Bustin' Out Of Trench Town - Bob Marley

Advantages: Songs are very chilling and relaxing!
Disadvantages: The Paper case is a bit flimzy but thats about it!

...Ok well If you know Bob Marley then just read the track list and you will see for yourself that this is the sort of album you want playing when your in your car. When your chillen at home or even when your having a party! This album is music that fits all occasions! 1. Soul Rebel - (Very upbeat great starting song!) 2. Lively Up Yourself - (More chilled out, slower pace, very relaxing) 3. Trenchtown Rock - (The Classic Trench Town, Fast pace, strong beat!) 4. Concrete Jungle - (Less well known, a slower song sounds alot more like his old stuff!) 5. I Shot The Sheriff - (Legendary song, Very happy song and unbeat!) 6. Get Up, Stand Up 7. No Woman, No Cry (Live) 8. Roots, Rock, Reggae 9. Exodus - (The Original) 10. Waiting In Vain 11. Jamming 12. Is This Love 13. Sun Is Shining 14. Could You Be Loved 15. Three... Read review

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Advantages: Old favourites remixed as "urban duets"
Disadvantages: Not for the purists; this isn't real reggae

...---WHO'S THIS THEN?--- Why, it's Bob Marley: without a doubt the man who single-handedly brought reggae to the attention of the planet. He recorded some 700 tracks and 40 albums between 1965 and 1981. Albums, such as 1984's perfect Legend, are still being issued, and "lost tapes" were still being rescued as recently as 2001. He died in 1981 of lung cancer. ---WHAT'S THIS ALBUM LIKE?--- It's a bizarre concept. The mastertapes of old Marley tracks were handed to various rappers and singers in 1998 to add vocals or remix the tracks in a contemporary style. The results are at once spooky, sacreligious and intriguing. This album was released in 1999 amid a bluster of publicity and the first single release from the album was the Lauryn Hill-assisted "Turn Your Lights Down Low". Lauryn HIll is Bob Marley's daughter-in-law, by... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic tracks, very listenable album
Disadvantages: Sun is SHining is not on it

...but from Live! which was a live album that the band recorded in 1975 at the Lyceum in London. It is worth noting that the writing credit for the song is given to a Vincent Ford, a friend of Marley's who ran a soup kitchen in Trenchtown. It is thought that Marley himself actually wrote it, but the royalties kept the soup kitchen afloat. The song stands out, particularly live, because of the hook "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" chanted repeatedly. Could You be Loved is the next track and is taken from the 1980 Uprising album. The single reached No 5 in the UK singles charts, the highest any Bob Marley and The Wailers track reached. This is followed by Three Little Birds, (the 'Don't Worry About A Thing' song) from the 1977 Exodus album, one of band's more commercially and critically successful albums. Bob's son Ziggy recently... Read review

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