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Live in Paris Zenith '88 is the second live album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear, released in 1988. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 32nd Grammy Awards in 1990.
The Fittest Selection: Greatest hits of 1980-1983 (1987), EMI; Keep the Spear Burning (1989), Island; The Original (1992), Sonic Sounds; Chant Down Babylon The Island Anthology (1996), Island; Best of Burning Spear (1999), Declic; Ultimate Collection: Best of Collection (2001), Island; Best of the Fittest: Best of Collection (2001), EMI; Rare ...
Reggae Greats is a best of album by reggae artist Burning Spear. The album is subtitled "Best of the Island Years 1975-1978" and was released in 1984. The album is subtitled "Best of the Island Years 1975-1978" and was released in 1984.
Trouser Press called the album "excellent," writing that "keyboard stabs, creative percussion and intriguing arrangements provide a solid background to his cries and moans of passion." [1] AllMusic called it "a superb album, which while not in the same class as Spear's first five releases, proves that the artist still has a good deal of simmer ...
Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats is a compilation album by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel.It was released in 1990 as Gabriel's first career retrospective, including songs from his first solo album Peter Gabriel (I or Car) (1977), through Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ (1989).
[4] The Boston Globe called Farover "a generally solid roots effort, even if it is not as intense as Burning Spear Live." [7] The Miami Herald deemed the album "typical of him—mostly philosophical tunes like 'O'Jah' and the title song that are bouncy and soothing at best." [8] Trouser Press praised the "haunting vocals and trance-inducing ...
The album is named after the Jamaican National Hero and Rastafari movement prophet Marcus Garvey. A dub version of it was released four months later as Garvey's Ghost. This was the first album by Burning Spear recorded for producer Lawrence Lindo, better known by his handle taken from the assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby.
[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]