Roots, Rock, Remixed
Bob Marley & The Wailers - CD
- Artist: Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Format: CD
- Year: 2007, 2008
- UPC: 855345001096
- Item Number: QUA500109
- Release date: 07/31/2007
- 1. Soul Shakedown Party [Afrodisiac Sound System Remix]
- 2. Lively Up Yourself [Bombay Dub Orchestra Remix]
- 3. Duppy Conqueror [Fort Knox Five Remix]
- 4. Sun Is Shining [Yes King Remix]
- 5. Soul Rebel [Afrodisiac Sound System Remix]
- 6. African Herbsman [King Kooba Remix]
- 7. Don't Rock My Boat [Stuhr Remix]
- 8. Small Axe [Paul & Price Remix]
- 9. Rainbow Country [DJ Spooky's Subliminal Funk Remix]
- 10. Trenchtown Rock [Trio Elétrico Remix]
- 11. 400 Years [Jimpster Remix]
- 12. One Love [*]
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Roots, Rock, Remixed by Bob Marley & The Wailers on CD
There have been so many really atrocious (or, at best, really tedious) Bob Marley remix projects that it comes as a deep surprise to encounter one that truly hits the spot. Interestingly, this one succeeds because the remix artists featured -- an all-star cast featuring such notables as the Fort Knox Five, Cordovan, Bombay Dub Orchestra and DJ Spooky -- approach the source material with love and respect, rather than using it as a jumping-off point from which to showcase their own mad skills. Each of them puts a unique fingerprint on one of Marley's songs, but each also manages to keep the focus on the song itself rather than on the treatment. Thus, we get a brilliantly skittery and funky mix of "Small Axe" from Paul & Price and a rich but restrained reading of "Soul Shakedown Party" by Afrodisiac Sound System, and DJ Spooky even manages to make a silk purse out of the sow's ear that is "Rainbow Country," one of Marley's least compelling compositions. Not everything is brilliant: Afrodisiac Sound System drops the ball just a bit on their ho-hum version of "Soul Rebel," and Trio Elétrico's mix of "Trenchtown Rock" saps more energy than it adds to the original. But for the most part, this album is like a seminar in how to bring new life to already top-notch material. Highly recommended overall. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide
- Artist: Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Format: CD
- Year: 2007, 2008
- UPC: 855345001096
- Item Number: QUA500109
- Release date: 07/31/2007
- Label: Kartel, Koch Records, Rock Records, Tuff Gong
- Genre: Reggae
- Style: Political Reggae, Roots Reggae
- Album Type: "Best of..." / "Greatest Hits"
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