Bunny Wailer Sings The Wailers Rar

Neville O’Riley Livingston, better known as Bunny Wailer, was born in Kingston, Jamaica on April 10, 1947. The vocalist, songwriter, and percussionist is known for his contributions to reggae, roots reggae, and ska. He was part of the trio known as the Wailers, along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, formed in 1963. Raised by his father, Wailer met Marley as a child and his father later had a child with Wailer’s mother. The Wailers achieved success and when Marley left the group in 1966, Wailer launched his own solo career. He was influenced in his music by the soul and gospel of Curtis Mayfield.

He operated his own label with Solomonic and toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe as part of the Wailers. Throughout the years, he became more focused on his faith, identifying with the Rastafari movement. Many of his tracks were recorded in the roots reggae style that reflected his spiritual and political beliefs. He briefly experimented with disco and had success in the dancehall and pop genres. The music artist won Grammy awards for Best Reggae Album in 1991 for “Time Will Tell,” for “Crucial! Roots Classics” in 1995, and in 1997 for “Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marley’s 50^th Anniversary.” The musician has received numerous honors including the Order of Jamaica in 2012 and the Order of Merit in 2016.

Bunny Wailer went on a month-long “Blackheart Man” tour in 2016 in celebration of the 40^th anniversary of his 1976 album. During his career, he recorded 30 solo tracks and albums, eight compilations, and 3 DVDs and compilations. Wailer suffered a stroke in 2018 and currently resides on his farm in Jamaica.

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1980 Vinyl release of Sings The Wailers on Discogs. Label: Mango - MLPS 9629. Format: Vinyl LP, Album. Country: US. Genre: Reggae. Style: Reggae. Bunny Wailer: Sings The Wailers.

1. Studio version of The Oppressed Song, from Bunny Wailer's album, Blackheart Man.
2. Born April 10, 1947, Jamaica. One of the original members Jamaican reggae group The Wailers founded by him, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. Bunny grew up in the same household as Bob.
3. Bunny Wailer is the stage name for three-time Grammy Award winner, singer, percussionist and devoted Rastafarian Neville Livingston (born 10 April 1947 in Kingston, Jamaica), known for the read more View full artist profile.

1. Blackheart Man

2. Protest

3. Time Will Tell

4. Crucial! Roots Classics

5. Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marley’s 50^th Anniversary

6. Rock and Groove

7. Liberation

8. Retrospective

9. Roots Radics Rockers Reggae

10. Communication

11. Rule This Land

Photo: Bunny Wailer’s Instagram

Burnin' is the sixth studio album by Jamaican reggae band The Wailers, released in October 1973. It was written mostly by bandleader Bob Marley and produced by Chris Blackwell. A commercial and critical success in the United States, Burnin' was certified Gold and later added to the National Recording Registry, with the Library of Congress deeming it historically and culturally significant.

Music and lyrics[edit]

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 number one 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.^{[citation needed]}

Bunny Wailer Songs

Critical reception[edit]

Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: 'This is as perplexing as it is jubilant—sometimes gripping, sometimes slippery. It's reggae, obviously, but it's not mainstream reggae, certainly not rock or soul, maybe some kind of futuristic slow funk, War without the pseudo-jazz. What's inescapable is Bob Marley's ferocious gift for melodic propaganda. It's one thing to come up with four consecutive title hooks, another to make the titles 'Get Up Stand Up,' 'Hallelujah Time,' 'I Shot the Sheriff,' 'Burnin' and Lootin'.'^[2]

In 2003, the album was ranked number 319 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.^[3] The album maintained the same position in a 2012 update of the list.^[4] American singer 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.^[5]

Track listing[edit]

Original album release (1973)[edit]

Bunny Wailer Album

The Original Wailers

• Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–10 on CD reissues.

The Definitive Remastered edition (2001)[edit]

Text from 12 June 2001 Tuff Gong cat# 314 548 894-2 CD liner notes:^[6]

• 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)[edit]

Personnel[edit]

The Wailers[edit]

• Peter Tosh – guitar, vocals, keyboards
• Bob Marley – guitar, vocals
• Bunny Wailer – percussion, vocals
• Aston 'Family Man' Barrett – bass
• Carlton 'Carlie' Barrett – drums
• Earl Lindo – keyboards

Production[edit]

• Chris Blackwell – producer
• Tony Platt – engineer
• Phill Brown – engineer

Artwork[edit]

• CCS London
• Bob Bowkett
• Simon Perfitt
• Photography by Ester Anderson

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Ruhlmann, William. 'Bob Marley / The Wailers – Burnin''. AllMusic. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
2. ^ ^abChristgau, Robert (1981). 'Consumer Guide '70s: W'. Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN089919026X. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
3. ^'319 – The Wailers, 'Burnin''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
4. ^'500 Greatest Albums of All Time'. Rolling Stone. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
5. ^'Recordings by Historical Figures and Musical Legends Added To the 2006 National Recording Registry'. Library of Congress. 6 March 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
6. ^'Bob Marley & The Wailers – Burnin' (CD, Album)'. Discogs. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
7. ^ ^ab'Burnin' – Awards'. AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

External links[edit]

• Burnin' at Discogs (list of releases)
• Library of Congress essay on the album