{{Short description|Album by Burning Spear}} {{Infobox album | name = Jah Is Real | type = Studio album | artist = Burning Spear | cover = Jah Is Real Burning Spear Album Cover.png | alt = | released = August 19, 2008 | recorded = | studio = Magic Shop, New York City | genre = Roots reggae | length = {{Duration|h=1|m=8|s=46}} | label = Burning Music | producer = Burning Music Production | prev_title = The Burning Spear Experience | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = Living Dub Vol. 6 | next_year = 2008 | misc = {{Singles | name = Jah Is Real | type = studio | single1 = The Cruise | single1date = 2008 }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jah-is-real-mw0000806396|title=Jah Is Real - Burning Spear {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=Anderson|first=Rick|date=|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=December 17, 2018}}</ref> | rev2 = ''PopMatters'' | rev2score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/burning-spear-jah-is-real-2496121608.html|title=Burning Spear: Jah Is Real {{!}} PopMatters|last=Jacobson|first=Nils|date=September 25, 2008|website=PopMatters|access-date=December 17, 2018}}</ref> }} '''''Jah Is Real''''' is a studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear. It was released on August 19, 2008, through Burning Music. The recording sessions took place at the Magic Shop in New York City.
The album peaked at number 3 on the Reggae Albums chart in the United States. It won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009.<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 = Winston Rodney | title1 = The Cruise | length1 = 4:38 | title2 = Step It | length2 = 8:10 | title3 = You Were Wrong | length3 = 4:56 | title4 = Run for Your Life | length4 = 6:29 | title5 = Jah Is Real | length5 = 4:06 | title6 = People in High Places | length6 = 4:23 | title7 = One Africa | length7 = 4:56 | title8 = Grandfather | length8 = 3:54 | title9 = Wickedness | length9 = 4:54 | title10 = Stick to the Plan | length10 = 4:29 | title11 = No Compromise | length11 = 4:17 | title12 = 700 Strong | length12 = 4:31 | title13 = Grassroot | length13 = 4:22 | title14 = Step It Remix | length14 = 4:41 | total_length = 1:08:46 }}
== Personnel == {{div col}} *Winston Rodney – vocals, percussion *"Lady" Peachena Eure – backing vocals *Marie Della Thomas – backing vocals *Joanne Williams – backing vocals *The Late Show's Gospel Choir – backing vocals *Kennedy Simmonds – keyboards *William Berlind – keyboards *Lawrence Lewis – keyboards *Michael Hyde – keyboards *George Bernard Worrell, Jr. – keyboards <small>(tracks: 2, 3, 6, 9, 11)</small> *Brian Thorn – lead guitar, engineering *Andrew Hobby Bassford – lead guitar *Donovan McKitty – lead guitar *Cecil Ordonez – lead guitar *Ian "Beezy" Coleman – rhythm guitar *Linford Carby – rhythm guitar *David Rekhley – bass *I Palmer – bass *William Earl "Bootsy" Collins – bass <small>(tracks: 2, 3, 6, 9)</small> *Mr. Handgroove – bass guitar <small>(track 14)</small> *Howard Smith – drums *Num Heru-ur Shutef Amon'Tehu – percussion *"Blessed" Donald Toney – saxophone *Gerald "Jerry" Johnson – saxophone *Jason Jackson – trombone *Kevin Batchelor – trumpet *Donovan "Snakie" Simmonds – additional engineering *Ted Young – additional engineering *Michael John – additional engineering *Chris Gehringer – mastering *Alexei Afonin – photography {{div col end}}
==Chart history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! scope="col" |Chart (2008) ! scope="col" |Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|BillboardReggae|3|artist=Burning Spear|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 17, 2018}} |}
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==External links== {{Discogs master|210439|Jah Is Real}}
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Category:2008 albums Category:Burning Spear albums Category:Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album