Album · 1970
Soul Rebels
Soul Rebels is a 1970 reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers. It runs 12 tracks across 33 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 5.0/5 from 1 rating.
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- 12
- Tracks
- 33 min
- Runtime
- 101 bpm
- Tempo
- E major
- Key
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- AllMusic4.5/5
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Soul Rebels album cover
The Soul Rebels cover was designed by CCS Advertising Associates and photographed by Ged Grimmel.
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- CCS Advertising Associates
- Photography
- Ged Grimmel
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12 tracks · 33 min
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Soul Rebels is the second studio album by the Wailers, their first album to be released outside Jamaica. The Wailers approached producer Lee "Scratch" Perry in August 1970 to record an entire album, and the sessions took place at Randy's recording studio (also known as Studio 17) above Randy's Record Mart at 17 North Parade in Kingston, Jamaica, until November. First issued in the UK by Trojan Records in December 1970, the album has since been re-released several times on several different labels. Perry's production is sparse and haunting, only featuring guitar, bass, drums, electronic organs, and vocals with no horns or other embellishments. Songs The first track, "Soul Rebel", was from the first collaboration of Perry and Marley. Marley initiated the idea for the song, and Perry arranged and co-wrote the music as Marley dictated the lyrics. Writing in Newsday in 1973, Robert Christgau found Soul Rebels superior to Marley and the Wailer's only American release at the time, Catch a Fire.
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Allmusic gave Soul Rebels a glowing retrospective review, calling it "a strange and wonderful set of early reggae that at times plays fast and loose with the already established conventions of the genre". Cover According to the book, I & I: The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh and Wailer by Colin Grant, the band was not happy with the "soft porn" look of the album cover, clashing as it did with their sensibilities, and were upset that they weren't consulted on its look.
In brief
- Is Soul Rebels good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Soul Rebels 5.0/5 from 1 rating.
- When was Soul Rebels released?
- Soul Rebels was released in 1970.
- How many tracks are on Soul Rebels?
- Soul Rebels has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 33 minutes.
- What genre is Soul Rebels?
- Soul Rebels is catalogued under Reggae, Roots Reggae.
- What BPM is Soul Rebels?
- Soul Rebels runs at a median tempo of 101 BPM across its tracks, most often in E major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Soul Rebels?
- Listeners of Soul Rebels also rate Abbey Road by The Beatles, Mama Africa by Peter Tosh, Catch a Fire by The Wailers.
Soul Rebels at a glance
- Label
- Trojan Records
- Produced by
- Lee "Scratch" Perry
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