Reviews (page 6 of 7)
starts a little slow, but finds it's groove (naturally... can you even reggae if you can't find the groove?)
Classic opening track. Good grooves throughout. Very same-ish though. Reggae seems to need strong vocal hooks for each tune to become memorable.
Vond dit album fijner dan verwacht. Het eerste nummer vond ik minder, de rest luistert lekker weg.
Great reggae.
Reggae is not my favorite genre so it was kinda of struggle to get through it. The last couple of songs brought it up to three stars
Got good attitude, just not my style of music
Not my favourite genre but as things go a pretty enjoyable bop with enough musical and lyrical variation to keep things interesting. That said, an album I am unlikely to return to too often.
Classic reggae. What else is there to say?
Couplea good tracks. Just okay.
Damn this album makes me mad about the 2020 referendum results. Legalise it!
Classis reggae album. Good to just chill to.
Different from what I'm used to, but has themes I'd never imagined in the style
different from the others ive been given so it was refreshing
I don't really have much to say about this one, I'm not a big fan of reggae music, but I can see why this album is a classic.
Governor Cuomo finally got around to listening to this in 2021... Look what happened
Pure reggae to its core. I didn't vibe with this as hard as some other world music, but it there's some good moments on it. Favorite song: Why Must I Cry
Inhale... Mal etwas anderes als Bob. Ich mochte es, war aber abgelenkt. Muss man mal auf dem Balkon in Ruhe wiederholen.
Bit of reggae. Not crazy about the keyboards but an alternate to Bob marley
Very reggae and calm
Good reagge, but not so interesting.
I was vehemently anti-marijuana before I put this on. Hope the young man gets what he’s campaigning for.
Seems fine but I wasn’t blown away.
Middle of the road Reggae. Enjoyed it.
Reggae así social bastante estándar, no está mal, pero no es nada nuevo
5
I like a reasonable amount of reggae, so this was a pleasant excursion, albeit a little one-paced. Not anything I'd rush back to, but I'd happily have this choogling along in the background to a leisurely drive. And Tosh is right, just legalise it already!
No, no es mi género ni gusto definitivamente. Y aquí sí estorba para mostrar mi aprecio. En todo caso, sentí que con escuchar "Legalize It", ya lo había escuchado todo. Es un reduccionismo, lo sé, pero no es algo que encienda nada dentro de mí. Lo siento, supongo que suena bien y a los amantes del reggae, espero que los llene. Para mí es un 6/10.
I don’t know what “it” is, but if it’s a good time, then I’m all for it. Ohhhh there’s pot. Fun/relaxing album
Chill reggae, focused too much on weed but had nice sounds.
Su papel de segundón de lo Wailers y a la sombra de Bob Marley no hace justicia a su papel como pionero del reggae fuera de Jamaica. Si te gusta este música tranquila es un disco interesante y suena a playa y verano. Y huele a otra cosa por supuesto. Canciones como Why must I cry, Ketchy Shuby o Brand new second hand, no pueden parecerte mal.
Good
Solid! Brought the moodup
I’m not a huge reggae fan but this one was fairly good.
Revolutionary for sure in terms of Reggae, didn’t do it for me
Love the arrangements on this one. I would enjoy a greater variance in tempos but given this album's intent I can understand why it likes to sit in the groove. Highlights: Legalize It, WHY MUST I CRY
Decent bit of reggae
Not my style of music
I'm by no means a reggae guy, but this one's fun.
Pretty solid reggae, which I’ve never loved. A couple pretty solid songs though. Pretty short, only 9 tracks, 40 mins
Not bad. Reggae in general isn't my cup of tea, but I liked some of the melodies in the album quite a bit. A good chill record. 3.5
grabe ang sad na relevant pa rin ngayon yung legalize it 2020-1976 (i cant do math) years later
Chill, music is kinda older than what I'd listen to and isn't my style but still cool, didn't manage to get through without skipping a bit
Reggae has never been my favourite genre, this is alright but non of the songs really stand out as anything special.
better than i expected but the bar was quite low
I really really REALLY hate giving this the same score I gave Police’s “white reggae” bs, but I just know in my heart that reggae has better music to offer than this.
p371. 1972. 2 stars. I don't like reggae (oh no). Pretty average stuff, although the title track is excellent.
