Mistress Music

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Mistress Music
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Studio album by
Burning Spear
Released1988
Recorded1988
Genre Reggae
Length37:36
Label Slash 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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Robert Christgau B [6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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

Musicians

Additional Musicians

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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.
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