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Catch a Fire
Catch a Fire

 enlarge 		Artist: Bob Marley & The Wailers
Label: Island
Category: Music

List Price: $13.98
Buy New: $6.92
You Save: $7.06 (51%)



Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 32 reviews
Sales Rank: 6182

Format: Extra Tracks, Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4

MPN: 548893
UPC: 731454889322
EAN: 0731454889322

Release Date: June 12, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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5 out of 5 stars Template of A Great Artist In His Prime!   January 27, 2006
Wow, this album is soooo good!
I feel everything on it from start to finish!
"Catch A Fire", "Burnin'", "Natty Dread" and "Exodus"
are just his seminal works...hands down!
This is the one that started it all though,
and that rawness and trueness pervades each song!
By 1978's "Kaya", another great one but for different reasons,
Marley was more refined and the original Wailers had
all gone their separate ways. But this was when Marley was
hungry and his message burned deeply!


5 out of 5 stars The original, the realest, the undisputed; this is definitely that FIRE!   December 2, 2005
 1 out of 5 found this review helpful

On some RARE occasions in music, sumpin' magical is happening. An' is' not NEARLY as often as people give credit to. Thas' not to say that other artists aren't talented, memorable, innovative an' earth-shatteringly amazing. But we're talkin' MAGICAL; thas' sumpin' altogether different, like the mother ocean jus' completely STOPPING to reflect on it's own vastness an' history.

Bob Marley an' the Wailers is what I consider sumpin' MAGICAL in music. E'ything from the gritty politically-charged sways of 'Concrete Jungle' an' '400 Years' where the land of liberty seems to be jus' over the horizon to the beautiful love an' eternal companionship espoused on 'High Tide Or Low Tide'. In the hook of 'Stop that Train' when he says "It won't be too long, whether I'm right or wrong," you'll realize that it don' require a fat nicely-rolled spliff to get into the groove of the Rastafarian's world (though I'll admit, it don't hurt). Tunes like 'Slave Driver' an' 'No More Trouble' become about more than what maybe they're even intended to be about; these're the Gospel hymns of the proletariat; the commoners; the oft-ignored an' oft-exploited.

If you're only goin' to own one reggae album, then this, er, well, lemme say first I'll slap 'ya silly an' ask what in the HELL is wrong wit' you!?!? But, then once I've accepted that not everyone's gonna have the same opinion as me, I'll point to this album as the ONE. Besides, once you own this, you're gonna end up needin' more anyways.


4 out of 5 stars Catch a fire...   September 28, 2005
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

...and (if you're Babylon) you're gonna get burned. The tables have turned for Bob Marley and the Wailers as they gain international recognition for this fledgling art form called reggae. They ditched the suits and the phoniness, projected their Rastafarian beliefs in their music, and sang about real issues--currently and historically--that (up to that point) was never a moneymaker in hit music. They literally broke the mold with this album and "Burnin'"

"Slave Driver" and "Concrete Jungle" are perfect examples of how these guys literally started reggae music by just slowing the tempo on ska and (with a lotta ganja smoke) began the "easy skanking" era in world music. And now it remains an international phenomenon and it's influence especially on British and American music and fans is still evident more than 30 years after these albums were recorded.

More than that, these songs mean a lot more to people than most songs. They reflect the common man, the struggles of a group of people at the hands of the "privileged". Obviously those in power disliked Bob Marley. The rest of the world loved him...and still do.


5 out of 5 stars Bob Marleys Best   July 1, 2005
 0 out of 3 found this review helpful

This is a great album, what more can I say, also consider buying "Live at the Roxy".


5 out of 5 stars great debut album   February 21, 2005
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

When the Wailers were signed to island records in 1972, this marked the beginning of reggae to an international audience. The Wailers were already famous throughout the Carribbean, but worldwide they were nobody's. Catch a Fire changed all that. This was packaged as a rock album and the original album sleeve was actually a zippo lighter and when you opened the lighter the record would come out. This artwork is not original. The sound tapes were actually overdubbed with rock giutars and other instruments to make this album appeal to an American and English audience. To hear the original versions, check out Catch a Fire Deluxe Edition which has the original Jamaican versions, and the versions heard here. This is still a great recording, but the Deluxe Edition has the original Jamaican versions which are a real treat.


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