Appointment With His Majesty
Encyclopedia
Appointment With His Majesty is a studio album by Jamaica
n reggae
singer Burning Spear
.
It was nominated for a Grammy Award
for Best Reggae Album
at the 40th Grammy Awards in 1998.
Additional Musicians
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
singer Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Winston Rodney, OD , also known as Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages.-History:...
.
It was nominated for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Reggae Album
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the reggae music genre...
at the 40th Grammy Awards in 1998.
Track listing
- All songs written and arranged by Winston Rodney.
- "The Future (Clean It Up)" – 4:47
- "Appointment With His Majesty" – 4:20
- "Play Jerry" – 4:39
- "Reggae Physician" – 4:25
- "Glory Be to Jah" – 5:04
- "Don't Sell Out" – 4:33
- "Come in Peace" – 4:23
- "African Jamaican" – 5:02
- "My Island" – 4:54
- "Commercial Development" – 5:21
- "Music" – 4:54
- "Loving You" – 4:57
Credits
- Published by Burning Spear Publishing, ASCAP.
- Executive Producer - Sonia Rodney
- Recorded at Grove Recording Studio, Ocho Rios, St. Ann's.
- Edited by Barry O'Hare
- Mixed By Barry O'Hare and Winston Rodney.
- Assistant Engineer - Bobby Hawthorne
- Project Coordinator for Heartbeat - Garret Vandermolen
- Sequencing - Chris Wilson
- Mastered by Dr. Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital Recording, Southborough, MA.
- Photography by Dana Siles
- Design by Jean-Pierre LeGuillou
Musicians
- Winston Rodney - vocals, congo, percussion, background vocals
- Nelson MillerNelson MillerNelson Miller is a Jamaican drummer and record producer. Miller was born and raised in Port Antonio. Influenced by Lloyd Knibb, Carlton "Santa" Davis, and Mikey "Boo" Richards, he began playing in bands in Port Antonio as a teenager....
- drums - James Smith - trumpet
- Lenval Jarrett - rhythm guitar
- Num H.S. Amun’Tehu - percussion, background vocals
- Steven Stewart - keyboards
- Rupert Bent - lead guitar
- Ronald "Nambo" Robinson - trombone
- Howard Messam - saxophone
- Barry O'Hare - keyboard
- Carol "Passion" Nelson - background vocals
- Edna Rodney - background vocals
- Rachell Bradshaw - background vocals
- Yvonne Patrick - background vocals
- Sharon Gordon - background vocals
Additional Musicians
- Tony Williams - drums
- Trevor McKenzie - bass
- Collin Elliot - bass
- Robbie Lyn - keyboard, background vocals
- Ian "Beezy" Coleman - rhythm, lead guitar ("Play Jerry")
- Junior "Chico" Chin - trumpet ("Play Jerry")
- Uziah "Sticky" ThompsonUziah ThompsonUziah "Sticky" Thompson is a Jamaican percussionist, vocalist and deejay active since the late 1950s. He has worked with some of the best known performers of Jamaican music and played on hundreds of albums.-Biography:...
- percussion ("Play Jerry") - Tony Green - saxophone ("Play Jerry")