i always really wanted to like burning spear, and i had one album (rocking time) that i did actually think was great. but the tuneless vocals, and later very artificial or even creepy production put me off. i got hold of "creation rebel" a heartbeat collection of his very earliest work for studio one. many of these songs were re-recorded at higher production quality later. but never better. the strength, passion, even the scumbled-up production make you understand people's decisions to rank winston rodney at the very top of reggae artists.