Resistance (Burning Spear album)

Resistance
Studio album by Burning Spear
Released	1985
Studio	Tuff Gong Studio Recording (Kingston, Jamaica)
Genre	Roots reggae
Length	36:43
Label	Heartbeat Records
Producer	Burning Spear Nelson Miller
Burning Spear chronology
The Fittest of the Fittest (1983) Resistance (1985) People of the World (1986)

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Resistance is a studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear. It was released in 1985 through Heartbeat Records, making it the artist's first release for the label. Recording sessions took place at Tuff Gong Recording Studio in Kingston, horns on "Jah Feeling" and "Mek We Yadd" were recorded at Aquarius Studios Kingston.

It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards.^[2]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Winston Rodney, except track 4 written with Noel Hamil.

Personnel[]

• Winston Rodney – vocals, akete, producer
• Richard Anthony Johnson – keyboards, piano, organ, Casio MT-40, Fender Rhodes
• Bobby Kalphat – organ
• Winston Wright – piano, clarinet
• Robert Lyn – synthesizer
• Peter Ashbourne – Prophet-5 synthesizer
• Lenford Richard – lead guitar
• Devon Bradshaw – rhythm guitar
• Michael Wilson – lead & rhythm guitar
• Anthony Bradshaw – bass
• Nelson Miller – drums, fundé, co-producer
• Alvin Haughton – percussion
• Dean Fraser – saxophone
• Herman Marquis – saxophone
• Glen DaCosta – tenor saxophone (track 2)
• Ronald "Nambo" Robinson – trombone
• Calvin "Bubbles" Cameron – trombone
• Barrington Xavier Bailey – trombone
• Leslie Wint – trumpet, flugelhorn
• David Madden – trumpet
• Junior "Chico" Chin – trumpet (track 7)
• Errol Brown – recording
• Jack Nuber – mixing
• Mervyn Williams – assistant engineering (tracks: 2, 8)
• Christopher Lewis – assistant engineering
• David Young – assistant mixing
• Wicked and Wild – art concept and photography

References[]

External links[]

Burning Spear – Resistance at Discogs (list of releases)