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| 1 | No Woman, No Cry | Marley/Ford | 3:13 |
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| 2 | I Shot the Sheriff | Marley | 4:26 |
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| 3 | Get Up, Stand Up | Marley/Tosh | 3:23 |
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| 4 | Keep on Moving | Marley/Mayfield | 3:28 |
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| 5 | Duppy Conqueror | Marley | 3:00 |
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| 6 | Kaya | Marley | 3:42 |
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| 7 | Put It On | Marley | 2:26 |
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| 8 | Dreamland | Perry | 2:28 |
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| 9 | Natty Dread | Marley/Barrett/Cole | 3:45 |
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| 10 | Mr. Chatterbox | Lee | 2:03 |
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| 11 | Rocking Blues | Beckford | 3:37 |
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| 12 | African Lady | Marley/Marley | 3:42 |
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| 13 | Hypocrite | Marley | 2:59 |
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| 14 | Nice Time | Marley | 3:24 |
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| 15 | (3 O'Clock) Road Block | Marley/Barrett/Pear | 3:53 |
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| 16 | Bend Down Low | Marley | 3:16 |
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| 17 | I'm Still Waiting | Marley | 4:55 |
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| 18 | Natty Dread Don't Cry | Zukie | 3:14 |
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Editorial Reviews
Tribute to Bob Marley
Audio Compact Disc [Cleopatra]
Label: Cleopatra
Style: Lovers Rock
Tribute to Bob Marley
UPC: 666496406421
Release Date: 01/01/1899
Original Release Date: 01/01/1899
Number of Discs: 1
- Various Artists
Main Performer
Jo-Ann Greene
From rockers to country crooners, electro fiends to goth ghouls, innumerable artists have tackled Bob Marley & the Wailers' back catalog. Many of the results have been little more than a train wreck, a rather sickening spectacle of those so obviously unfamiliar with Marley's work trying to prove they really mean it, man. It's been left to the Jamaicans, then, to do justice to their compatriot, or on some occasions best him. Johnny Clarke's 1975 cover of "No Woman, No Cry," for instance, was such a smash on the island that it permanently soured relations between the singer and the Wailers -- which just goes to prove that one man's tribute is another man's cash-in. How low can you go? Well, the ersatz English DJ who opens the proceedings on Gregory Isaacs' "Bend Down Low" is deliberately scraping the bottom of the barrel, but it works perfectly in the context of Isaacs' jaunty take on this classic. Besides, Trojan would scrape up much, much worse on their Tribute to Bob Marley box set. This Tribute dispenses with the dross and distills the three CDs down to one succulent disc. Top honor belongs to the sensational Dennis Brown, with the soulful Ken Boothe and the pristine harmonies of the Heptones running an extremely close second place. Hot on their heels come superb performances from Max Romeo, Ronnie Davis, and John Holt, but then again, every one of the singers impresses -- only a now-fading Delroy Wilson manages to disappoint. Of the DJs, U-Roy easily takes top billing, although Tapper Zukie inevitably blows everyone away in the production stakes. Add a pair of haunting Augustus Pablo solo takes and the Joe Gibbs All-Stars' instrumental brass extravaganza, and it all makes for one sensational set. Styles may come and go, and they notably do here as the tracks bounce back and forth across the years, but Marley's music never gets old. ~ Jo-Ann Greene, Rovi
