No Destroyer

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No Destroyer
Burning Spear No Destroyer cover small.png
Studio album by
Released18 August 2023
Recorded2011
Studio The Magic Shop
Genre Roots reggae
Length52:29
Label Burning Music
Burning Spear chronology
Jah Is Real
(2008)
No Destroyer
(2023)
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No Destroyer is a studio album by Jamaican musician Burning Spear. It was released on 18 August 2023 through Burning Music. [2] [1]

The album was recorded in 2011 at the Magic Shop recording studio in New York City. [3] It is Burning Spear's first studio album since he announced his retirement in 2016. He explained his choice to release new music by saying that "we can't retire from what His Majesty assigns us to do." [4]

No Destroyer was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 2024. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Winston Rodney, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Spear" 3:42
2."No Destroyer" 5:36
3."Independent" 4:24
4."Jamaica" 4:47
5."Cure for Cancer" 4:05
6."Obsession" 5:26
7."Mommy" 4:11
8."Open the Gate" 4:25
9."No Fool" 2:59
10."Negril"Winston Rodney, Sonia Rodney [4] 3:50
11."Talk" 4:29
12."They Think" 4:28
Total length:52:29

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References

  1. 1 2 David Katz (November 2023). "No Destroyer (review)". Mojo . No. 360. p. 93.
  2. No Destroyer at Discogs
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  4. 1 2 Claude Mills (2023-11-15), "Interview: Burning Spear On His Grammy-Nominated Comeback With 'No Destroyer'", dancehallmag.com, retrieved 2024-06-03
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