this is better than the Beatles in my ears, It's really hard to go wrong with this material, personally I would pick the whole "Soul rebel" album + Mr. Brown on the first disc

Hearing "Legend" coming out of almost every dorm room I've ever walked past has lessened Bob's impact on me, but this is still some phenomenal stuff. "No Woman, No Cry"...man. This is some great stuff.

I like all his stuff, but the early material is my favourite. Great mix!

Overrated? That's just nuts.

Wonderful collection as any Bob Marley collection would be. Can't imagine anyone thinking him overrated. One of the greats and also one of my favorite all time live performers.

Personally I think they are unerrated

Ok, flame me, but I'll be the first to concur in Rob's "somewhat overrated" conclusion. Even setting aside that my lack of patience for Marley originates somewhat from the presence of Legend at every college party for four years running (a universal trend, as noted in 100 Albums You Should Remove From Your Collection), even objectively I find Marley's reggae to be painfully redundant. Yes, he wrote some unbelievably immortal and unforgettable songs, most of which Rob includes here. But not enough to fill his large back-catalog. So despite the omnipresence of Legend, count me in among those who find that to be about all the Marley I'll ever need.

No need to flame you, BUT if that is your criterion for being overrated, it's hard to imagine a "legendary" artist who isn't. Paul McCartney and John Lennon included. God knows, they've both probably written more weak songs than strong ones. I give Marley more credit because of his central figure as a peacemaker, as well as a brilliant songwriter. So what if he didn't bat a thousand. Who has? Well, maybe Jandek :-)

I think the reputation of Marley as a "peacemaker" is somewhat misleading, particularly if you listen to the militance/violence in a lot of his songs. And I'm sorry, but after Burnin', he only made one consistently fine album--Exodus--and the rest feature (on average) one great track, two good tracks and the rest is filler (all of this IMHO). And yes, Marc's experience with Legend mirrors my own.

"and the rest feature (on average) one great track, two good tracks and the rest is filler" that's a lie even if I prefer the early stuff, that's like I said Beatles were mediocre after Revolver

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Wow...! Everyone has an opinion on this one so I'll weigh in with mine, sine: everyone is entitled.."I would disagree strongly with the statement he only had "one consistently fine album" after Burnin', the three-year string beginning in 1975 with Live!, (and that awesome beginning: "One good thing about music.., when it hits you feel no pain!), which is the album I came to know him first, through 1976's Rastaman Vibration, with some of my favorite Marley: "Roots, Rock, Reggae", "Cry To Me", "Crazy Baldhead", and "Who the Cap Fit"-all amazing; to '77s fantastic Exodus...which I think is one of the all-time greatest reggae records. Easily a Top 20 LP in my life....so, I count two LPS, post-Burnin', that *I* consider to be among his greatest work...while I like your choices I have resrvations.

OK, maybe it's because my first copy of Catch a Fire was a poorly dubbed cassette, but I still hear it as "No sandwiches in my den today." Looking forward to volume 2 - "I'm Hurting Inside" and "One Drop" maybe?

WOOT!!! Fan-Fucking-Tastic Rob! lol, You can't go wrong with any tune of Bob Marley's. Cheers by the way for putting "Sir It Up" on the mix. Thats one of my favorites. Cheers again!!

I should also mention that I really love "Survival", though it was the first Marley album I owned.

In that case, I'll mention that I think Survival is one of his weakest albums, although its opening tune ("So Much Trouble in the World") is currently ending the proposed volume II of this mix. ;-)

I'm with my man Valis on this. "LIVE" was a revelation ... I get high just thinking about it. And Stir It Up is one of the greatest songs ever written. And I say, why does everything have to end in some ultimate? From what I can see, it's mostly the XY chromosomes trying to overdefine ... not that I have anything against XY chromosome carriers, I quite like them, but ... too heated? I would take away points from Bob, though, for having spawned Clapton doing "I Shot the Sheriff" ... I heard that one one-too-many times on a long summer trip to Mexico while quaffing Bohemias ... XX weighing in here ...