BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Burnin' LP roots acting as a document

acting as a document

First Taste is an introspective set after the extroversions of Freedom’s Goblin—yet just as steeped in party beats somehow

But this isn’t to say that it the record doesn’t come across as carefully constructed—the attention to detail is evident in each well considered line and in the whole project’s wave-like flow

unlistenable space jam

There's enough weird shit here to make it too unpopular for the masses

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Burnin' LP roots acting as a document180 gram vinyl. Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer would bail for their own solo careers after this one, but despite the occasional tension between their compositional style and Bob's own approach, Burnin' could be regarded as a substantial improvement on Catch a Fire. For starters, there's no lightweight filler track along the lines of Baby We've Got a Date (Rock It Baby) padding things out in fact, this album is packed from end to end with fantastic