The album only made it to #151 on Billboard’s Pop Albums chart. Island owner Chris Blackwell came aboard to produce, and the band re-recorded several songs in the hope that people all over the world would hear what they had missed the first time. If you’re only familiar with Marley’s later work, the unearthly sound of this album will be a revelation to you.īurnin’ was going to be the Wailers shot to break out of Kingston and conquer the world. The profound influence of this music runs like a mighty river through so much of what we hear today. The music’s percolating rhythmic foundation, as provided by Earl Lindo, Carlton Barrett, and Aston “Family Man” Barrett, opened the door to a completely new universe for musicians. Those vocal harmonies that seemed to come from another world were all at once completely foreign to American sensibilities, and yet somehow utterly compelling. It was, at the time, unlike anything I’d ever heard. Several of the songs on the album including “Duppy Conqueror,” “Small Axe,” “Put It On,” and “Pass It On,” are re-recordings of previously released Wailers songs.īurnin’ is a mystical album.
While Livingston’s songs tend to be more religious in nature, Marley was never one to mince words, and “I Shot the Sheriff,” “Burnin’ and Lootin’,” and “Small Axe,” are further blows against the empire. “Get Up, Stand Up,” co-written by Marley and Tosh, is a direct statement of principles from the band. That is apparent from the classic call to action that opens the album. Make no mistake about it, this is rebel music. The following year, Tosh and Livingston left the band, which then became Bob Marley & the Wailers. Burnin’ was the last album that the three made together. Bunny Wailer, and “One Foundation” from Peter Tosh. While Marley wrote and sang lead vocals on most of the songs, there were contributions like “Hallelujah Time” and “Pass It On” from Bunny Livingston, a.k.a. They were still very much a band when Burnin’, their fourth album, was released by Island Records in 1973. The Wailers were founded in Kingston, Jamaica in 1963.
It was only when I found it, on the Wailers album Burnin’, that I realized how relatively tepid Clapton’s version was. Clapton deserves praise for bringing this music to a wider audience, and his version of the Bob Marley song was sufficiently interesting that it sent me in search of the original. Like many Americans, my first encounter with reggae came via Eric Clapton’s cover of “I Shot the Sheriff,” which was on his 1974 album 461 Ocean Boulevard. ^ "Bob Marley & The Wailers – Burnin' (CD, Album)".^ "Recordings by Historical Figures and Musical Legends Added To the 2006 National Recording Registry".Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2014. Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. The songs "Duppy Conqueror", "Small Axe", and "Put It On" are re-recordings of songs previously released on their co productions with Lee Perry’s Upsetters Label. Music and lyrics īurnin ' opens with one of The Wailers best known songs, the call to action "Get Up, Stand Up" and includes a more confrontational and militant tone than previous records, such as in another Wailers standard turned into a number one hit by Eric Clapton, "I Shot the Sheriff". It was mixed and overdubbed by Chris Blackwell at Island Records' Basing Street Studios in London during the spring of 1973 while the band were touring in support of their previous album, Catch a Fire. The album was recorded at Harry J's studio in Kingston, Jamaica, with The Wailers producing. A commercial and critical success in the United States, Burnin ' was certified Gold and later added to the National Recording Registry, with the Library of Congress deeming it historically and culturally significant. It was the last album before Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer decided to pursue solo careers, while continuing their local releases through their company Tuff Gong Records. It contains the song "I Shot The Sheriff", which was later covered by Eric Clapton. It was written by all 3 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. Burnin' is the sixth album by Jamaican reggae group The Wailers (also known as Bob Marley and the Wailers), released in October 1973.
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