# Farover

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Farover
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Burning Spear](/source/Burning_Spear)
| cover      = Far 500x500.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1982
| recorded   = 1982
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Reggae](/source/Reggae)
| length     = 42:15
| label      = [EMI](/source/EMI)
| producer   = [Winston Rodney](/source/Winston_Rodney)
| prev_title = [Living Dub Vol. 2](/source/Living_Dub_Vol._2)
| prev_year  = 1980
| next_title = [The Fittest of the Fittest](/source/The_Fittest_of_the_Fittest)
| next_year  = 1983
}}
'''''Farover''''' is an album by the Jamaican [reggae](/source/reggae) singer and musician [Burning Spear](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Boston_Globe)'' called ''Farover'' "a generally solid roots effort, even if it is not as intense as ''[Burning Spear Live](/source/Live_(Burning_Spear_album))''."<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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Tuff_Gong) Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica
*Engineer [Errol Brown](/source/Errol_Brown)
*Mixed by [Winston Rodney](/source/Winston_Rodney) and [Errol Brown](/source/Errol_Brown)
*Original cover by [Neville Garrick](/source/Neville_Garrick)

== Personnel ==
*[Winston Rodney](/source/Winston_Rodney) – lead vocals, background vocals, percussion
*Anthony Bradshaw – bass, percussion, background vocals (track 7)
*[Aston "Family Man" Barrett](/source/Aston_Barrett) – organ, clavinet, bass (track 9)
*[Nelson Miller](/source/Nelson_Miller) – drums, octoban
*[Michael Wilson](/source/Mike_Wilson_(guitarist)) – lead and rhythm guitar
*Devon Bradshaw – rhythm guitar, lead guitar track 7
*Richard Johnson – organ, piano, synthesizer, clavinet
*[Herman Marquis](/source/Herman_Marquis) – alto saxophone
*[Bobby Ellis](/source/Bobby_Ellis) – trumpet, percussion
*Elias Rodney – percussion

==References==
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Category:Burning Spear albums
Category:1982 albums
Category:EMI Records albums

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