Calling Rastafari

Calling Rastafari
Studio album by Burning Spear
Released	1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	Reggae
Length	54:24
Label	Heartbeat Records
Producer	Burning Music Production
Burning Spear chronology
Living Dub Vol. 4 (1999) Calling Rastafari (1999) Free Man (2003)
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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.^[1]

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

Personnel

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

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