Burning Spear albums, Reggae albums

Calling Rastafari is a studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear.

Contents

It won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000.

Burning spear calling rastafari live at the saturday early show 2001


Track listing

  1. "As It Is" – 4:56
  2. "Hallelujah" (Extended Mix) – 6:51
  3. "House of Reggae" – 4:37
  4. "Let's Move" – 4:36
  5. "Brighten My Vision" – 4:47
  6. "You Want Me To" – 4:57
  7. "Calling Rastafari" – 3:51
  8. "Sons of He" (Extended Mix) – 5:59
  9. "Statue of Liberty" – 3:36
  10. "Own Security" – 4:27
  11. "Holy Man" (Extended Mix) – 5:47

Musicians

Burning Band

  • Stephen Stewart - keyboards
  • James Smith - trumpet
  • Num H.S. Amun’Tehu - percussion
  • Clyde Cumming - saxophone
  • Micah Robinson - trombone
  • Burning Spear - percussion, harmony vocals

    • Guest musicians

  • Howard "Saxy" Messam - saxophone
  • Wayne Arnold - lead guitar
  • Ian "Beezy" Coleman - rhythm guitar, lead guitar, harmony vocals
  • Chico Chin - trumpet
  • Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - percussion
  • Shawn "Mark" Dawson - drums
  • Chris Meridith - bass guitar
  • Carol "Passion" Nelson - harmony vocals
  • Rochelle Bradshaw - harmony vocals
  • Lesline Kidd - harmony vocals
  • Yvonne Patrick - harmony vocals

    • Technical personnel

  • All songs written and arranged by Burning Spear
  • Executive Producer - Sonia Rodney
  • All songs published by Burning Spear Publishing, ASCAP
  • Recorded at Grove Recording Studio, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
  • Engineered by Barry O'Hare
  • Mixed by Barry O'Hare & Burning Spear
  • Mastered by Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital Recording, Southborough, MA
  • Album supervision and lyric transcriptions by Joshua Blood
  • Photography by David Corio
  • Design by Anne Murdock

    • Songs

    1As It Is4:56
    2Hallelujah (extended mix)6:30
    3House of Reggae4:36

    References

    Calling Rastafari Wikipedia
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