Calling Rastafari

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Calling Rastafari
Studio album by Burning Spear
Released	1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	Reggae
Length	mm:ss
Label	Heartbeat Records
Producer	Burning Music Production
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Burning Spear chronology
Living Dub Vol. 4 (1999) Calling Rastafari (1999) Free Man (2003)
Alternative cover

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

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

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Credits

• 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

[edit] 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

Additional 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