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The Fittest of the Fittest
Reggae / Dub · 1983 · 9 tracks

The Fittest of the Fittest

Burning Spear

Stately brass and hypnotic chanting anchored by heavy, slow-burning bass. A meditative 1983 roots session that feels like history being retold through smoke.

1983 · EMI

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A stately and meditative journey through history that feels both ancient and urgent.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
The Fittest of the Fittest
3:49
02
Fire Man
4:10
03
Bad to Worst
3:32
04
Repatriation
3:42
05
Old Boy Garvey
3:45
06
2000 Years
4:04
07
For You
4:04
08
In Africa
4:00
09
Vision
4:42
Moments Worth Listening For
The hypnotic repetition of the title phrase on track 1 creating a meditative trance state.
The surreal nursery rhyme interpolation in Bad to Worst that turns a childhood song into a cryptic warning.
The mournful, jazz-inflected brass lines that open 2000 Years before the heavy bass drops in.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does The Fittest of the Fittest sound next to the rest of Burning Spear's catalogue?

Dusk+2.2σ

Dusk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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