- reggae, roots reggae
- 10 tracks
- Island
Burnin' is the sixth album by Jamaican reggae group the Wailers, released in October 1973. It was written by all three members and recorded and produced by the Wailers in Jamaica, contemporaneously with tracks from the Catch a Fire album with further recording, mixing and completion while on the Catch a Fire tour in London.
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Earnest, grave, character-led and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- 1Get Up, Stand Up
- 2Hallelujah Time
- 3I Shot the Sheriff
- 4Burnin’ and Lootin’
- 5Put It On
- 6Small Axe
- 7Pass It On
- 8Duppy Conqueror
- 9One Foundation
- 10Rasta Man Chant
About the album
- Artist
- The Wailers
- Label
- Island
- Released
- 1973
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Cassette
- Country
- GB
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