| Dry & Heavy | ||||
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| Studio album by Burning Spear | ||||
| Released | August 5, 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 32:04 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Winston Rodney | |||
| Burning Spear chronology | ||||
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Dry & Heavy is a studio album by the Jamaican musician Burning Spear, released in 1977 through Island Records.
Production
The album was produced by Winston Rodney, and recorded at Harry J's studio. It was the last album to include the musicians known as the Black Disciples.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Fact deemed the album among Burning Spear's "peak-period greats." The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Dry & Heavy "counterbalances the anger and dread of the early albums by displaying a downright optimistic side." 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."
Track listing
All tracks composed by Walter Rodney; except where indicated
- "Any River" - 3:19
- "The Sun" (Rodney, Don Taylor, Phillip Fullwood) - 3:42
- "It's a Long Way Around" (Rodney, Fullwood) - 3:06
- "I W.I.N." - 3:47
- "Throw Down Your Arms" - 4:05
- "Dry & Heavy" - 3:29
- "Wailing" - 2:46
- "Black Disciples" - 4:23
- "Shout It Out" - 3:27
Credits
- Arranged and produced by Winston Rodney
- Recorded at Harry J Studio Kingston, Jamaica
- Engineer - Sylvan Morris
- Mixed at Harry J Studio Kingston, Jamaica
Personnel
- Winston Rodney - lead vocals and percussion
- Robbie Shakespeare - bass guitar
- Aston "Family Man" Barrett - bass guitar
- Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace - drums
- Bernard "Touter" Harvey - keyboards
- Earl "Wire" Lindo – keyboards
- Earl "Chinna" Smith - lead and rhythm guitar
- Donald "Roots" Kinsey - lead guitar
- Bertram "Ranchie" McLean - rhythm guitar
- Noel "Skully" Simms - percussion
- Uziah "Sticky" Thompson – percussion
- Bobby Ellis - trumpet
- Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall - tenor sax
- Herman Marquis - alto sax
- Vincent "Trommie" Gordon – trombone
References
- ^ "Burning Spear | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- Moskowitz, David Vlado (March 17, 2006). Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313331589.
- "Burning Spear Rasta Business". exclaim.ca.
- Beatty, Brian. Dry & Heavy at AllMusic
- Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. pp. 71–72.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 98.
- "A beginner's guide to reggae legend Burning Spear". Fact. January 6, 2016.
- "Burning Spear: Man in the Hills & Dry and Heavy / Social Living". PopMatters. October 9, 2003.