Yeah, this didn't really do it for me. It was all a bit samey, and the lyrics weren't really interesting enough for me to take much notice. The musicians are probably really good, and they can hold a groove fine, but it really did seem to be the same song several times by the end. Sorry, Peter!!
boring reggae about weed, wow
Meh, was fine.
Hippie music
I know he's a legend but found this a little slow. It's missing that "it factor" that makes it really good. Background music for a Jamaican lounge.
nice but very samey all the way through. i've never smoked weed. so maybe not for me
I didn't get into it.
eh
Reggae has never been up there on my list of “genres I enjoy”. This album is no different. I can enjoy a couple of songs but an entire album in a row of reggae music is just too much for my simple brain.
I felt like this was just another reggae album. It was good, but felt very similar to the early Bob Marley albums I've heard.
I don’t smoke, but I’m glad for this guy that it’s legal now.
★★½
Well, reggae. What can you say more. Not. More. Not. Very. Special.
Reggae's never been my jam outside of a few Bob Marley songs. Mad respect for the man behind this, but the album itself didn't wow me.
idk it's just not for me
This could be considered the best reggae album in the entire universe (it isn't) and I would STILL get tired of listening to it after 15 minutes. 2.5/5
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#352/1001. I hope they will never legalize reggae, it's so ketchy shuby.
I would presume that 99% of my reggae listening experience has been devoted to listening to "Legend" by Bob Marley. That album has long been a favorite of mine but I never really branched out into other reggae. In the 90s I listened to a fair amount of dancehall like Supacat, Shabba, and Mad Cobra. I have also listened to Popcaan more recently. This was my first time listening to Peter Tosh aside from his work with the Wailers and hearing "Legalize it" here and there over the years. This was not my favorite when compared with the above, but it did pick up at the end when it became more R&B and less reggae. I don't know why I liked that part more but I thought it seemed more like something different and less constrained to what can sound like what I associate with being a lesser Bob Marley. That may speak to my limitations as a reggae listener more so than a problem with Tosh.
No standouts
Monotono pero guay
..
Just not for me
me prometí no saltar ni adelantar canciones, casi no cumplo con este album, no está mal, debe ser bueno, pero no me gustó. entre las ultimas canciones si mejoró, lo mejorcito del album, pero meeh, buenas intros, pero todo muy repetitivo
listening to this in Canada in 2026 when you can't walk down a city block without passing at least one (legal) weed dispensary is certainly something. The genre as a whole is not for me but I can respect this album and understand why it matters.
Не люблю регги
не фанат регги, ну и тут особенно, 2.5
Not my thing, but pleasant enough.
This one makes me think of a Saturday disco nap. No rushing, completely relaxed, and looking forward to another day off ahead.
eu tento, gente, mas não consigo gostar de reggae :(
Didn't work for me
This is fun enough but parts of it felt a bit of a novelty/parody of reggae in the subject matter which put me off a little bit. Not a terrible listen but just not that compelling
interesante album pero no mi tipo 2.4 estrellas
I may well have listened to this 1000 times in Schmike's bedroom when we lived on Whiteladies Road in Bristol in our 10 bedroom hovel. Am I ever going to listen to any of it again? No. But at its heart, does it have something which grabs on to me, which brings me some kind of joy or notaglic warmth? Honestly, I would also have to say no here. Some of the tunes are alright though; "Why Must I Cry" is ok.
Me parece muy bien lo del porro. Me parece bien hasta que uno haga apología. Lo que me cansa es estar todo el día hablando de porro.
Not complete tosh, but not far off.
Precisely the same criticism that I have of this that I did Snoop Dogg - just because you enjoy something, doesn’t mean you should have your whole personality revolve around it - we get it, you smoke weed. Reggae as a whole is a difficult genre for me to appraise as I’m sure it has meaning if you associate yourself with that culture and whilst I can enjoy snippets of it, on the whole it’s not my bag as it just gets a little too repetitive after a while, craving for anything other than syncopated guitar/horn stabs. I could get some dub influences coming through but wanted that dialled up a lot more to keep the interest.
Unremarkable. He can't sing when not reggae.
This might be one of the better reggae albums on the list, but it is still just okay. The beginning half of the album was much better; there were more fun elements in the songs and the songs felt slightly different from each other. The bluesy guitar and synths were highlights for me. Everything started blending together towards the end though.
