The Guide to Bob Marley
Submitted by lbangs on Fri, 05/27/2005 - 04:42
Tags:
- Soul Rebels (1970) - ** 1/2
- African Herbsman (1973) - *** 1/2
- Catch a Fire (1973) - *****
- Burnin' (1973) - *****
- Natty Dread (1974) - *****
- Live! (1975) - **** 1/2
- Rasta Revolution (1974) - ** 1/2
- Rastaman Vibration (1976) - **** 1/2
- Exodus (1977) - **** 1/2
- Kaya (1978) - *** 1/2
- Babylon by Bus (1978) - **** 1/2
- Survival (1979) - *** 1/2
- Uprising (1980) - **** 1/2
- Confrontation (1983) - ***
- Legend (1984) - *****
- Rebel Music (1986) - ****
- Talkin' Blues (1991) - *** 1/2
- One Love (At Studio One) (1991) - ****
- Songs of Freedom (1992) - **** 1/2
- Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On (1995) - ****
- Climb the Ladder (2000) - ***
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bab Marley & the Wailers (2004) - *
- Gold (2005) - *** 1/2
Author Comments:
This appears just like my CC series, but there is one crucial distinction. This list is the combined opinions of me and the critics in the critical consensus series. My vote counted for one point just like the vote of each critic.
Essentially, this is simply an update of the CC series with my little voice tossed in as a drop in the critical pool.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever
I (slightly) disagree on Exodus. IMO it is the best Marley album.
I (strongly) disagree on Survival. IMO it is the second best Marley album.
I don't think I've heard Survival, but the critics were pretty unanimous on that particular rating.
Do you agree with the albums that received five-star status?
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bang
I love reggae and I love the music of Bob Marley. All anyone has to do is read my posts to see this.
I agree with Catch, Burnin' and Natty. BUT I think that Live, Exodus and Survival are Masterpieces.
Legend is an excellent selection of songs but anyone can see that it differs from my own picks.