20-07-2009, 10:01
(This post was last modified: 20-07-2009, 10:04 by Trumpton Riots.)
The obvious thread.
So which albums are your favourites?
I think most of their albums are great (with only Confrontation being patchy) but my favourites are Survival (love "So Much Trouble in the World and the title track in particular), Burnin', (the first half is great, but the second half manages to stand up in comparsion surprisingly well) and African Herbsman (compilation that collects two discs of the stuff Bob & co recorded with Lee Scratch Perry, including early versions of "Sun is Shining" and "Kaya")
The other obvious question is, do you prefer Bob Marley with Bunny Wailer and Pete Tosh, or when he was writing solo? Why?
Although the answer might seem reasonably obvious at first glance (3 great writers versus one?), it is true that Marley wrote a fair amount of the his most well-known and celebrated stuff after Wailer & Tosh left. Although the original Wailers were more interesting and diverse, Marley solo was a much better writer of catchy, poppy reggae.
So which albums are your favourites?
I think most of their albums are great (with only Confrontation being patchy) but my favourites are Survival (love "So Much Trouble in the World and the title track in particular), Burnin', (the first half is great, but the second half manages to stand up in comparsion surprisingly well) and African Herbsman (compilation that collects two discs of the stuff Bob & co recorded with Lee Scratch Perry, including early versions of "Sun is Shining" and "Kaya")
The other obvious question is, do you prefer Bob Marley with Bunny Wailer and Pete Tosh, or when he was writing solo? Why?
Although the answer might seem reasonably obvious at first glance (3 great writers versus one?), it is true that Marley wrote a fair amount of the his most well-known and celebrated stuff after Wailer & Tosh left. Although the original Wailers were more interesting and diverse, Marley solo was a much better writer of catchy, poppy reggae.