Hail H.I.M.

Hail H.I.M.
Hail H.I.M.
Studio album by Burning Spear
Released	1980
Recorded	1980
Genre	Reggae
Length	36:48
Label	EMI
Producer	Winston Rodney, Aston Barrett
Burning Spear chronology

Hail H.I.M. is a studio album by the Jamaican musician Burning Spear, released in 1980.^[1]^[2] He supported the album with a North American tour.^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Robert Christgau	B^[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[6]

Trouser Press considered "African Postman" and "Columbus" to be classics.^[7] The Black Country Evening Mail wrote that Burning Spear "is probably the only authentic rasta musician around who has not gone commercial."^[8]

Track listing

"Hail H.I.M." (Winston Rodney)
"Columbus" (Rodney)
"Road Foggy" (Rodney)
"Follow Marcus Garvey" (Rodney)
"Jah See and Know" (Rodney)
"African Teacher" (Rodney)
"African Postman" (Rodney)
"Cry Blood Africans" (Rodney)
"Jah A Guh Raid" (Rodney)

Credits

Recorded and mixed at Tuff Gong Recording Studio, Kingston Jamaica^[9]
Engineers: Dennis Thompson and Errol Brown
Original album cover design and photography by Neville Garrick

Musicians

Winston Rodney - vocals, percussion, congos
Aston "Family Man" Barrett - bass, percussion
Nelson Miller - drums
Junior Marvin - guitar
Tyrone Downie - keyboards
Earl Lindo - keyboards
Bobby Ellis - trumpet
Herman Marquis - saxophone
Egbert Evans - horns

References

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