One at a Time: "Burnin'" (1973) by The Wailers

#319 "Burnin'" (1973) by The Wailers

I knew a couple of songs on here, but I'm not that familiar with reggae in general. I do know that I used to sort of sneer at kids in college who had Bob Marley posters on their wall, mostly because I knew that they didn't have it there because they were big Bob Marley fans (I'm sure that exists, but I've never known one), but because they liked to smoke.

Whatever; I liked this album. The first side was fun. I know that it's probably my un-reggae'd ears that made all of the songs sort of bleed together and sound the same, but that's still how it felt to me. That didn't necessarily hurt the experience of listening to it, but it didn't exactly help either. I think what it means is that if I listened to it any more than I did in a row (which was like five times), I would have started to get really tired of it.

1. "Tapestry" (1971) by Carole King
2. "Bookends" (1968) by Simon and Garfunkel
3. "The Bends" (1995) by Radiohead
4. "Honky Chateau" (1972) by Elton John 
5. "Burnin'" (1973) by The Wailers
6. "The Slim Shady LP" (1999) by Eminem