1001 Albums Summary

An album that got better as it went along. The synth bass tones in the beginning really didn’t work for me, but the rhythms in the second half of the album redeemed it.

This is probably *the* Bob Marley album to listen to - bangers throughout, opening and ending spectacularly strong with Natural Mystic and One Love/People, Get Ready. Properly listening to the album I can feel the through lines between these grooves and the funk and pop genres. I’m really glad I was able to give this a proper listen. The bassline to So Much Things To Say literally invaded my dreams last night.

This album just stays low energy and strong the whole way through, then Glory Box goes in for the haymaker to close out the round. I’ve heard the influence of this sound on grunge and it’s right at the confluence point of UK’s downtempo electronic beats at that genre. Beth’s voice is totally sending me. I really wish I had known about this band growing up, teenage me would have had this looping on her mp3 player.