Rocking Time is a reggae album by Jamaican musician Burning Spear, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music) on the Studio One label.

Rocking Time
Studio album by
Released1974
RecordedJamaica Recording & Publishing Studio LTD
GenreReggae
LabelStudio One
ProducerClement Dodd
Burning Spear chronology
Studio One Presents Burning Spear
(1973)
Rocking Time
(1974)
Marcus Garvey
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

His second album for Studio One, Rocking Time featured bass guitarist Leroy Sibbles and drummer Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace.[3] The album was described by AllMusic as "cosmic reggae at its rawest" and "the very epitome of conscious music".[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Call On You"
  2. "Foggy Road"
  3. "Swell Headed"
  4. "Girls Like You"
  5. "Old Time Saying"
  6. "Bad To Worst"
  7. "What A Happy Day"
  8. "This Race"
  9. "Walla Walla"
  10. "Rocking Time"
  11. "Weeping And Wailing"
  12. "Mamie"

Credits

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References

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  1. ^ a b Rocking Time at AllMusic
  2. ^ Colin Larkin (1998). "Burning Spear". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. II (3rd ed.). Muze. p. 840–1. ISBN 0-333-74134-X.
  3. ^ Campbell, Howard (2014) "Rocking with Spear", Jamaica Observer, 10 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014