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| 4.0 excellent | Britch2tiger | May 17th 18 |
A much more bombastic reggae album when compared to this group's prior catalogue. Even so, the addition of more audible jazz elements, such as background choruses, are certainly not a bad change-up in the least. I'm also enjoying the production quality improvement heard in this record.
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| 5.0 classic | Alabaster Jones | April 15th 15 |
It is fitting that this album opens with a song titled "Lively Up Yourself". Everything The Wailers have done, from the old ska gospel days up until Catch A Fire had consisted of a sparse but effective formula. The music was simple, there weren't very many instruments, and variety wasn't exactly the strongest card they played. On Natty Dread, though, improvements are made that take them to new heights. For one, there are more instruments, such as horns and harmonicas and they are used with frequency. This helps the music have a much needed variety that a lot of their previous work lacked. Female back-up singers accent Marley's unmistakable voice, and there just seems to be a whole lot more going on with this record than ever before in the discography. Therefore, some of the best songs The Wailers ever crafted appear here, such as "No Woman, No Cry", "Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)", "Talkin' Blues", and "Revolution". Truly a masterwork of reggae, Natty Dread cannot be missed by any fans of the genre, or fans of smooth, laid-back music altogether.
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| 3.5 great | CrazyFool84 | February 28th 09 |
The first true outing as Bob Marley & the Wailers, this album doesn't disappoint with the transistion. I'll admit after looking so hard for the source of a studio version of "No Woman, No Cry" but it turns out the live rendition is much better and recognizable. There are some definitely must listens on here for Marley fans, mainly "Lively Up Yourself", "Them Belly Full", "Rebel Music" and the title-track. This one should definitely be heard and a needs a review...
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| 3.5 great | mike870 | November 23rd 07 |
this is a good album the only down point is no woman no cry the album verison is very bad but the rest is good
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| 3.5 great | Denis | February 1st 24 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | January 10th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | CamiloG | November 29th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | September 24th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
| 2.5 average | ZIG | April 20th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Adol | October 22nd 21 |
| 4.5 superb | KuyJuk | January 25th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zaleb | August 27th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | February 2nd 20 |
| 4.5 superb | xgausez | October 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | e210013 | August 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | CRX | June 1st 19 |
| 3.5 great | Jrpuri2 | December 14th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Akifexx | September 28th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | denislg | January 18th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | November 29th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | October 21st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | April 27th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | timmy36 | February 7th 16 |
| 3.5 great | deslad | August 2nd 15 |
| 5.0 classic | random | July 28th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | slarti | February 23rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | dkkc | January 28th 15 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | April 28th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | tarkus | January 20th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Ringo00 | December 27th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | zundza | December 8th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | gagnonov | November 14th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | manosg EMERITUS | June 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | arcane | December 27th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Styten | April 30th 12 |
| 3.5 great | backs | January 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vuzin2 | January 14th 12 |
| 3.0 good | FLRTE | December 4th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Sowilo | August 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mmadden | July 13th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Tupik | July 2nd 11 |
| 3.5 great | KaliMa | June 29th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | BiOZed | June 9th 11 |
| 3.5 great | jsem | April 5th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Wza | March 12th 11 |
| 3.0 good | mike838 | September 19th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | slaome | August 13th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Caveman | August 2nd 10 |
| 5.0 classic | Mawx | March 8th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Azeta86 | January 25th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Aesir | October 15th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Pointro | February 11th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Eki | January 27th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Iai EMERITUS | January 10th 08 |
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