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Bob Marley & the Wailers - Natty Dread Audio CD

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Bob Marley & the Wailers Band: Bob Marley & the Wailers
Title: Natty Dread
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Release Date: 2001-06-12
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Lively Up Yourself 2: No Woman, No Cry 3: Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) 4: Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock) 5: So Jah Seh 6: Natty Dread 7: Bend Down Low 8: Talkin' Blues 9: Revolution 10: Am-A-Do [*]

As solid the genre's been
NJ might not be his greatest achievement, but is testament to how effortlessly well put together Marley's albums were, with hardly a misstep throughout the ten potent, memorable, but still fun reggae songs.


Great for the Marley fan
Its one of our favorites. My husband loves Bob and had this CD when we were teens but it got stolen out of his car, so I replaced it.


pop-oriented reggae
The studio version of "No Woman, No Cry" is jarring at first, but that's only because the live version is so good. Not having heard any of Marley's other albums in their original sequence, I can't comment on how this stands up to "Uprising" or "Burnin," but none of the songs which haven't made it to a greatest hits compilation is especially remarkable. The cut here is no less satisfying after one begins to anticipate the quicker tempo. All in all, there are no duds, but there also is never much of a crescendo of emotion or a very dramatic change of groove. In any case, it's a satisfying collection of pop-oriented reggae singles.


One of Bob Marley and the Wailers' best albums
Long ago, at the advice of an auctioneer, I threw away my album collection. This was the first Bob Marley and the Wailers vinyl albums that I bought--and it remained one of my favorites. This is the first time in about 20 years that I have listened to this work, having just purchased a CD through Amazon. Wow! I recalled this as a very nice work, but I am delighted that it is as powerful as I remembered it from decades ago.

This is the first work after the breakup of the original band, with Peter Tosh leaving. And it remains strong today. I find it surprising that only one song off this CD made it onto the Wailers' greatest hits CD, "Legend. " Anyhow, my reaction to some of the songs on this CD. . . .

"Lively up yourself": With Marley's work, the sound has a "laid back" kind of quality, but it is also hypnotic and powerful. This features some nice guitar licks by then new guitarist Al Anderson. A couple lines that provide a sense of the tone of the lyrics, so ably sung by Marley:

"You're gonna lively up yourself and don't be no drag,
You lively up yourself 'cause reggae is another bag. "

"Them belly full (but we hungry)": An evocative song with a social and political sensibility. The I-Threes are the backing group, and they show well here. The opening lines set the tone for this work:

"Them belly full but we hungry.
A hungry mob is an angry mob. "

"Talkin' Blues": The instrumental work is excellent; the percussion sets the beat nicely. The I-Threes again create solid backing for Marley's vocals.

"Cold ground was my bed last night
and rock was my pillow too. . . .
I been down on the rock so long
I seem to wear a permanent screw. "

"Revolution":

"Revelation, reveals the truth, Revelation.
It takes a revolution to make a solution. "

With those lyrics, this cut begins (with the I-Threes filling in between the two lines above). This is another overtly political song. The drum and horns start this song off well. Then, the words. This is another example of how much Bob Marley was a master of the reggae genre.

Marley's premature death is greatly to be regretted. In the rather short time that he recorded his works, he created a body of work that is powerful and some of the best reggae around. I'd recommend this work pretty strongly to those who like reggae.
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Lively Up Yourself
It doesn't get any better than this. No record collection would be complete without this milestone from 1974.


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