This is my favorite Bob Marley and the Wailers cd. "Iron Lion Zion" deserves a thread by itself....it's always on repeat. And it's been stuck in my head all day long.....which is a good thing.
[This message was edited Sat Aug 28 10:42:53 2004 by HelloKittyIsMyFriend]

no Marley fans here?

I have "Iron Lion Zion", but it's on a different CD: One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers. It was released through Tuff Gong in 2001 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Bob's death, and it has since been discontinued.

If I am not mistaken, there are a number of tracks on the CD that I have that also appear on Natural Mystic.

todd305 said:

I don't have that one. There are a lot of compilation cds out though. So a lot of the same songs end up on more than one cd. "Sun Is Shining" is on that one too. That's another one of my fav. songs.

The thing with Bob Marley is that when you hear his songs too often they become boring

Dewrede said:

Marley boring?! NEVER! That could be any artist though, if you play their songs over and over and over. I guess you just have to be in the right mood for his stuff. But overall he's one of those artist that you can't really hate, or it's hard to hate him.

Come on , now . You'll have to agree.


''No woman no cry"
''Could you be loved"'
''Stir it up"
(Infact all of the ""legend" album)

have been played so much it's annoying

Yes but Natural Mystic and Legend are compilation albums aren't they? I seriously recommend digging a bit deeper and checking out both Exodus and Catch a fire

JDINTERACTIVE said:

yeah they are. he actually has more compilation cds. Natural Mystic is my fav. though as a whole cd. Catch a Fire and Exodus

AnckSuNamun said:

A lot of those compilation have a lot of dross on them to be honest. A way of making money of Marley's name. Yeah, definetly get the albums for those wanting to check out the Wailers' music. I haven't heard Natural Mystic AnckSuNamun, thanks for the tip.

"Kaya" too "Sun is Shining" is originally on this one.

At first, I thought this was a thread appreciating the song Natural Mystic. I didn't know there was a comp under this title. But yeah, after looking up the tracks on this release, somebody knew what they were doing when they compiled this cd! There's not a weak track on here, I can apprecitate that!



Track Listing for Natural Mystic:

1. Natural Mystic
2. Easy Skanking
3. Iron Lion Zion
4. Crazy Baldheads
5. So Much Trouble In The World
6. War
7. Africa Unite
8. Trenchtown Rock (Live)
9. Keep On Moving
10. Sun Is Shining
11. Who The Cap Fit
12. One Drop
13. Roots, Rock, Reggae
14. Pimpers Paradise
15. Time Will Tell

Yeah, I like the Natural Mystic track listing. I thought it was a strong collection too when I first checked it out in my local wrecka stow...

For the sake of discussion, I will include the tracklisting for One Love, the greatest hits compilation released a few years ago through Tuff Gong/Island:

"Stir It Up"
"Get Up, Stand Up"
"I Shot The Sheriff"
"Lively Up Yourself"
"No Woman, No Cry (Live)"
"Roots, Rock, Reggae"
"Exodus"
"Jamming"
"Waiting In Vain"
"Three Little Birds"
"Turn Your Lights Down Low"
"One Love/People Get Ready"
"Is This Love"
"Sun Is Shining"
"So Much Trouble In The World"
"Could You Be Loved"
"Redemption Song (Band Version)"
"Buffalo Soldier"
"Iron Lion Zion"
"I Know A Place" (previously unreleased track produced by the original Upsetter, Lee "Scratch" Perry)

sinisterpentatonic said:

Niiice! Looks like the kind of compilation that you'd make for someone getting into Bob's music. A lot of his classic, but less well known, songs on there: 'War', 'Africa Unite', 'Time Will Tell', etc...

I'd recommend the 'Songs of Freedom' box set too though. I think it's about $30-40 though, which is a pain - but you can sometimes pick it up cheaper. It goes right through his career and shows just how much quality stuff the man recorded, and has good biographical info about him and his music too.

Musically soulful, lyrically passionate! Man, you just gotta love Bob!

yeah