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The album was recorded in Kingston, Jamaica at Tuff Gong Studios and Anchor Studios in 2004 and released by Chocolate and Vanilla on 4 October 2005. In her memoir Rememberings, O'Connor said that she felt so strongly about making Throw Down Your Arms that she personally paid $400,000 of her own money for the record's production. [12] 10 per ...
Published by Island Music, Inc. Except "Lion" and "Throw Down Your Arms" published by Burning Spear Publishing ; Sound Engineer: Dennis Thompson; Recorded By Frank Owen, Island Mobile; Mixed At Island, Hammersmith By Gowin Logie and Terry Barham; Mastered By John Dent at Trident Studios; Cover Photos – Peter Murphy and Claire Hershman
Album Album type Notes 1988 "Some Day My Prince Will Come" Stay Awake: tribute Disney cover 1990 "You Do Something to Me" Red Hot + Blue: charity Bing Crosby cover 1991 "Sacrifice" Two Rooms: tribute Elton John cover 1992 "I Believe in You" A Very Special Christmas 2: various artists Bob Dylan cover 1993 "Religious Persuasion" Peace Together
The first song on the album, "Feel So Different", starts with The Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr. The album also includes O'Connor's rendition of " I Am Stretched on Your Grave ", an anonymous 17th-century poem that was written in Irish, translated into English by Frank O'Connor , and composed by musician Philip King in 1979.
[8] The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Dry & Heavy "counterbalances the anger and dread of the early albums by displaying a downright optimistic side." [7] PopMatters called it "an absolutely crucial album for Rodney, as it added a whole new arrow of nuance to his quiver—and it is also a really great-sounding reggae album." [9]
A CD and DVD box set is available, which includes a DVD of 25 of the band's music videos. The album is also available as a 'Deluxe Digital Version' which features 32 tracks including a rare 1987 live recording of the band's cover version of the Hunters & Collectors song "Throw Your Arms Around Me".
Jah No Dead is a compilation album by Burning Spear released in 2003. The tracks are compiled from five albums that Burning Spear released on Island in the 1970s. [ 1 ]
Harder Than the Best is a 1979 compilation album by Winston Rodney, also known as Burning Spear, a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician known for his Rastafari movement messages. Track listing [ edit ]