The Fittest of the Fittest

The Fittest of the Fittest
Studio album by
Burning Spear
Released1983
Recorded1983
GenreReggae
Length35:12
LabelEMI, Heartbeat Records[1][2]
ProducerBurning Music Production
Burning Band
Burning Spear chronology
Farover
(1982) 		The Fittest of the Fittest
(1983) 		Resistance
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

The Fittest of the Fittest is an album by the reggae musician Burning Spear, released in 1983.[6][7]

Critical reception

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 left."[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Winston Rodney

  1. "The Fittest of the Fittest" - 3:45
  2. "Fire Man" - 4:10
  3. "Bad to Worst" - 3:32
  4. "Repatriation" - 3:43
  5. "Old Boy Garvey" - 3:45
  6. "2000 Years" - 4:00
  7. "For You" - 4:04
  8. "In Africa" - 4:04
  9. "Vision" - 4:42

Credits

  • Engineered by Errol Brown
  • Assistant Engineer: Chris Lewis
  • Mixed by Winston Rodney and Errol Brown
  • Recorded and mixed at Tuff Gong Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica
  • Original art and design by Wicked and Wild
  • Original photography by Howard Liebowitz, M.D.
  • Original typography and inner bag design by Keith Breeded (Assorted Images) and The Printed Word

Musicians

Burning Band

Additional musicians

References

  1. ^ a b "Burning Spear". Trouser Press. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Burning Spear Rasta Business". Exclaim!. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b "The Fittest of the Fittest - Burning Spear | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press – via Google Books.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 98.
  6. ^ "Burning Spear Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  7. ^ Thompson, Dave (September 8, 2002). "Reggae & Caribbean Music". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.