The Best of the Wailers

1971 studio album by the Wailers

Studio album by

the Wailers

Released

August 1, 1971^[1]

Recorded

May 1970

Studio

Dynamic Sound Studios, Kingston, Jamaica^[1]

Genre

Reggae

Length

30:43^[1]

Label

Beverley's

Producer

Leslie Kong^[1]

The Wailers chronology

Soul Revolution Part II
(1971)

The Best of the Wailers
(1971)

Catch a Fire
(1973)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

The Best of the Wailers is the fourth studio album by the Wailers, released in August 1971.^[1] Despite its title, it is not a compilation album. The album was recorded in May 1970 (prior to the band's involvement with Lee Perry) but not released until August 1971.^[1]

The album was produced by Leslie Kong, who died of a heart attack at the age of 37, a week after the album was released.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Marley, except where noted.

Original album (1971)

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Soul Shakedown Party"		3:09
2.	"Stop the Train"	Peter Tosh	2:20
3.	"Caution"		2:43
4.	"Soul Captives"		2:03
5.	"Go Tell It on the Mountain"	Traditional	3:15

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Can't You See"	Tosh	2:42
7.	"Soon Come"	Tosh	2:23
8.	"Cheer Up"		2:03
9.	"Back Out"		2:18
10.	"Do It Twice"		2:48

The Definitive Remastered edition (2004)

Current CD Version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Soul Shakedown Party"		3:09
2.	"Stop the Train"	Peter Tosh	2:20
3.	"Caution"		2:43
4.	"Soul Captives"		2:03
5.	"Go Tell It on the Mountain"	Traditional	3:15
6.	"Can't You See"	Tosh	2:42
7.	"Soon Come"	Tosh	2:23
8.	"Cheer Up"		2:03
9.	"Back Out"		2:18
10.	"Do It Twice"		2:48
11.	"Soon Come" (version)	Tosh	2:25
12.	"Soul Shakedown Party" (version)		3:05

Personnel

The Wailers

Bob Marley – vocals
Peter Tosh – vocals, melodica
Bunny Livingston – vocals

Additional musicians

Beverley's All Stars:^[2]

Gladstone Anderson – piano
Winston Wright – organ
Paul Douglas – drums
Jackie Jackson – bass
Lloyd Parks – bass
Lynford "Hux" Brown – guitar
Radcliffe "Rad" Bryan – guitar
Lynn Taitt – guitar

Production

Leslie Kong – producer
Warwick Lyn – producer

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Jo-Ann Greene. "The Best of the Wailers - Bob Marley & the Wailers,The Wailers | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
^ David Vlado Moskowitz (28 February 2007). The Words and Music of Bob Marley. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780275989354. Retrieved 20 July 2017 – via Internet Archive. Beverley's All-Stars.