- reggae, rock, roots reggae
- 36 min
- 9 tracks
- Island
Catch a Fire is the fifth studio album by the reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers, released in April 1973. It was their first album released by Island Records. After finishing a UK tour with Johnny Nash, they had started laying down tracks for JAD Records when a disputed CBS contract with Danny Sims created tensions.
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Grave, character-led, earnest and spare.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
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- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Concrete Jungle4:12
- 2Slave Driver2:54
- 3400 Years2:45
- 4Stop That Train3:55
- 5Baby We've Got a Date (Rock It Baby)4:06
- 6Stir It Up5:30
- 7Kinky Reggae3:36
- 8No More Trouble3:56
- 9Midnight Ravers4:57
9 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Wailers
- Label
- Island
- Released
- 1973
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Vinyl
- Country
- US
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