Not quite my tempo
Eh no thanks
All the tracks slowly blended into one so it was kind of just ok - I guess just not really my thing. Rating: 2.
var reggae..
Malheureusement en 2026, ce n'est toujours pas légalisé ; je ne peux donc pas profiter clairement de cet album. Très répétitif et monotone et aussi répétitif. Note : 2 À réécouter : Non
grube lolo
Why not use it as a 20 of April thing-
not sure how you can make a reggae album boring....but this one does. all just sounded the same
Blind album and artist. Cool that this guy was a Wailer and also got this album banned. Kinda crazy. But... I don't think I can personally listen to a lot of this for very long.
Stereotypical Reggae beats and cadence. It feels classic and the song "Legalize It" is still a topic of discussion today. It's a good example of the album but I feel I may just not love reggae in general.
If you absolutely love smoking weed, I'm happy for you I guess. Doesn't make listening to songs about it interesting though. Redeemed slightly by some of the other tracks.
Ok reggae I get it. Except this must have been the template for little Mermaid because several of the songs today sound Disneyesque. Really not my cup of tea. 2/5
Never been a huge reggae fan and this album didn't really change that view of mine. Still not a bad album and I can definitely see why some people would like it because as a reggae album its got a lot of those elements rooted deep into the tracks and brought out really well. Not for me though. Favorite Song: No Sympathy. 4/10
Raggae, je suis sceptique sur ce henre musical car assez redondant, on a toujours la meme instrumental. Peter Tosh democratise le raggae dans les annees 70, jamaican music. L’album porte tres bien son nom puisque c’est l idee centrale.
There is a guy from my school that I haven't talked to in a long time, but when we last spoke all he could talk about was drugs. Like, what kinds of drugs he's using, how he almost got caught by a patrol while carrying drugs, what type of drug is better for which occasion, etc. It's honestly scary when drugs become your entire personality But this album is a 2 not because of the lyrics (I don't understand shit) but because it's uninspiring
The devil's lettuce
I don't like reggae
Peter Tosh's arguments for the legalization of marijuana: - It's good for tuberculosis - Goats love to play with it - You got to I agree with you man, but we gotta do a little better than that
Reggae is not for me
Non mais non
Jamaican's don't be a stereotype: Impossible Challenge
This one was not for me.
I'm not interested in smoking weed. The instrumentation was actually pretty interesting but the subject matter / lyrics are just so bleak, so disparaging, so *off*
Nice and chill to listen to. I feel like it's missing whatever magic Marley (and Tosh) had from time to time when they worked together.
60
muito ganzado mds
Da weed junkie… Da Ganja Addict… Far from the best of Reggae’s succulent offerings
Nou dit genre is niet meer toepasselijk voor mij. Sinds ik clean ben luister ik hier niet meer naar. Fijn ook zo'n albumcover met alleen maar wiet. NOT. Het begon ook gelijk veel te verheerlijkend met 'legalize it'. Direct overgeslagen. De rest klinkt allemaal hetzelfde. Dit soort oude reggae begrijp ik gewoon niet zo goed want het is gewoon echt allemaal hetzelfde. Ik heb de helft van het album geluisterd maar uit principe ga ik het niet afluisteren. T gaat allemaal over wiet roken
Best Track - "Legalize It"
Proof positive that reggae just isn’t my thing. 2/5
I’ve never really seen the appeal of reggae and this album did not change my mind
i dont think i like reggae
Quite repetitive Reggae
There's a certain type of Jamaican music that I find boring and not very good and this is it. For me, the island's music starts to get bad around Bob Marley- sue me!
I mean it’s about as good as budget bob marley reggae can get
I'm really not feeling this. It isn't doing anything objectionable, but then it isn't making much of an impression at all.
Much reggae
Reggae for a whole album is SO tiresome. Side note, I wonder what he wants to legalize
Don't mind a bit of reggae but it's not a genre I am very familiar with. This sounds pretty nice and it's enjoyable to have it on in the background but the songs also sound quite same-y. The title/opening track jumps out but after that it's pretty much a case of diminishing marginal returns for me. I am not a big Bob Marley fan but his songs by and large seem to have a bigger and more immediate appeal.
A reggae album and getting high.
Sorry reggae... it's not you, it's me.
