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Looking through my itunes I noticed... my reggae selections are poor at best. So let's share our reggae experiences and recommend albums.

Please no Bob Marley or Marley family. I want something new.
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[RFNAPLES]

Banton, Buju-‘Til Shiloh
Belafonte, Harry-Calypso
Black Uhuru-Liberation: The Island Anthology
Black Uhuru-Red
Black Uhuru-Sinsemilla
Burning Spear-Chant Down Babylon: The Island Anthology
Marley, Bob & The Wailers-Exodus
Marley, Bob & The Wailers-Kaya
Marley, Bob & The Wailers-Legend
Marley, Bob & The Wailers-Songs Of Freedom
Marley, Bob & The Wailers-Uprising
Shaggy-Boombastic
Third World-Reggae Ambassadors: 20th Anniversary Collection
Toots & The Maytals-Time Tough The Anthology
Various-Jimmy Cliff In The Harder They Come
Various-Jimmy Cliff In The Harder They Come [Deluxe Edition]
Wailer, Bunny-Blackheart Man
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[Norman Bates]

Do you want just reggae ? Or is earlier ska and rocksteady also part of what you're looking for ? In which case I'd advise Toots & The Maytals, Desmond Dekker and The Ethiopians, my Holy Trinity as far as Jamaïcan music is concerned. Compilations are fine.

For reggae, I'd say Burning Spears' Marcus Garvey and Peter Tosh's Legalize It are must-haves, I also like Augustus Pablo's East of the River Nile.

Other standouts of my own very small collection :
Culture - Two Sevens Clash
Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War Ina Babylon (brilliant !)
The Congos - Heart of The Congos

I also like Bunny Wailer, although I couldn't advertise any LP (I don't own any, only have a few tunes here and there). 'Burial' is one of the best reggae song I've ever heard though. Didn't hear much of him, but what I have i like very much - got to go deeper in this.

For dub, check out Lee Scratch Perry's Arkeology compilation.

[albummaster]

I second the Augustus Pablo recommendation. Also, King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown is an awesome album (more dub than reggae).

[purple]

I second Toots and the Maytals.

Also, if you don't mind an album that's mostly hardcore with some reggae (they claimed hardcore was faster reggae) the Bad Brains' self-titled album and Rock for Light have some good reggae, but expect some repeat tracks accross both albums.

I should say though, there's a reason Bob Marley is almost synonomous with reggae. You shouldn't disregard his albums if you haven't heard the good ones.

[telefunker]

again, probably more dub.. but "super ape" by lee scratch perry/the upsetters is quality throughout..
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[teodor_matz]

Super Ape is great....

[Chemical Smile]

old post...but I LOVE reggae...

I definitely recommend:

Capleton - Reign Of Fire (great album - recommended by an old Jamaican DJ I got talking to at Notting Hill Carnival in London a few years ago...)
Dandy Livingstone
Desmond Dekker (Shanty Town & Israelites are my 2 favourite reggae songs)
Horace Andy
Lee Scratch Perry (The master of Dub!)
The Revolutionaries
Toots & Maytals

also check out the Aggrolites - a band from California that has backed Tim Armstrong (Rancid) and has links to other cools bands (the Hepcats).

And of course my native NZ has a heap of great reggae bands.
Check out:

Katchafire
Black Seeds
Fat Freddys Drop
Salmonella Dub (earlier releases)
Kora
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