Marley had recently lost long-time collaborators Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston to their own musical endeavours, there was talk that his music and his politics would be watered down as a result... neither was. Marley's revitalised band helped him create some great tunes over which he was not shy about speaking of poverty and hypocrisy.
Reggae is one genre that I've never been entirely convinced about. It's often enjoyable, but to my ears it often gets a bit samey over the course of an album. There are often similar drum parts with the same organ and scratchy offbeat guitar ...that being said, this album held my interest nicely. There was a bit of variety, even when it stuck to the 'formula'
Apparently this was the first album to be credited as "Bob Marley and the Wailers" instead of just as "the Wailers"; Bob was taking centre-stage.
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