Mistress Music is an album by the Jamaican musician Burning Spear, released in 1988 by Slash Records. It was produced by Burning Spear and Nelson Miller. Burning Spear supported the album with a North American tour.
Critical reception
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."
Track listing "Tell the Children" "Leader" "Woman, I Love You" "One Way" "Negril" "Mistress Music" "Love Garvey" "Tell Me, Tell Me" "Say You Are in Love" "Fly Me to the Moon"
Personnel Burning Spear - vocals, harmony Devon Bradshaw - bass Nelson Miller - drums Anthony Bradshaw - guitar, harmony Lenford Richards - lead guitar Alvin Haughton - percussion Jennifer Hill - saxophone ("Love Garvey" and "Say You Are In Love") Pamela Fleming - trumpet ("Love Garvey," "Say You Are In Love," and solo on "Fly Me To The Moon") Nilda Richards - trombone ("Love Garvey" and "Say You Are In Love")
Additional musicians Robbie Lyn - synthesizers, piano Dean Fraser - saxophone Ronald "Nambo" Robinson - trombone Junior "Chico" Chin - trumpet Michael Sauvage - piano ("Mistress Music")
Credits All Songs Written By Winston Rodney Published By Burning Spear Publishing PRS Executive Producer - A Burning Music Production 18 Hill Street, St. Ann's Bay Recorded At - Tuff Gong Recording Studios, Kingston, Jamaica Recording Engineer - Gary Sutherland Mixed At - Sound Ideas Studio, New York Mixing Engineers - Michael Sauvage and Mervyn Williams Assistant - Joe Pirrera Mastered By - Brian Gardner and Matt Wallace at Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles Photography - Lendon Flanagan Illustration - Oscar Moreno
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