Soul Rebels

This article is about the album by The Wailers. For the New Orleans band, see The Soul Rebels.

Soul Rebels
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Studio album by The Wailers
Released	December 1970
Recorded	August - November 1970
Genre	Reggae
Length	33:09
Label	Trojan
Producer	Lee Perry
The Wailers chronology
The Wailing Wailers (1965)The Wailing Wailers1965 Soul Rebels (1970) Soul Revolution (1971)Soul Revolution1971

Soul Rebels is an album by The Wailers, their first album to be released outside of Jamaica. The Wailers approached producer Lee "Scratch" Perry in August 1970 to record an entire album, and the sessions took place at Randy's Recording Studio (from then it was Randy's Studio 17) in Kingston, Jamaica, until November. First issued in the UK by Trojan Records in December 1970, the album has since been re-released several times on several different labels. Perry's production is sparse and haunting, only featuring guitar, bass, drums, electronic organs, and vocals with no horns or other embellishments.

Songs

The first track, "Soul Rebel", was from the first collaboration of Perry and Marley. Marley initiated the idea for the song, and Perry arranged and co-wrote the music as Marley dictated the lyrics.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Allmusic gave Soul Rebels a glowing retrospective review, calling it "a strange and wonderful set of early reggae that at times plays fast and loose with the already established conventions of the genre".

Cover

According to the book, I & I: The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh and Wailer by Colin Grant, the band was not happy with the "soft porn" look of the album cover, clashing as it did with their sensibilities, and were upset that they weren't consulted on its look.

Track listing

Original album (1970)

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Soul Rebel"	Bob Marley	3:19
2.	"Try Me"	Marley	2:45
3.	"It's Alright"	Marley	2:34
4.	"No Sympathy"	Peter Tosh	2:13
5.	"My Cup"	James Brown	3:34
6.	"Soul Almighty"	Bob Marley	2:42

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Rebel's Hop"	Curtis Mayfield, Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, Marley	2:38
8.	"Corner Stone"	Marley	2:28
9.	"400 Years"	Tosh	2:33
10.	"No Water"	Marley	2:08
11.	"Reaction"	Marley	2:41
12.	"My Sympathy"	Marley	2:41

The Definitive Remastered edition (2002)

Current CD Version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Soul Rebel"	Bob Marley	3:19
2.	"Try Me"	Marley	2:45
3.	"It's Alright"	Marley	2:34
4.	"No Sympathy"	Peter Tosh	2:13
5.	"My Cup"	James Brown	3:34
6.	"Soul Almighty"	Bob Marley	2:42
7.	"Rebel's Hop"	Curtis Mayfield, Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, Marley	2:38
8.	"Corner Stone"	Marley	2:28
9.	"400 Years"	Tosh	2:33
10.	"No Water"	Marley	2:08
11.	"Reaction"	Marley	2:41
12.	"My Sympathy"	Marley	2:41
13.	"Dreamland"	Neville Livingstone	2:44
14.	"Dreamland" (version)	Livingstone	2:36
15.	"Dracula"	Lee Perry	2:55
16.	"Soul Rebel" (version 4)	Marley	2:54
17.	"Version of Cup"	Perry	3:13
18.	"Zig Zag"	Perry	3:24
19.	"Jah Is Mighty"	Marley	2:26
20.	"Brand New Second Hand"	Tosh	3:11
21.	"Brand New Second Hand" (version)	Tosh	3:05
22.	"Downpresser"	Tosh	3:16

JAD Remastered edition (2004)

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Jah Is Mighty"	Marley	2:26
14.	"Soul Rebel" (version 4)	Marley	2:52

Also "No Sympathy (Version)" (replaces "My Sympathy", due to error)