Dry & Heavy is the fifth studio album of the reggae artist Burning Spear, released in 1977 as the third Island album.[1][2]

Dry & Heavy
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 5, 1977
Recorded1977
GenreReggae
Length32:04
LabelIsland
ProducerWinston Rodney
Burning Spear chronology
Man in the Hills
(1976)
Dry & Heavy
(1977)
Live
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Record GuideB[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

Production

The album was produced by Winston Rodney, and recorded at Harry J's studio.[1] It was the last album to include the musicians known as the Black Disciples.[7]

Critical reception

Fact deemed the album among Burning Spear's "peak-period greats."[8] The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Dry & Heavy "counterbalances the anger and dread of the early albums by displaying a downright optimistic side."[6] PopMatters called it "an absolutely crucial album for Rodney, as it added a whole new arrow of nuance to his quiver—and it is also a really great-sounding reggae album."[9]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Walter Rodney; except where indicated

  1. "Any River" - 3:19
  2. "The Sun" (Rodney, Don Taylor, Phillip Fullwood) - 3:42
  3. "It's A Long Way Around" (Rodney, Fullwood) - 3:06
  4. "I W.I.N." - 3:47
  5. "Throw Down Your Arms" - 4:05
  6. "Dry & Heavy" - 3:29
  7. "Wailing" - 2:46
  8. "Black Disciples" - 4:23
  9. "Shout It Out" - 3:27

Credits

  • Arranged and produced by Winston Rodney
  • Executive producer - Don Taylor
  • Recorded at Harry J Studio Kingston, Jamaica
  • Engineer - Sylvan Morris
  • Mixed at Harry J Studio Kingston, Jamaica

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Burning Spear | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. Moskowitz, David Vlado (March 17, 2006). Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313331589 via Google Books.
  3. Beatty, Brian. Dry & Heavy at AllMusic
  4. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 22, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  5. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. pp. 71–72.
  6. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 98.
  7. "Burning Spear Rasta Business". exclaim.ca.
  8. "A beginner's guide to reggae legend Burning Spear". January 6, 2016.
  9. "Burning Spear: Man in the Hills & Dry and Heavy / Social Living". October 9, 2003.
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