Soul Rebels

by Bob Marley & the Wailers, Bob Marley

Overview

Originally issued in 1970, Soul Rebels was the first album credited to Bob Marley & the Wailers, and it was also the band's first full-length collaboration with producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, for whom they had already recorded a string of fairly successful singles. Working with the newly configured Upsetters band, Marley and crew delivered a strange and wonderful set of early reggae that at times plays fast and loose with the already established conventions of the genre -- on "My Cup" the beat sounds inside out, while "It's Alright" sounds like a slightly Jamaicanized version of Motown soul. Other songs, such as the beautifully harmonized "Try Me," show their deep roots in rocksteady. One of the most arresting tracks on the album is the Peter Tosh sung "Four Hundred Years," on which Tosh unburdens himself of some of his typically dread pronouncements in his rich, chesty voice. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	12/23/2002
Label:	Sony Music
UPC:	5099751060123
Rank:	126696

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bob Marley   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Bob Marley & the Wailers   Primary Artist
The Wailers   Primary Artist
Winston Wright & The Upsetters   Primary Artist
The Upsetters   Primary Artist
Winston Wright   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Peter Tosh   Composer
Neville Livingston   Composer
Bunny Livingston   Composer
Lee "Scratch" Perry   Composer,Producer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
James Brown   Composer
Barrett Strong   Composer
Bob Marley & the Wailers   Performer
Bob Marley   Composer
Ged Grimmel   Photography
Norman Whitfield   Composer