{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox album | name = Farover | type = studio | artist = Burning Spear | cover = Far 500x500.jpg | alt = | released = 1982 | recorded = 1982 | venue = | studio = | genre = Reggae | length = 42:15 | label = EMI | producer = Winston Rodney | prev_title = Living Dub Vol. 2 | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = The Fittest of the Fittest | next_year = 1983 }} '''''Farover''''' is an album by the Jamaican reggae singer and musician Burning Spear, released in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |title=Burning Spear Biography by Jo-Ann Greene |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/burning-spear-mn0000641994/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave |title=Reggae & Caribbean Music |date=2002 |publisher=Backbeat Books |page=54}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Farover Review by William Ruhlmann |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/farover-mw0000370750 |website=AllMusic |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> |rev2= Robert Christgau |rev2Score = B+<ref name="RC">{{cite web |title=Burning Spear |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Burning+Spear |website=Robert Christgau |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> |rev3 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' |rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press}}</ref> |rev4 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' |rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=98}}</ref> }} Robert Christgau noted that "ever more delicate backup horns subsume ever more docile backup vocals as his unearthly outcries grow more coaxing, less admonitory."<ref name=RC/> ''The Boston Globe'' called ''Farover'' "a generally solid roots effort, even if it is not as intense as ''Burning Spear Live''."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morse |first1=Steve |title=Reggae: The State of the Art |work=The Boston Globe |date=20 Mar 1983 |department=Arts |page=1}}</ref> The ''Miami Herald'' deemed the album "typical of him—mostly philosophical tunes like 'O'Jah' and the title song that are bouncy and soothing at best."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Oliver |first1=Kitty |title=Reggae |work=Miami Herald |date=October 17, 1982 |page=3L}}</ref> ''Trouser Press'' praised the "haunting vocals and trance-inducing music."<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Burning Spear |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/burning-spear/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
==Track listing== <small>All tracks are composed by Winston Rodney</small>
#"Farover" – 4:22 #"Greetings" – 4:42 #"Image (Of Marcus Mosiah Garvey)" – 4:53 #"Rock" – 3:32 #"Education" – 4:12 #"She's Mine" – 4:48 #"Message" – 5:26 #"Oh Jah" – 5:33 #"Jah Is My Driver" – 4:47
==Credits== *Recorded and mixed at Tuff Gong Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica *Engineer Errol Brown *Mixed by Winston Rodney and Errol Brown *Original cover by Neville Garrick
== Personnel == *Winston Rodney – lead vocals, background vocals, percussion *Anthony Bradshaw – bass, percussion, background vocals (track 7) *Aston "Family Man" Barrett – organ, clavinet, bass (track 9) *Nelson Miller – drums, octoban *Michael Wilson – lead and rhythm guitar *Devon Bradshaw – rhythm guitar, lead guitar track 7 *Richard Johnson – organ, piano, synthesizer, clavinet *Herman Marquis – alto saxophone *Bobby Ellis – trumpet, percussion *Elias Rodney – percussion
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