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List Price: $13.98 | | Label: Island
Salesrank: 8405
Released: July 31, 2001 |
| Our Price: $9.26 |
| Used Price: $8.00 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Babylon by Bus Track Listing:
1. Positive Vibration
2. Punky Reggae Party
3. Exodus
4. Stir It Up
5. Rat Race
6. Concrete Jungle
7. Kinky Reggae
8. Lively Up Yourself
9. Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)
10. War/No More Trouble
11. Is This Love
12. Heathen
13. Jamming
Editorial Review:
Bob Marley's second live album, 1978's Babylon by Bus, had to be pretty damned good to match the incandescence of 1975's Live!. But with glorious performances on songs like "Punky Reggae Party," "Jamming," and "Is This Love?" Bob Marley and the Wailers came close to equaling Live!. Maybe there wasn't quite the same amount of inspiration, but the Wailers had matured into a tight unit, and Marley was a charismatic performer, as this set captured only too well. And with Marley still at the height of his writing powers, there definitely wasn't a dud song in the bunch. Not so much bus travel as limousine listening, this specially remastered edition makes the glory of the original release even clearer. --Chris Nickson
Babylon by Bus Reviews:
Everything is better by "Bus" 
2008-08-26 - Bob Marley and I go way back, to the early 80s to be exact. I owned "Bus" first as a double album, then replaced them with a CD as one era was ending and another began. NOW, my first CD wore out and I had to - once again - find a replacement. You know what? it just keeps getting better and better. Call it maturity, call it leaps in technology, I love this collection of live songs, no matter the format.
Can't believe I did not buy this earlier!
2008-06-11 - It is true as most reviewers say: This is Marley at his best. I already owned for over 10 years Burning, Catch a fire, Exodus, and those earlier versions albums, you know: Duppy conquerer, Kaya and such. The first time I heard this album I wanted to kill myself for not listening to it earlier. I have Black Uhuru's live in 84, Burning Spear's Garvey and his ghost, some Steel Pulse, Peter Broggs and so many other Rootz Reggea artists and I'll tell you this album is not only the best Reggea album I have ever listened to (Yes, I've heard Live), but probably the best Live album by any artist I have ever heard. Just the begining of it it's awsome, he gives his praises to Jah and BOOM! Rastaman Vibration, no intro no nothing, he gives the crowd what they went there for: Mad live Reggea tracks to dance all night. Kind of like The song remains the same from Zeppelin: All right let's go!
Buy it today!
too uptight for Reggae 
2008-06-10 - I am a huge Bob Marley and old school reggae fan. However, I did not like this cd because it is too fast-paced. Don't get me wrong, I like faster songs, when it is hip hop or something. But when it is Reggae, no...
I have most of these songs on other cds, and love them. But this version just sounds like they are racing through their usual material instead of that slow, "yeah mon, it's all good" kind of vibe.
I can't even believe I am not giving a 5 star review to anything he created,understand that.
Even better than Live!, which takes a lot
2007-12-29 - A famous live album that deserves every accolade it has ever received. If you're looking for rock-solid, often amazing renditions of the classics, which were great to begin with, go here. The songs here have a funk edge that wasn't heard on the original studio album ("Positive Vibration"; "Punky Reggae Party"; "Concrete Jungle"), and they take risks with the arrangements, including a keyboard solo on "Stir it Up" and even a drum break on an overly trippy "Exodus". Lead guitarist Al Anderson also proves his mettle on several tracks, including "Concrete Jungle"; "Lively Up Yourself"; "Is This Love?"; "The Heathen" and "Rebel Music (3 O'clock Roadblock)". The solos on "Concrete Jungle" are particularly interesting, since they sound like Caribbean Hendrix. And Marley's straight-up soapbox protests - "War/No More Trouble"; "Rat Race"- are delivered with enough conviction to keep them from seeming like preaching. I mean, it's not easy to do that, because most people get so wrapped up in their cause that they forget to give us a decent hook or melody to work with. But this is Bob Marley we're talking about, one of the greatest protest writers ever, so he's very capable of it. Plus Marley lets his band jam on "Jammin'" (you think this was intentional?), and they really shine on it. Especially Al Anderson, not like that's a surprise or anything. I'm not in love with every one of these songs - "Exodus" is a disappointment, but it's not bad; and while "Kinky Reggae" isn't nearly as amazing as the faster version on Live!, it's hard not to get caught up in the slow, loping groove. Buy this immediately!
EPIC Live Album
2007-10-06 - Thia cd/album is legendary. The best live reggae album. Definitely in my Top 5 live albums of all time