Boring.
reggae is not something I can listen to for the whole album
Really repetitive and simple reggae. Bob Marley this is not.
Maybe it’s my attention span but I got bored.
Helt ok decent reggae. Ikke favoritten, var feil dag for reggae, orka ikke fullføre albumet.
Yeah, maaan!
It's reggae, a fad genre that never attracted me - there are a couple Marley songs, and, for me a couple is plenty.
Reggae not really my thing. Opening track was very meh. In fact, overall it was meh.
very african music genre. and a slow one. the same melody feels off after a few songs.
This is the first reggae album I’ve had to listen to for this challenge and also the first I’ve ever heard from the Bob Marley sphere start to finish. I’m a bit bummed that my first Wailers experience is from Peter Tosh and not Marley himself, but I suppose I’ll take it. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t roll my eyes a bit when I saw that Legalize It was today’s assignment – on the surface, the album seems to be a caricature of what people perceive reggae to be. I definitely didn’t go into it expecting fine art and it’s fair to say my expectations were met. Listen… I don’t care about marijuana. I’ve never smoked it, I don’t want to smoke it and frankly, I most likely never will. I want to resonate with Tosh’s plight on the title track, but I can’t relate to it and it comes across like an overly preachy advertisement. Fortunately, that’s the only track that gives off “you like weed, we get it” vibes and it becomes pretty inoffensive reggae fare after that point. I can’t say I ever truly hated the album, but it also just didn’t have enough engaging lyrics, instrumentation or composition to make me feel like it’s worth ever revisiting. "Till Your Well Runs Dry" was the one track that felt like it had some soul to it and I liked that it also played around with its genre a bit. The others just kind of felt like vaguely uplifting tunes I’d hear while looking through fresh fruit at the farmers market. Hopefully some more memorable reggae is coming in my near future. Highlights: Till Your Well Runs Dry
No cabe duda: odio el reggae. Me taladra el alma. Este tiene un par de canciones en donde le meten un poquito de jazz y me parecieron más soportables, pero en general fue una tortura echarme sus 40 minutos. Rezo para que la lista no tenga más reggae.
Not a fan of reggae. This certainly hasn't changed my opinion.
Nå huhhhuh
J’ai vraiment de la difficulté à écouter plus que 5 min de reggae
@Timo: wees maar niet bang, ik heb ze allemaal beluisterd! Er zaten wel een paar aardige nummers in zoals ketchy shuby, wat me erg bekend voorkwam. 420 blaze ittt!
Not enough variation, mon
Too stereotypical for me.
DUDE WEED LMAO
Some solid reggae here but it wasn’t really that interesting to me.
I was really not in the right space to appreciate this album, but I'm not a big fan of reggae at my best. More than a song or two and I need something different.
It's not horrible, but I'm the wrong demo. This album hits like a weed guy decided to cut an album. The whole thing feels like a guy saying "Smoking weed is great, right? Everybody should smoke weed!" The only standout for me was "Till Your Well Runs Dry", which sounds like it could have been a forlorn country lost love track, but then the bouncy reggae riddim kicks in for the chorus and kills the vibe. My Rating: 2/5
This is quite samey at the opening, and then 'No Love, No Sympathy' comes in and it is noticeably different, but I just don't quite think he's got the vocals to pull off what he's trying to do.
Not bad just wasn't feeling it
Boom chicka boom chicka boom chicka Feels pretty basic tbh. There is better reggae out there. There are better songs about ganja.
Crazy how high Bob raised the bar for the genre, carried by one song - almost has some good samples
2.5
Büro, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Lässt mich sehr kalt.
typ lite bland
Burial stands out. Legalize it and Let Jah Be Praised are songs I remember my dad playing a lot, but I don’t find them to be very moving to me personally.
Reggae really is not my thing at all, and whilst this is better than any of the shitty white-boy reggae I grew up with, like UB40 or The Poluce, it is still shit.
An album about weed. Nice!
