- reggae
- 34 min
- 10 tracks
- Mercury Records
Marcus Garvey is the third album by reggae artist Burning Spear, released in 1975 on Fox Records in Jamaica and then internationally on Island Records later in the year. The album is named after the Jamaican National Hero and Rastafari movement prophet Marcus Garvey. A dub version of it was released four months later as Garvey's Ghost.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and character-led.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- 1Marcus Garvey3:27
- 2Slavery Days3:34
- 3The Invasion3:21
- 4Live Good3:14
- 5Give Me3:11
- 6Old Marcus Garvey4:03
- 7Tradition3:31
- 8Jordan River2:59
- 9Red, Gold and Green3:14
- 10Resting Place3:11
10 tracks, 34 minutes.
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- Artist
- Burning Spear
- Label
- Mercury Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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