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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 Catch a fire so you can get burned!   June 15, 2004
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a good reggae album period and all of the songs have strong statements. The 2 songs that Peter Tosh does, 400 years and Stop that Train, are very good. The rest is solid with that classic reggae Bob does. Recommended for the reggae fan looking for something good to listen to.


5 out of 5 stars "Burnin' ", "Catch a Fire" stellar "debuts" never surpassed   May 31, 2004
 17 out of 18 found this review helpful

In The Wailers' "Catch A Fire" and "Burnin'" (both released in the same year, 1973), the group released two instant classics that they never surpassed in terms of artistry, musicianship, rhythm foundation or edginess. And these two albums were also the last two that the original Wailing Wailers (Marley, Tosh, Bunny) made together.
A blend of new and old (such familiar tracks as "Concrete Jungle," "Slave Driver," "400 Years," "Stop that Train" from "Catch A Fire," and "Put It On," "Small Axe" and "Duppy Conqueror" from "Burnin'" were remakes), these albums were the Wailers first releases with the intent to reach an international, mainstream audience. Blending in some rock influences such as the guitar style, and toning down the bass and drum for more treble sounds to reach the rock audiences in Europe and America, the Wailers debut on Island label snuck up slowly on these listeners, just as the intro to "Concrete Jungle" slowly rolls in, opening the "Catch A Fire" album. There may be some lesser, lighter moments on both albums, but no songs are throwaway, no songs are filler.
Sadly, despite being full of gems and instant Wailers classics, original members Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left to start solo careers, feeling they were in the shadow of Bob, and had their own stories to tell musically. It was more unfortunate, because Bob Marley and the Wailers (as the group became known) never surpassed the quality of these albums on later efforts. With Tosh's departure went the edgy, bassy rhythm sounds, and with both Bunny and Tosh went the delectable harmonies they provided behind Bob's lead vocals. If there are only two albums in the Wailers library of music, they go by the names "Catch A Fire" and "Burnin'." They both had a stark, unadulterated emotion and edge that Bob Marley's more pop-influenced efforts lack. With the departures of Tosh and Bunny, it felt as if a light was being extinguished. But listening to these albums again, makes me remember back to a time, when the childhood friends were like brothers, making music together until the sun came up. Listening to these albums is bittersweet, but I can still relive those times listening to the sweet, harmonious music they made together, as family, reminiscing to a time when something truly mystical, magical was happening in the studio. But with the breakup of the original Wailing Wailers, the circle was broken, the fire doused, and what once was one, was splintered into three, to never join back together again. "In the ghetto, bitter was sweet....."


5 out of 5 stars Spellbinding debut   May 28, 2004
 6 out of 6 found this review helpful

This 1973 album was the first real album by the Wailers. They hooked up with Island Records who blessed the world by bringing these incredible artists to us with a major record deal. Critics and people like that make a big deal out of `Exodus' but true fans of the Wailers know that `Catch A Fire' is their greatest album. There's a real dusty, down to earth vibe, a thick cloud of weed smoke that hangs over all the material, and combined with the catchy melodies, cool riffs & some seriously haunting vocals by Bob Marley, make this album endlessly playable for people who don't even have to be reggae fans.

The grooves here are undeniable, and the final three cuts are straight FIRE! `No More Trouble' and the ominous `Midnight Ravers' are awesome, and the previously removed `All Day & All Night' has one of the wickedest hooks the Wailers ever made. Overall this is the type of album that has staying power. You'll be playing this for years and budsmokers particularly will dig this. Marley was an exceptional talent and his ear for music is incredible.


5 out of 5 stars Incredible CD   October 11, 2003
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I want to let people know that another reviewer said that the two bonus songs on this CD are not on the Deluxe Edition of Catch a Fire but they are. THAT IS, EVERYTHING ON HERE IS ON THE DELUXE EDITION. I know because I bought them both. I prefer the Deluxe Edition because it has some excellent "Jamaican" versions of the songs but this CD is great, too. Either way you can't lose.


4 out of 5 stars Makes me think of Marvin Gaye   September 24, 2003
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

As with Gaye, many people associate Marley with romantic party songs: music for dancing, for getting high, for hooking-up with a pretty girl. Not that there's anything wrong with that. But like Gaye, Marley produced a lot of music that was sad and angry but still beautiful. Great music, but not party music, and most of the songs on "Catch a Fire" are like that.


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