Mistress Music

Mistress Music
Studio album by
Burning Spear
Released1988
Recorded1988
GenreReggae
Length37:36
LabelSlash Records
Burning Spear chronology
People of the World
(1986) 		Mistress Music
(1988) 		Mek We Dweet
(1990)

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Robert ChristgauB[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

  1. "Tell The Children"
  2. "Leader"
  3. "Woman, I Love You"
  4. "One Way"
  5. "Negril"
  6. "Mistress Music"
  7. "Love Garvey"
  8. "Tell Me, Tell Me"
  9. "Say You Are In Love"
  10. "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")

References

  1. ^ Erskine, Evelyn (23 Sep 1988). "Burning Spear Mistress Music". Ottawa Citizen. p. B6.
  2. ^ Healy, James (June 5, 1988). "Burning Spear, 'Mistress Music'". Omaha World-Herald. p. SD.
  3. ^ "Burning Spear". Trouser Press. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  4. ^ Hoekstra, Dave (August 19, 1988). "Dave's Dawn Patrol". Weekend Plus. Chicago Sun-Times. p. 7.
  5. ^ "Mistress Music Review by Adam Greenberg". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Burning Spear". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  8. ^ Steckles, Garry (18 Aug 1988). "From Jamaica with love – reggae from Burning Spear". The Gazette. p. E3.