Burnin'
The last album with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, home of I Shot the Sheriff and Get Up, Stand Up.
Bob Marley and the Wailers, 1973
- Released
- 19 October 1973
- Recorded
- Spring 1973
- Studio
- Harry J Studio, Kingston; mixed and overdubbed in London
- Label
- Island
- Producer
- Chris Blackwell and the Wailers
- Length
- 38:28
Recorded at Harry J Studio in Kingston in spring 1973, then mixed and overdubbed in London, with engineers Tony Platt and Phill Brown. John "Rabbit" Bundrick and Earl Lindo added keyboards. It reached number 151 on the Billboard 200 and number 41 on the R&B chart, and went gold. Christgau gave it an A, Rolling Stone ranks it 319th on its 500 greatest albums, and the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry in 2007. Eric Clapton was given the album by his guitarist George Terry, and his cover of I Shot the Sheriff reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 14 September 1974.
Track listing
- Get Up, Stand Up3:15
- Hallelujah Time3:27
- I Shot the Sheriff4:39
- Burnin' and Lootin'4:11
- Put It On3:58
- Small Axe4:00
- Pass It On3:32
- Duppy Conqueror3:44
- One Foundation3:44
- Rasta Man Chant3:43
Personnel
- Bob Marley vocals
- Peter Tosh vocals
- Bunny Wailer vocals
- Aston "Family Man" Barrett bass, lead guitar on I Shot the Sheriff
- Carlton Barrett drums
- Earl Lindo keyboards
- John "Rabbit" Bundrick overdubs
More from Bob Marley and the Wailers
The Wailing Wailers (1965), Soul Rebels (1970), Catch a Fire (1973), Natty Dread (1974), Live! (1975), Rastaman Vibration (1976), Exodus (1977), Kaya (1978), Babylon by Bus (1978), Survival (1979), Uprising (1980), Confrontation (1983), Legend (1984)
Sources
- Burnin' (Bob Marley and the Wailers album), Wikipedia
- Bob Marley, Wikipedia