| Jah Kingdom | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Label | Mango [1] | |||
| Producer | Winston Rodney, Nelson Miller | |||
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Jah Kingdom is a studio album by the Jamaican musician Burning Spear, released in 1991. [2] [3] Burning Spear supported the album with a North American tour. [4]
Jah Kingdom was produced by Winston Rodney and Nelson Miller. [5] Burning Spear employed horns and synthesizers on the album, which was recorded with the Burning Band. [6] [7] The cover of the Grateful Dead's "Estimated Prophet" first appeared on the tribute album Deadicated . [8]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| Boston Herald | B+ [10] |
| Calgary Herald | C− [6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [11] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ [12] |
Entertainment Weekly praised Rodney's "high silk voice." [12] The Washington Post determined that, "pared down to the essentials, the arrangements generally mirror Rodney's economical phrasing, and if they're missing some of the grittiness that characterizes his singing (and some of his lyrics), at least the gloss isn't insufferably thick." [13]
The Gazette opined that the album "is crisply produced, pleasant enough and the band is hard at work, but the singer seems disinterested." [14] The Boston Herald noted Rodney's "ability to write politico-religious lyrics that are by turns angry and joyful, stinging and gentle." [10]
AllMusic wrote that the band "plays with a lighter touch than what was normally heard on Spear's previous albums." [9]
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