African Herbsman
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African Herbsman
- Artist: Bob Marley & the Wailers
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- Release Date: 1973
- Total Time: 47:33
- Type: Compilation (best of), Enhanced CD-ROM
- Genre: Reggae
Review
To Bob Marley's emotionally charged music and lyrics, add the tight riddims and harmonies of the Wailers and then put all of that talent into the ceaselessly creative hands of production wizard Lee "Scratch" Perry. What you get is a 16-track reggae masterpiece capturing what is perhaps some of the best music Bob Marley & the Wailers ever committed to tape. The songs range from beautiful love songs like "Don't Rock the Boat" to cathartic political anthems like "Brain Washing," but even with the broad scope, no tracks miss the mark. They all cut straight to the heart and burn with an urgency rarely felt in music of any genre. So defining are the tracks that Marley himself was to return to the same themes later in his career, reviving such classics as "Lively Up Yourself" on Natty Dread, "Trench Town Rock" on Live!, and "Kaya" on Kaya, among others. While this is a Bob Marley & the Wailers album, Perry's unique production almost steals the show. Perry's bare-bones, heavy sound provides an interesting contrast to the slicker approach taken on Catch a Fire, produced by Bob Marley & the Wailers and Chris Blackwell and also made in 1973. Catch a Fire has an almost rock edge to it, but on African Herbsman, one can hear Perry's swirling mix madness lurking just beneath the surface of each Trench Town-tough track. ~ Matthew Hilburn, Rovi| African Herbs (2002 Album by Abdullah Ibrahim) | |
| African Herbsman [BCI] (2001 Album by Bob Marley) |
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African Herbsman
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| Compilation album by The Wailers | |
| Released | July 1973 |
| Recorded | 1970–71 |
| Genre | Early Reggae |
| Label | Trojan |
| Producer | Lee Perry |
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African Herbsman is a compilation of The Wailers songs, released by Trojan Records in 1973, shortly after their major-label debut album Catch a Fire had been released by Island Records.
The compilation is the UK equivalent of the Jamaican album Soul Revolution Part II, with the songs Memphis and Duppy Conqueror V/4 replaced by several other tracks from the period. Most of the added tracks are non-album singles from the period, but it also includes 400 Years from the album Soul Rebels.
This album is a collection of some of the songs that The Wailers recorded in Jamaica together with producer Lee Perry from 1970 to 1971, before they received international recognition. Included are also two of the group's self-productions, "Trenchtown Rock" and "Lively Up Yourself", that both had been big hits in Jamaica.
Several of the songs included here would later be re-recorded by Marley for his later albums. Examples are "Lively Up Yourself" (on Natty Dread) and "Sun Is Shining" (on Kaya).
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Track listing
Side one
- "Lively Up Yourself" – 2:55
- "Small Axe" – 4:00
- "Duppy Conqueror" – 3:04
- "Trenchtown Rock" – 3:01
- "African Herbsman" – 2:26 (R. Havens)
- "Keep On Moving" – 3:08
- "Fussing And Fighting" – 2:30
- "Stand Alone" – 2:10
Side two
- "All In One" – 3:38
- "Don’t Rock My Boat" – 4:38
- "Put It On" – 3:11
- "Sun Is Shining" – 2:13
- "Kaya" – 2:41
- "Riding High" – 2:48
- "Brain Washing" – 2:42
- "400 Years" – 2:32
Current CD Version
- "Lively Up Yourself" – 2:55
- "Small Axe" – 4:00
- "Duppy Conqueror" – 3:04
- "Trenchtown Rock" – 3:01
- "African Herbsman" – 2:26 (R. Havens)
- "Keep On Moving" – 3:08
- "Fussing And Fighting" – 2:30
- "Stand Alone" – 2:10
- "All In One" – 3:38
- "Don’t Rock My Boat" – 4:38
- "Put It On" – 3:11
- "Sun Is Shining" – 2:13
- "Kaya" – 2:41
- "Riding High" – 2:48
- "Brain Washing" – 2:42
- "400 Years" – 2:32
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