Natty Dread

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Natty Dread
Studio album by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Publication
(s)

October 25, 1974

Label (s) Tuff Gong / Island Records

Format (s)

LP, MC, CD

Genre (s)

reggae

Title (number)

9

running time

38:59

occupation

production

Chris Blackwell , The Wailers

Studio (s)

Harry J. Studios in Kingston (Jamaica)

chronology
Burnin '
(1973) 		Natty Dread Live!
(1975)

Natty Dread is a music album by Bob Marley & The Wailers that was released in 1974. The album is considered Marley's most popular, especially in western markets, possibly because of the amalgamation of strong elements of British and American rock . Natty Dread was the first album that was recorded without the original members Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer , but with the I-Threes, a background vocal trio, consisting of Marley's wife Rita as well as Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt .

Like many reggae albums at the time, Natty Dread is a political and social statement. It begins with a blues- like celebration of the Rastafarian religion, Lively Up Yourself , which Marley often used as the opening song at his concerts. The American singer Prince used it for the same purpose. No Woman, No Cry , the second track, is Marley's most famous song. It is an ode to his former life in Trenchtown , a borough of Kingston made up mostly of slums . Marley wanted to show the people of Trenchtown that he hadn't forgotten them and his old life. It is a kind of comfort song and is also dedicated to his wife Rita. No Woman No Cry is a ballad that has been performed by many other artists, e.g. B. Pearl Jam , Jimmy Buffett, and Rancid . Was written No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley himself, is in the gallery, however, Vincent Ford (1940-2008), a childhood friend of Marley Trenchtown, known as a songwriter. The reason for this was that he wrote the same song earlier, but then signed a contract for a record company that he would only release the songs with that record company. So he just changed the songwriter's name to Natty Dread . Marley said he would have perished on several occasions as a child had it not been for Ford's help.

Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) is a warning not to starve the poor because, "a hungry mob is an angry mob," while talkin 'blues and revolution deeper go into controversial political commentary. Rebel Music is a reflection of the possible influence reggae music could have on Jamaican society. The song was written after Marley was stopped at a nighttime police car stop. The influence of Marley's increasing devotion to the Rastafarian religion can be heard in the religious songs So Jah Seh , Natty Dread, and Lively Up Yourself , while Marley's reputation as a romantic is confirmed in smooth, mellow songs like Bend Down Low .

Playlists

Natty Dread (LP, MC, CD):

  1. Lively Up Yourself - 5:29
  2. No Woman, No Cry - 4:06
  3. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) - 3:10
  4. Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock) - 6:40
  5. So Jah Seh - 4:25
  6. Natty Dread - 3:33
  7. Bend Down Low - 3:10
  8. Talkin 'Blues - 4:06
  9. Revolution - 4:20

Natty Dread (CD) (The Definitive Remasters, 2001)

  1. Lively Up Yourself - 5:11
  2. No Woman, No Cry - 3:46
  3. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) - 3:13
  4. Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock) - 6:45
  5. So Jah Seh - 4:28
  6. Natty Dread - 3:35
  7. Bend Down Low - 3:19
  8. Talkin 'Blues - 4:07
  9. Revolution - 4:20

Bonus track:

  1. On-A-Thu - 3:20 am

Natty Dread (LP, 2015):

  1. Lively Up Yourself - 5:11
  2. No Woman, No Cry - 3:46
  3. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) - 3:17
  4. Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock) - 6:45
  5. So Jah Seh - 4:28
  6. Natty Dread - 3:35
  7. Bend Down Low - 3:19
  8. Talkin 'Blues - 4:07
  9. Revolution - 4:20

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