🐣🤷🏻♂️
You step out your front door of an evening, in this sleepy little seaside town, and the air smells like someone’s set fire to a sock drawer soaked in cough syrup. Not even legal here, and yet it hangs in the air like a bad decision: clingy, persistent, and utterly devoid of charm. The streetlamps wear it. The teenagers wear it. Even the seagulls seem a little slower these days. It brings back trauma memories: low lighting, low conversation, low ambition. The couch swallows your limbs. You become sponge. “Dude,” someone says, and it is both greeting and thesis. I didn't even take any. I just watched everyone else. Worse still, the people who make it their personality: celebrating 420 like it isn't Hitler's birthday; artisan bongs; a consumeristic coma under the guise of counter-culture. But this record isn't that bad. I liked Igziabeher. I liked Ketchy Shuby for the first minute or so. It reminds you that the creative spirit can overcome the depressive impulse. Or that you can rock out while lying down. 2 For the brief time the party existed, Cannabis is Safer Than Alcohol did not stand in my constituency. I think I would have voted for them though, not because I actually smoke the stuff but because I admire their concision. There in the name of the party is their purpose, their main policy, all their other policies and their (sound) argument. Alas, my constituency was ceded unfought to the same party that always wins here; another one-policy party that, lacking the grace of CISTA, pretends to have other policies. Peter Tosh’s debut album is just like that. Peter says all he really has to say in ‘Legalize it’. He should have left it there but instead he goes on for another half hour dispensing tiresome fluff like Watcha Gonna Do and Ketchy Shuby (which is 5 minutes long why?). Sometimes it’s worse than fluff; the square lead guitar parts on No Sympathy and Till Your Well Runs Dry are awkward enough to make for an actively unpleasant listen. Still, we thank Peter for bringing to our attention the benefits that a United Ireland has to offer Tuberculosis sufferers. Sorry, I meant ‘smoking weed’. 1.5/5
all sounds the same
stonerslop
"We've got Bob Marley at home"
Burial is fine. A bunch of the compositions just don't click for me. I don't see myself coming back to this one.
It wasn’t terrible but I didn’t really enjoy it much either
First song is too on the nose. Actually liked the last two songs on the album best.
Forgettable reggae
Ironically, I feel like Reggae is the among the "whitest" music genres. I hear this and can only picture a horde of dreadlocked hippies swaying around in a dusty field or some corn-rowed college spring-breakers chugging from hollowed out coconuts.
2.5
Not my cup of tea
Lidt for generisk reggae, chill nok, men ikke noget specielt
I don't like Reggae
I didn't really enjoy this, reggae isn't for me, but I didn't dislike it, and it's very refreshing to hear something like this from the list, certainly it's better than another album from a bunch of white men from the USA or the UK.
just too much for me, some of the instrumentation is really nice on the back half of the album but it's just too much.
I came, I heard, I voted. At least I made it all the way through. This stuff all sounds the same to me. Nothing but a beat with the same chord progressions.
Eh, while I can dig the sound, it gets pretty monotonous after a while.
i want weed
A nice record didn’t go for the legacy or legend one that’s nearly 3hours long🤨 so just listened to normal one. Quite liked the humour and puttin it to the man vibe. May probably not listen to again. But 2 stars
Definitely didn’t need to hear this one
Another one that’s not for me.
Not really into reggae. Maybe it'd be nicer at the beach
Reggae is one of my least enjoyed genres.
I really do not like reggae
bob marley at home
Just not my style of reggae music. Introspective.
Very repetitive
Not my style.
It was fine but still had the repetitive nature of the genre
2/5
Man, this project is blasting me with 70s albums! I'm not familiar with Peter Tosh so let's dive in! Right off, I'm not a pothead or into drug culture, but this is a fun album in spite of the topic. Reggae has such a distinct style that always sounds a little upbeat and laid back to me despite the lyrical content. Standouts were "Legalize It," "Burial" - brutal to listen to considering Tosh's murder - "Whatcha Gonna Do." All in all, the album was ok, had a couple nice jams but seems like pretty standard fare for the genre although I don't have a lot of experience in it. Like a lot of albums, I think the second half suffers a little and falls into the sounding somewhat "samey" bucket. This would probably be a 2.5/3 for me, but as I'm rating things pretty harshly it'll have to round down to a very solid 2. Maybe 3 in another life.
Reasonable reggae album, not the best. 2.5 stars.
A load of old Tosh
Good vibes. Would put on at a party.
picks: Legalize it, no sympathy
Not the best reggae out there. The lyrics aren't particularly interesting, and the patterns are too simple.
