Burnin' (The Wailers album)

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Burnin'
File:TheWailersBurnin'.JPG
Studio album by The Wailers
Released
  • 19 October 1973
  • cat# ILPS 9256
Recorded
Genre Reggae
Length 38:28
Label
Producer
The Wailers chronology
Catch a Fire
(1973)Catch a Fire1973		 Burnin'
(1973)		 Rasta Revolution
(1974)Rasta Revolution1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 5/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau A[2]

Burnin' is a reggae album by The Wailers, released in 1973. The sixth 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 and 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". The songs "Duppy Conqueror", "Small Axe", "Put It On" and "Pass It On" are re-recordings of songs previously released.

Burnin' peaked at number 151 and number 41 on the Billboard 200 and Black Albums charts respectively.

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The Wailers' gold record award for Burnin' in Nine Mile, Jamaica

In 2003, the album was ranked number 319 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[3] Singer and rapper Lauryn Hill's album cover for her debut The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was inspired by the album cover of Burnin′. In 2007 the album was added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry for its historical and cultural significance.[4]

Track listing

Original album release (1973)

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Get Up, Stand Up"   Bob Marley, Peter Tosh 3:15
2. "Hallelujah Time"   Neville Livingstone 3:27
3. "I Shot the Sheriff"   Marley 4:39
4. "Burnin' and Lootin'"   Marley 4:11
5. "Put It On"   Marley 3:58
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
6. "Small Axe"   Marley 4:00
7. "Pass It On"   Livingstone 3:32
8. "Duppy Conqueror"   Marley 3:44
9. "One Foundation"   Tosh 3:44
10. "Rastaman Chant"   Traditional, arr. Marley, Tosh, Livingstone 3:43

The Definitive Remastered edition (2001)

Bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
11. "Reincarnated Souls" (b-side of "Concrete Jungle") Livingstone 4:01
12. "No Sympathy" (previously unreleased) Tosh 3:08
13. "The Oppressed Song" (previously unreleased) Livingstone 3:16

Text from 12 June 2001 Tuff Gong cat# 314 548 894-2 CD liner notes:[5]

  • bonus tracks 11-13 recorded during BURNIN' sessions at Harry J. Studios, Kingston
  • track 11: originally issued 29 May 1973 b-side of "Concrete Jungle"; Island WIP cat# 6164
  • tracks 12 and 13: previously unreleased

Deluxe edition (2004)

Personnel

Artwork

Charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 151
US Black Albums[6] 41

References

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External links

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