The Best of The Wailers
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The Best of The Wailers
The Best of the Wailers is the fourth studio album by The Wailers, released in August 1971. Despite its title, it is not a compilation album. The album was recorded in 1969 1970 (prior to the band's involvement with Lee Perry) but only released in 1971. -Wikipedia
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The All Stars' superb backings powered innumerable hits, and the band served the Wailers equally well, giving a luminescent quality to all the songs here. Of the ten numbers, the harmony-drenched "Soul Shakedown Party" was the standout, although the delicate and equally harmony-laden "Soul Captives" comes close. Peter Tosh's powerful "Stop the Train," Bob Marley's equally forceful "Caution," and the romance-laced "Do It Twice" were all just as memorable. Kong was apparently so impressed with the strength of the music, he decided that Best Of best summed it up.
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Not a greatest-hits album. Instead this 1971 LP collects recordings the Wailers made in 1969 and 1970 before they hooked up with Lee "Scratch" Perry later in 1970. It was released to capitalize on the band's growing popularity following the two Perry-produced records. The basics are in place, but there's still some early misfires that would be better shaped over the next few years. Next up: the career-making 'Catch a Fire.'
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