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Soul Rebels was the follow up album from the legendary reggae group The Wailers, and their first to be released outside Jamaica. It features the production skills of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry.
“In many ways Soul Rebels is the strongest album by Bob Marley & Co. It's a true original form of the reggae - powerful, sunny, raw and innocent.”
“Considered one of the greatest roots reggae albums of all time, Soul Rebels, led by Scratch Perry broke The Wailers from the confines of simple singles that propelled them through the 60s and focused them on a concept based on rebellion and social justice. The band featured the newly configured backing of The Upsetters. Soul Rebels is chock full of the root reggae traits the genre is famous for. It generously checked off all the themes of social injustice and ghetto life.”
“A totally underrated album, the compositions, tone, mix and vibe are absolutely amazing. This is a classic and you should hear it.”
“The Bob Marley marathon continues with the first release produced by the legendary Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry who was the man who created the favourite ‘Wailers sound’. The Wailers are by now very much recognisable as the band they were when they became famous. Things have gone from ska to reggae, and The Wailers are sounding like they’ve truly found themselves.”
“This is easily the sparsest Bob Marley record in terms of arrangements, with rarely anything more than vocals, one guitar, a bass and drums appearing on any song. This album has a kind of dark and haunting quality that no other album of his has, mainly thanks to the very sparse arrangements making the reverb on the vocals all the more obvious.”
“This has clear, tight musicianship, powerful production, soulful singing and great lyrics. Also no overdubbing for European ears.”
“I love everything from the original Wailers, they were truly a legendary band who made a particular genre of music mainstream and introduced the world to three legendary singers. But this, their first album released outside of Jamaica, is truly a treasure as it captures them at their rawest and most uncut period. Soul Rebels is straight up reggae with no apologies given.”
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