Dry & Heavy (album)

Dry & Heavy is an album by reggae artist Burning Spear. It was released in 1977 on Island Records.

Dry & Heavy
Studio album by Burning Spear
Released	August 5, 1977
Recorded	1977
Genre	Reggae
Length	32:04
Label	Island
Producer	Winston Rodney
Burning Spear chronology
Man in the Hills (1976) Dry & Heavy (1977) Marcus' Children (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B[2]
Pop Matters	(Favorable) [3]

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

• Winston Rodney - lead vocals and percussion
• Robbie Shakespeare - bass guitar
• Aston "Family Man" Barrett - bass guitar
• Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace - drums
• Bernard "Touter" Harvey - keyboards
• Earl "Wire" Lindo – keyboards
• Earl "Chinna" Smith - lead and rhythm guitar
• Donald "Roots" Kinsey - lead guitar
• Bertram "Ranchie" McLean - rhythm guitar
• Noel "Skully" Simms - percussion
• Uziah "Sticky" Thompson – percussion
• Bobby Ellis - trumpet
• Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall - tenor sax
• Herman Marquis - alto sax
• Vincent "Trommie" Gordon – trombone

References

1. Beatty, Brian. Dry & Heavy at AllMusic
2. 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.
3. PopMatters review