Mistress Music
1988 studio album by Burning Spear
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Mistress Music is an album by the Jamaican musician Burning Spear, released in 1988 by Slash Records.[1][2] It was produced by Burning Spear and Nelson Miller.[3] Burning Spear supported the album with a North American tour.[4]
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 37:36 | |||
| Label | Slash Records | |||
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Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Robert Christgau | B[6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
The Gazette wrote that "Mistress Music seems to be a logical step in a process by which Spear is trying to make his music more accessible without making more than minor concessions to commercialism."[8]
Track listing
- "Tell The Children"
- "Leader"
- "Woman, I Love You"
- "One Way"
- "Negril"
- "Mistress Music"
- "Love Garvey"
- "Tell Me, Tell Me"
- "Say You Are In Love"
- "Fly Me To The Moon"
Credits
- All Songs Written By Winston Rodney
- Published By Burning Spear Publishing PRS
- Executive Producer - A Burning Music Production 18 Hill Street, St. Ann's Bay
- Recorded At - Tuff Gong Recording Studios, Kingston, Jamaica
- Recording Engineer - Gary Sutherland
- Mixed At - Sound Ideas Studio, New York
- Mixing Engineers - Michael Sauvage and Mervyn Williams
- Assistant - Joe Pirrera
- Mastered By - Brian Gardner and Matt Wallace at Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles
- Photography - Lendon Flanagan
- Illustration - Oscar Moreno
Musicians
- Burning Spear - vocals, harmony
- Devon Bradshaw - bass
- Nelson Miller - drums
- Anthony Bradshaw - guitar, harmony
- Lenford Richards - lead guitar
- Alvin Haughton - percussion
- Jennifer Hill - saxophone ("Love Garvey" and "Say You Are In Love")
- Pamela Fleming - trumpet ("Love Garvey," "Say You Are In Love," and solo on "Fly Me To The Moon")
- Nilda Richards - trombone ("Love Garvey" and "Say You Are In Love")
Additional Musicians
- Robbie Lyn - synthesizers, piano
- Dean Fraser - saxophone
- Ronald "Nambo" Robinson - trombone
- Junior "Chico" Chin - trumpet
- Michael Sauvage - piano ("Mistress Music")