In 2007, the album was added to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry for its historical and cultural significance. Bob Marley and the Wailers took out their sharpest pencils and their most militant grooves to help us awaken our spirit and realize that the world is burning and we are burning too. Singer and Rapper Lauryn Hill’s album cover for her debut The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was inspired by the album cover of Burnin′. David Browne, Jon Dolan, Patrick Doyle, Kory Grow, Will. In 2003, the album was ranked number 319 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. From 'Trench Town Rock' to 'Jamming' and beyond, the definitive guide to a revolutionary career. Bob Marley & The Wailers Burnin’ Less than six months after the Wailers released their first international album, the conflagration continued with the release of ‘Burnin’.’ Published on. The songs “Duppy Conqueror”, “Small Axe”, “Put It On” and “Pass It On” are re-recordings of songs previously released.īurnin’ peaked at #151 and #41 on Billboard’s Pop Albums and Black Albums charts respectively. The fourth album by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer (the last before Tosh and Bunny departed for solo careers and the band became known as Bob Marley & the Wailers), Burnin’ opens with a signature song, the call to action “Get Up, Stand Up” and includes a more confrontational and militant tone than previous records, such as in another Marley standard turned into a #1 hit by Eric Clapton, “I Shot the Sheriff”. Chorus That’s why we’re gonna be burnin and a-lootin tonight. But it's a respectably strong set of material, with some mighty strong harmonies that echo their early heroes the Impressions (in fact, they cover Curtis Mayfield's "Keep on Moving" here) and dabs of light organ and melodica adding some color to the mix.Burnin’ is a roots reggae album by The Wailers, released in 1973.
Few of these songs were destined to become among the more widely hailed efforts in the repertoire of Marley (who wrote most of the songs) or the Wailers - "Don't Rock My Boat," "Duppy Conqueror," and "Sun Is Shining" are about the most acclaimed of them. Actually, for a Lee Perry production it's rather on the basic no-frills side, with a stark ambience highlighting the vocal harmonies and throbbing bass. Originally issued only in Jamaica, this Lee Perry/Bob Marley-produced early-'70s album saw the Wailers continue their move from their ska and rocksteady roots to a more sparely produced form of early reggae, also moving toward more spiritual concerns and aspirations toward peaceful brotherhood in their lyrics.
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