Greatest Reggae Album

[Marley]

Mine is Bob Marley and the Warlier - Burnin' and lootin' - I dont no, so many

 

[I Used To Grow]

Peter Tosh-Legalize It

 

[m.steelers]

OK - this is a good one. Here are my favorites. I have a lot of obscure stuff.

Lee "Scratch" Perry - Super Ape
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Arkology Box set, lots of good stuff on that one.
Augustus Pablo - King Tubby meets Rockers Uptown
King Tubby - King Tubby meets Roots Radics
Singers and Players - Any of their 3 albums, great UK stuff - Adrian Sherwood productions
Mighty Diamonds - Go Seek Your rights, compliation
Culture - Harder than the Rest
Meditations - Greatest Hits
Dr. Alimontado - Best Dressed Chicken
Peter Tosh - Legalize It
Creation Rebel - Highs and Lows

these are my favorites that come to mind immediately, there are others I love too. Scientist, Prince Jammy and Dub Syndicate are all good.

M

 

[RoNdO]

Buju Banton Til Shiloh

 

[Guest]

bob marley...catch a fire...we played track 10(this is a bonus track not on the original release) High Tide or Low Tide at my wedding. if in the afterlife i ever have the pleasure of passing the chalise with mr. marley, i will thank him kindly.

peace
~doc

 

[Guest]

i dunno about the greatest, but one of the greatest sites i love tuning into is: http://www.jahtari.org

tons of music to be found there! enjoy

 

[elykdogg]

bobs album with Time Will Tell and Sun Is Shining

 

[m.steelers]

This is a weed website - there has to be more reggae lovers out there?!!?

 

[kov]

Absolutely m.steelers, but for me it was quite a while ago.

Strangely enough, I often come back to listening to reggae, apart from all of Bob Marley records it would be for example:

Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution
I Jah Man - I'm a Levi
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces of Victory

anybody remember?

rgds, kov

 

[GreatLakes THC]

Here's a few artists for you Marley. Some of the lesser familiar artists I found on compilations CD's that I enjoyed.

Bob Marley
Burning Spear
Prince Far I
The Abyssinians
Niney the Observer
Gregory Isaacs
Lee Perry
Boom Shaka
Peter Tosh
Andrew Tosh
Queen Majeeda
Lazer B
Yami Bolo
General Two
Dennis Brown
Michael Rose
Baby Wayne
Leroy Smart
Frankie Paul
Third World
The Meditations
Culture
Albert Griffiths & the Gladiators
Dawn Penn

Tip of the iceberg I'm sure.

GreatLakes THC

 

[guest3854]

Junior Delgato*
Groundation*
Queen Omega
Israel Vibration*
Macka B

 

[m.steelers]

There we go - some good ones in there I see:

kov - burning spear marcus garvey, classic one there. AND LKJ the dub poet. Got some of his stuff too.

great lakes - Price Far I is great. Cry Tuff Dub Encounter is a good one by him. He was in Singers and Players too, one of my favorites. Tellin ya, grab their stuff if you like heavy dub beats with vocals. Other members included Bim Sherman and Mikey Dread. Creation Rebel is on the same tip. Really any Adrian Sherwood production is good. Check out his label "On U Sound" if ya havent already.

SS -Junior Delgado was a good one bro. Of more recent fame Tony Rebel is good. "If Jah" is a great track.

Anyone seen any of these bands? I've seen Lee Perry (incredible show, rare to see him in the US), Culture about a 100 times, the Meditations, the Mighty Diamonds (GREAT harmony, probably the best still playing), Burning Spear -also some dancehall acts.

If you're looking for dancehall - some of the names there are Capleton, Sizzla, Anthony B, Turbulance, Bounty Killa, Elephant Man, Shabba Ranks, Beenie Man etc. Damian Marleys new cd is pretty decent too.

Good thread here - I love this shit.

 

[GreatLakes THC]

Thanks for the suggestions M. There's not much reggae culture these days and we have to find it where we can.

GreatLakes THC

 

[nuggluvv]

Don't forget King Tubby with such greats as the Fat Man Tapes. Ernest Ranglin has put out some good stuff. For more great dub try Sly and Robbie, Dub Syndicate, any Augustus Pablo, Lee "Scratch" Perry's earlier work...

m.steelers, yep I had the privelege of seeing Scratch live too. That guy's crazy, I love him. And Jimmy Cliff was a great live show as well. I caught Damien Marley the other day and enjoyed the show, but didn't necessarily feel that Marley-inspired "one love" feeling coming from the crowd. Good stuff though.

Glad to see the reggae support. Reggae and the sacred herb are the perfect sensory combination. Keep 'em coming...

nuggluvv

 

[I Used To Grow]

I really dig the new album from Damien "Jr.Gong" Marley, "Welcome To Jam Rock"...it's full of good songs.

 

[WidespreadHigh]

I saw the Master, HRH Robert N. Marley, live in the late 70s-80s not long before he went. All I can say to this day is that I was mesmerized, in a religious state, and I literally was shaking at the end of the show. I have seen Burning Spear, and many times, in small places. One of the best reggae shows, (and each of these groups have albums that just make it ...so real so funky) I ever saw was Culture; they were playing at Altitude (Boulder COlorado) and came on so late. So stoned. Buy International Herb or their live album. So Joseph Hill tore the house down. Master showman.

However, it would be hard to ignore the Michael Rose, Robbie and Sly version of BLACK UHURU in Denver in the early 80s. Find any album that has Sponji REggae and turn it loose. Splff up and sensi down. Sweet dancing. Buy sensimilla, the album.
WSH

 

[Guest]

I'm rollin with Steel Pulse True Democracy or...

I'm rollin with Steel Pulse True Democracy or...

(I don't have an album name) The Black Uhuru with Tip of the Iceberg on it. What no mention of Eek A Mouse (and the sagitarius band) or Mad Cobra? Talk about some verbal stylings! Just how many Riddims are there?

 

[CalcioErba2004]

Smoke the Herb and Smoke The Herb: The 2nd Pound. I mean come on its all about weed!

But seriously I have pretty much every Bob Marley Album and then some. I like all the Marley Brothers. I just usually turn on the reggae rythmes on my sattelite radio and groove to the jams ya know? "Police in Helicopter.....a search for marijuana" I gotta go peace everyone!

"Time is not counted by daylight, but from Midnite"

Matisyahu, Groundation, The Congos, Eek a Mouse, Steel Pulse, Alpha Blondie, the list goes on and on and on....

 

[Alex-F]

Nice thread

Can't say much about albums but some of my all time faves are:

Macka B
Eek a Mouse
Alpha Blondy
Pablo Moses

More recently we're opting for the German Dancehall scene so probably not much you've heard from Seeed are deffinately worth checking out though and some might have heard of em as they played Glastonbury last year :wink:


We're at Summerjam every year which is Germany's biggest Reggae festival. Check out www.summerjam.de & let us know if anyone's going

 

[trichomefarmer]

I've been to summerjam great event aside from insane security. had to bring a fresh apple daily.
Seeed is awesome and they are even better live loads a energy.

As for the greatest album imho BOB Marley Legends

some of my current favorites are Buju Banton, Ritchie Spice, Culture.

big up all the ganja tunes. MO FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!