Bob Marley & Wailers - Natty Dread
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Artist: Bob Marley & WailersEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-06-12
Music Label: Island
Soundtracks:
- Lively Up Yourself
- No Woman, No Cry
- Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)
- Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Road Block)
- So Jah Seh
- Natty Dread
- Bend Down Low
- Talkin' Blues
- Revolution
- Am-A-Do (Bonus Track)
Free Music Notes for Natty Dread
Free Music Review: One of the Best Albums by Bob Marley & the Wailers
Hit: 5 Stars
"Natty Dread," was released in the aftermath of the breakup of the original Wailers in the Fall of 1973 when Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh left to pursue solo careers. At this point, Bob Marley had replaced Bunny and Peter with the his wife, Rita, Judy Mowatt, and Marcia Griffiths, collectively called the "I-Threes". Also added was American rock guitarist Al Anderson, formerly with NRBQ. With this new line-up and the release of the "Natty Dread" album in 1974, the group was no long collectively "the Wailers," like before. Marley had dubbed it "Bob Marley & the Wailers".
The album starts off with Marley's delightful "Lively Up Yourself," (originally done with Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh in their years with Lee "Scratch" Perry from 1969-1972). The remake would soon be made one of the most famous songs of all-time with its delightful blues guitar and Marley's joyous singing. Next on the list is the original cut of the legendary "No Woman, No Cry," co-written with Vincent Ford. Though the original version would not become as popular as the version from 1975's "Live!" it is just as good and heartfelt. The tempo and sound are different, but this only makes the song more enjoyable.
Third in line is the solemn, but empowering "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)," written by drummer Carlton Barrett and Logan Cogil. The song's title says it all; the song sings of the evils of money and the inescapeable suffering of the poor. Number four is one of Bob Marley & the Wailers' best known songs: "Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)," which was actually written by Hugh Peart and bassist Aston Barrett. The song is about Marley's harrassment by the police while in London.
"So Jah Seh," written by Bob's wife, Rita, and Willy Francisco is an underrated and solemn classic about Marley's willingness and desire to spread the message of God wherever he may tread, and that God will indeed protect him. The title track, "Natty Dread," written by his wife Rita and Allen Cole, is a danceable, happy tune about life in Trenchtown, and a longing to return to Africa.
After the title track comes a remake of "Bend Down Low," originally from the 60's during his time with Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh. It's a joyous, yet serious and very realistic song about how the sinners must straighten their lives. This song is one of the album's best with it's jovial tune and honest lyrics. The next two tracks, "Talkin' Blues," and "Revolution," are my person favorites from the album.
"Talkin' Blues," also written by Carlton Barrett and Lecon Cogil, is a blues-esque tune with soft, relaxing music and bold, unapologetic lyrics. It carries Marley's message of hope, but even moreso, his will by any means nessecary to uncover lies and hypocrisy. "Revolution" is the harder-hitting slap in the face to politicians everywhere. Marley boldly says that the politician's goal is to see the oppression of the poor and the gain of money. It shows Marley's aching pain that the world must be free from political strife; truly a masterpiece.
Finally, the bonus track "Am-a-Do," originally released on the 1991 "Talkin' Blues" album, is a thick and delightful sensual song similar to "Guava Jelly," or "Stir It Up". This is one of the trademark phenominal Marley love songs.
Overall, Natty Dread is a simply amazing album with some of the best songs by Bob Marley & the Wailers. No fan will be disappointed with this blues-and-jazz tinged reggae album. It's a treasure for the musical world.
Natty Dread Poster
Japanese only SHM paper sleeve pressing. The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing, SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc, allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. Universal. 2010.Natty Dread captures Bob Marley's decisive transition from Wailers band member to auteur, his singing and writing now front and center, and the revamped band securely reined in to his defiant, Rastafarian worldview. This 1974 release mirrors the lineup's more sinewy sound, carved by Al Anderson's spidery guitar fills, Touter's telegraphic keyboard, the I-Threes' female vocal choruses and vamping horns--a potent brew that bubbles under his then most openly political songs. A position paper on the daunting ghetto realities of Jamaica's Trenchtown, the album reels off a series of enduring Marley classics and kicks off with the giddy, sexy reggae anthem, "Lively Up Yourself," with its hilarious but mysterious spoken fadeout ("What you got in dat bag, dere?"). It continues with the uplifting pep talk in "No Woman No Cry," the grim dispatches of "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" and "Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)," as well as the exhortations of the title song and "Revolution." Marley's own dreadlocks were still just growing in then, but this is nonetheless fully matured, riveting reggae at its most focused, righteous, and rhythmically irresistible. --Sam Sutherland
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