I understand the appeal but personally don't like it
I haven't listened to enough reggae to "get it." I like a lot of what I've heard, but casually, and not in a way that I can tell it apart easily, and definitely not in a way that makes me want to dig deeper. This all seems fine, but none of it stood out musically as a notably song. Lyrically, well, I've lived my whole life in North America, and the vast majority of it has been less than 50 miles from the Pacific Ocean. We've all agreed for my adult life that weed is fine, and that's been the legal stance for over a decade. Even the Trump supporters (and I'm very much including the weird Canadian Trump supporters) think Mary Jane is not a big deal. "Legalize It" messaging was rampant in my high school and college years, and frankly most of it was just as disingenuous as the prohibitionists. Why did they glom onto glaucoma, of all things, when it's been pretty clear for decades that grass makes it worse? Anyway, this is still full of lies about pot, including saying it's good for asthma and tuberculosis? Just say you like getting high and it's not a public health crisis. It's waaaay easier to argue that marijuana is less damaging or addicting than alcohol and cigarettes, that's the real fight.
2.5 - rounding down as I also add these to musicboard someone that was listening with me told me it sounded like bob marley, and as generalist as that was, some of these songs individually remind me of the carless bop of marley's regge. However, I think this ins't doing the gene any favors as a project unto itself and 'leaglize it' seems very on the nose and diminish-able if that was really his central message
lyrically, not really something i enjoy listening to. musically, it’s much of the same sound but it’s not bad. i’m not really into reggae in general. i enjoyed “no sympathy” a lot.
I got excited when this came up. I enjoy reggae, but haven't really explored Peter Tosh. I also love marijuana, this will be fun! Unfortunately, past the first notorious track, this got kinda ho-hum for me. It's good, but nothing special.
I don’t think I’m the target audience…
Highlights: Burial, Till Your Well Runs Dry In a nutshell: new sounds secondhand A question I ask myself throughout this project is: does the album expand the genre if it doesn't define it? For Legalize It, not really. Peter's mates from The Wailers chip in with backing instruments. Like Steely Dan and Donald Fagen's The Nightfly, it's redundant to have a solo album that sounds a lot like the band they were a part of. Overall: 4/10
Classic reggae, pretty chill, nothing too spectacular but solid throughout.
It was okay
So just off the cover I had a pretty good idea of what to expect from this album which I think both helped and hurt it. For example, I knew it was gunna be a groovy reggae album based off the cover and album title, which put me in the right expectations but it also limited the album. Because it is the most stereotypical reggae album out there, the title track is the first song and musically and instrumentally it doesn’t steer very far from that first song, which I liked but after 5-6 songs it started to get tiresome. And by the time I hit the pseudo-religious song I lost all interest in the demos and remixes that were 2/3 of the album. So honestly I really enjoyed it at first and then I got “reggaed” out. I just couldn’t finish the album. I did in my defense listen to all the original tracks, I just turned it off once I got to the demos. Overall this was a forgettable album, but a chill and relaxing forgettable album.
I don't know what to say except that reggae bores me. This was no exception. To me reggae is ska if you took out the tempo, the horns and the exuberance. It just feels like music made by and for stoners. May be it's just too laid back for me, but everytime I hear that reggae beat and guitar pattern, it just bores me to tears. I'll take a cocaine driven music instead. (5.3) ★★½
Not exactly Exodus by Bob Marley. This is about the reggaeish bunch of reggae that ever reggaed and it reggaes quite stodgily at that. At no point does it ever light up. Far from legalizing it, I would get some SWAT team in and enforce it off this list.
un pò troppo fuma fuma, dopo un pò stufa
Maso
One note, repetitive and underwhelming. At least it picks up slightly after the first song.
Like the title track and the rest was kinda background music.
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It's certainly specific.
Mum can we get bob marley? Mum: we’ve got bob marley at home
not sure what this is all about ;)
All reggae sounds the same and it's not a good sound. Fight me.
Ihan on kai passelia reggaeta. Ei ihan oma juttu.
I really cannot get myself into reggae
It is pretty solid, just not a style of music I find super interesting.
Groovy [3]
nothing stood out. could i write poetry to this? b
I heard this one a lot in my fraternity house at college because, you know... weed. I generally can't stand Reggae, but this album does a better job than most at showcasing the musical styles that were incorporated to create Reggae. Soul, R & B, Ska, and Funk rise to the top and make this a notch better than most others in the genre.
