{{Infobox album | name = Calling Rastafari | type = studio | artist = Burning Spear | cover = Call_500x500.jpg | alt = | released = August 24, 1999 | recorded = 1999 | studio = Grove Music Studio <small>(Ocho Rios, Jamaica)</small> | genre = Roots reggae | length = {{Duration|m=54|s=24}} | label = Heartbeat Records | producer = {{hlist|Sonia Rodney <small>(exec.)</small>|Burning Spear}} | prev_title = Living Dub Vol. 4 | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = Free Man | next_year = 2003 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = studio | cover = Call_ac_300x300.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/calling-rastafari-mw0000247421|title=Calling Rastafari - Burning Spear {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=Anderson|first=Rick|date=|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=December 17, 2018}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev2score = N/A<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/burning_spear-calling_rastafari-3|title=Burning Spear Calling Rastafari|last=Speers|first=Lauren|date=October 1, 1999|website=Exclaim!|language=en-ca|access-date=December 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/burning_spear-calling_rastafari|title=Burning Spear Calling Rastafari|last=Dacks|first=David|date=August 2, 2000|website=Exclaim!|language=en-ca|access-date=December 17, 2018}}</ref> }} '''Calling Rastafari''' is a studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear. It was released on August 24, 1999 through Heartbeat Records. Recording sessions took place at Grove Music Studio in Ocho Rios.
The album peaked at number 9 on the Reggae Albums chart in the United States. It won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Spear-gets-Grammy-calling_15767797|title=Jamaica Observer Limited|last=Campbell|first=Howard|date=January 15, 2014|website=Jamaica Observer|access-date=December 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/burning-spear/10824|title=Burning Spear|last=|first=|date=March 17, 2014|website=Grammy|language=en|access-date=December 17, 2018}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Burning Spear | title1 = As It Is | length1 = 4:56 | title2 = Hallelujah | note2 = Extended Mix | length2 = 6:51 | title3 = House of Reggae | length3 = 4:37 | title4 = Let's Move | length4 = 4:36 | title5 = Brighten My Vision | length5 = 4:47 | title6 = You Want Me To | length6 = 4:57 | title7 = Calling Rastafari | length7 = 3:51 | title8 = Sons of He | note8 = Extended Mix | length8 = 5:59 | title9 = Statue of Liberty | length9 = 3:36 | title10 = Own Security | length10 = 4:27 | title11 = Holy Man | note11 = Extended Mix | length11 = 5:47 | total_length = 54:24 }}
== Personnel == ;Burning Band *Winston Rodney – vocals, percussion, arranger, producer, mixing *Stephen Stewart – keyboards *Num Heru-ur Shutef Amon'Tehu – percussion *Clyde Cummings – saxophone *James Smith – trumpet *Micah Robinson – trombone
;Additional musicians *Ian "Beezy" Coleman – harmony vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar *Carol "Passion" Nelson – harmony vocals *Rochelle Bradshaw – harmony vocals *Yvonne Patrick – harmony vocals *Lesline Kidd – harmony vocals *Wayne Arnold – lead guitar *Chris Meridith – bass guitar *Shawn "Mark" Dawson – drums *Uziah "Sticky" Thompson – percussion *Howard "Saxy" Messam – saxophone *Chico Chin – trumpet
;Technicals *Sonia Rodney – executive producer *Barry O'Hare – engineering, mixing *Toby Mountain – mastering *Joshua Blood – supervisor, lyric transcription *Anne Murdock – design *David Corio – photography
==Chart history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! scope="col" |Chart (1999) ! scope="col" |Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|BillboardReggae|9|artist=Burning Spear|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 17, 2018}} |}
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==External links== {{Discogs master|108134|Calling Rastafari}}
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Category:1999 albums Category:Burning Spear albums Category:Heartbeat Records albums Category:Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album