No Destroyer | ||||
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Released | 18 August 2023 | |||
Recorded | 2011 | |||
Studio | The Magic Shop | |||
Genre | Roots reggae | |||
Length | 52:29 | |||
Label | Burning Music | |||
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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]
All tracks are written by Winston Rodney, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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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