Just makes me want to hear Bob Marley.
Not important or memorable.
I endorse this. 2.3
Not my cup of tea but I’m guessing it’s alright if you’re into this type of music
I don't really like reggae, sorry.
Day274 - i listened a couple times cause i want to like this but it’s not happening
Probably made the list based on the title track and its historical significance
legalize what :)
I have to admit that Reggae is not my jam. This was fine musically and after reading the Wikipedia article I understand why it was included in this project. But I wouldn't choose to listen again. 2.5⭐️ (round down to 2 for the rating)
Not my favorite reggae album. Ketchy Shuby is fun.
I guess I don’t really know what to listen for in reggae, so I can’t say whether this is good/bad/meh within that genre. Generally speaking it’s fine, I guess?
Figura clave del Reggae, miembro de los Wailers junto a Bob Marley y Bunny Wailer con quienes publicó discos hasta el Burning, este Legalize it es su álbum de de debut y destaca, al margen de por la titular Burial, el cierre con Brand New Second Hand o Why Must I Cry (firmada al alimón con Bob Marley). No sympathy es una buena mezcla de blues-reggae que luego versionó Eric Clapton (2013) mientras que Ketchy Shuby es tan sencilla como pegadiza. Este mismo año publicó también su debut Bunny, el otro Wailer, con Why Must I Cry mientras Bob Marley, que les ganó la partida al resto, ya iba por su cuarto disco en solitario: Rastaman vibration (entre Natty Dread/ Live! y Exodus). Tosh Fue uno de los responsables de la explosión reggae, con influencia en Eric Claton los Stones de Black and blue y posterior revival del 2-Tone Ska que tuvo a The Specials, Madness y tantos otros como principales figuras. Otros discos de 1976: Songs in the key of life, Hotel California, Love to love you baby, Desire, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, el directo de Peter Frampton, Jailbreak, Station to station, Arrival, Black and blue, Fly like an eagle, The year of the cat, los debuts de Boston, Modern lovers, Ramones y Tom Petty...
Reggae. Check. Marijuana. Check. A bit monotematic. Check.
It gave me a giggle. It’s a lovely vibe. That’s all I’ve got.
Damn I think this guy liked marijuana. Just kinda the same sound for 40 minutes. 2/5
I'm not sure why this album is here. It's okay. The title track seems a little like a novelty song. I prefer his album Bush Doctor but I think I may be the only one....
I like Peter Tosh but I don’t think he had enough material to warrant a solo album. The album sounds great, there’s just not a lot there. Really enjoyed Burial.
Most songs sound exactly the same. Ok to listen to in the background but not a lot going on
Good elevator music, not great everything else music
Nice listen but not much variety. Not a huge fan of reggae and this doesn’t feel like an essential album from the genre.
Not bad for raggae album. I think I enjoyed this more than Bob Marley. 2.5/5
Got not really into it, singing qualities are also not very present like Bob
It's reggae. As good and as bad as any other reggae.
Meh...might even be bleh. Unremarkable. 2/5
Okay not impressive, I won't listen to it again I think
I was transported back to Jamaica for a moment. Good vibes just kinda boring.
Schnulzenreggeae, aber zwei drei Klassiker
Weed, cops, weed.
It's fine. Not much to say, really. It's kind of typical 70s reggae. It's pretty OK, for sure, but it's not special. probably 2.5 stars.
Not a reggae kind of guy.
I dont think theyre going to bud
I appreciate the sentiment behind this album, but it just becomes so boring and repetitive very quickly.
Not a huge Reggie fan, this was enjoyable but not sure why I’d listen to this over a wailers album, or if I needed to listen to this before I die.
Just got a contact high listening to this
It was ok. Damned by faint praise.
While I dig reggae, this one just didn't do anything for me.
Groovy but i'm not in the mood for it
This was just fine, nice background music for a sunny day, but nothing particularly memorable apart from the title track.
It was okay.
I like reggae once in a while. I find it gets boring after a few songs. Love Peter Tosh's voice, and the songs have enough variation to be interesting. Good for one listen. Doubt I'll go back.
Not for me
Other than the occasional Bob Marley, this is my first introduction to Raggae. And I can say, it’s not really for me. It wasn’t bad, but I wouldn’t listen to it on my own. I can appreciate the message communicated in the lyrics but I didn’t particularly enjoy the music itself
Boring. Too repetitive. Favorite song: Watcha gonna do.
