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Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch a Fire Audio CD

A fair review of the Bob Marley & The Wailers "Catch a Fire" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Bob Marley & The Wailers reviews here, or go back to the Bob Marley & The Wailers tabs.

Bob Marley & The Wailers Band: Bob Marley & The Wailers
Title: Catch a Fire
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Release Date: 2001-06-12
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Concrete Jungle 2: Slave Driver 3: 400 Years 4: Stop That Train 5: Baby We Got a Date (Rock It Baby) 6: Stir It Up - Bob Marley, Bob Marley & the Wailers 7: Kinky Reggae 8: No More Trouble 9: Midnight Ravers 10: High Tide or Low Tide 11: All Day All Night

I Loved This Album
There are some fun songs, challenging songs & reflective songs on the record. I think this was a Great mainstream debut album for Bob and the Wailers. Marley wrote ever song with the exception of 2 which were written by Peter Tosh. One of those, 400 years, is one of my personal favorites on the album. Take a listen to that one and reflect! Overall a fine beginnging to one of the most influential periods and artist of the 20th century.

I've said it before, Bob Marley is one of the truest poets and revolutionaries in music history. He took an island genre, reggae, and made it mainstream. That particular genre of music now generates billions of dollars and Bob Marley and the Wailers are the reason why.


The First Bob Marley Album
This isn't one of those cases. Usually people say an artists first album is the best. This is still a great album though. My favorites are Stir It Up, Concrete Jungle, Slave Driver, Kinky Reggae and All Day and All Night.


Bad Remaster
This was my first Bob Marley purchase. What a disappointment. The actual music sounds enchanting; but I can't get past the tape hiss and distortion of the base & vocals. This particular cd [EXTRA TRACKS] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] bills itself as being "The definitive remasters". This reissue was supervised by Bill Levenson and Maxine Stowe. Bill and Maxine should be ashamed of themselves. With digital technology the tape hiss and base & vocal distortion could have been cleaned up. Bob Marely was (and is) a music legend. He deserves better.


Classic First Major Label Release.
But it was their 1973 major label release on Island that brought the band onto the international stage. The Wailers had been playing and recording in Jamaica for many years already. The Marley cuts are strong, especially "Concrete Jungle" and "Stir It Up". But Peter Tosh's two numbers, "400 Years" and "Stop That Train", are actually my favorite songs on the album. It's a shame that Tosh and Marley (along with Bunny Wailer) had to go their separate ways as they truly were the Lennon and McCartney of reggae music. Also don't underestimate the contributions of the Barrett brothers. Emphasis on bass and drums is one of the distinguishing features of reggae music and no rhythm section was more powerful than the Barretts. .


Catch a cold
Debut significance and any innovation credit aside, almost all tracks here are just forgettable in their basic similarities compared to his next few years when he and the band hit a creative stride. 2 1/2

It's just average to me. The traditional sound remains, although mainly butchered beyond stereotype in most cases with luke-warm songwriting and sterile backing vocals. A few tracks that crept out to land on further compilations obviously pointed at deeper melodic strength which was to come. Fans undoubtedly embrace this as early gospel, but those looking around as a starting point would do well to steer clear.


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