Wasn’t feeling it so never listened to the usual bonus tracks that went with it on Spotify
Nah man. Reggae just ain't my thing. I really need to be in the mood for it I guess but this wasn’t very good.
Idk why but this gives me GTA 3 radio station vibes, K-JAH Radio anyone? This album really has that raw and “real” feel to it if that makes any sense.. I will definitely check out more Peter Tosh stuff. Not really a Reggae fan at all, my favorite track here is “Till your well runs dry” and “No Sympathy” On a side note, can we talk about how fire the album cover is?
Good reggae.
I don't know... it was alright for just having in the background because it was chill but at the same time, it wasn't anything exciting, so I don't know if I can rate it higher.
Reggae. Rolloreggae.
Reggae político con todas las esencias del estilo por parte de uno de los miembros fundadores de los Wailers. La canción que da título al álbum, "Legalize It", clama por la legalizacción del cannabis, en particular para uso médico, y protesta por la represión policial en la isla de Jamaica. En cuanto a "No Sympathy", compuesta por Tosh, había sido grabada seis años antes por Bob Marley & de Wailers. Precisamente con Marley canta la canción "Why Must I Cry", una de las que más me gustan del álbum.
A poor-man’s Bob Marley
Jay not my thing
Reggae done in a dull way
Meu interesse por reggae acaba sendo limitado ao Bob Marley. E acho mais legal outras bandas cantando a maconha.
no es lo mío
C pas mon genre
Just want to make sure people know weed is not in fact good for asthma or TB 😂 but fun fact it does Lower chances of getting glaucoma
Reggae. Rolloreggae.
I had the feeling every song was the same. Not my favourite reggae album by any means.
Not a fan of reggae, but it is cool that he's an original member of the Wailers. The vibe of this album, his first solo album, is very relaxed, advocating for the legalization of marijuana. RIP to Tosh as his demise is traumatic.
2/5 I agree with its message, but didn't love the music
I like some songs on here. No sympathy, why must I cry are great. Ketchy has a nice groove and till your well runs dry is catchy as well. The issue is I’m just struggling with the sound - it isn’t clicking with me. The Reggae grooves that lay the foundation of all these tracks get monotonous for me and the tracks are neither completely upbeat or completely bluesy with energy and more rawness. It just hangs somewhere in between on nowhere land and I can’t stick to the sound. It’s a 2 for me.
Noble cause, but the music isn’t the greatest.
smooth
Yeah, alright.
I thought I would hate this. I didn’t - it’s not a bad reggae album - but it’s also not my style. Went back and forth on the rating, but I know I’m not going to listen again, so it’s a 2.
Soporific reggae, decent enough if you like this kind of thing, but not really my taste.
Reggie isn’t my thing
Yep. You like weed. It’s still not like cigarettes, though.
I don't like Reggae
My problem with this genre as a whole is that it can be so incredibly passive. At times it takes minor things like guitar solos and changes in the instrumental to get away from that half time beat/upstroke on the and but still relies on a catchy melody to make itself stand out(like with the rest of the genre.) It has its moments but not enough to separate itself from the collective of passive music
1. legalize it - 2 2. burial - 1.5 3. uuatcha gonna do - 1.5 4. no zympathy - 2 5. uuhy muzt i cry - 1.5 6. let jah be praized - 1.5 7. ketchy zhuby - 1 8. till your uuell runz dry - 2 9. brand neuu zecond hand - 1.5
Just not my thing
Really not for me, but it's not bad per se
Reggae. Rolloreggae.
boring
Generic album with automatic keyboard settings? OK as a background I guess
Makes me want to be on a beach in Jamaica. Also, I feel like I learned a lot about marijuana from this album. A line that I loved: “Judges smoke it, even the lawyers do”... I suspect Jamaica’s justice system is a little more “chill” than our own. This style isn’t really my jam unless I’m on an island vacation, but I appreciate it for what it is.
I enjoy reggae, but I have to listen to different artists because each album has one great song, and all the rest sound alike. Maybe all the ganja is smoked during the first track that rocks, and the motivation does after that. Who knows… Peter Tosh was a visionary about legalizing it in 1976, so kudos there.