Natty Dread
by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Year: 1974
Release date: 1974-10-25
Overall rank: 1,281st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 333 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (26th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (254th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,281st)

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Bob Marley & The Wailers bestography

Natty Dread is ranked 5th best out of 45 albums by Bob Marley on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bob Marley is Exodus which is ranked number 257 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,284.

Bob Marley & The Wailers album bestography « Higher ranked (1,273rd)
Uprising
This album (1,281st)
Natty Dread
Lower ranked (1,739th) »
Burnin'

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Natty Dread rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,281st | 1970s rank: 254th | 1974 rank: 26th

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Natty Dread ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 333 votes)
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01/19/2026 02:27 mikepen  Ratings distribution  37384/100
 
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01/15/2026 00:44 This_is_handsome  Ratings distribution  76979/100
 
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12/23/2025 06:40 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,41064/100
 
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12/06/2025 22:06 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,00270/100
 
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11/23/2025 07:22 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.

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80/100
From 07/08/2022 12:56 | #287196
Com músicas lendárias, todo um estado de espírito.
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90/100
From 02/04/2022 16:27 | #280720
This is the first Bob Marley that didn't blow me away, but there's still a couple of bangers on this one. Natty Dread, Revolution, and Lively Up Yourself are my favorites.
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From 08/03/2021 12:30 | #272183
stunning beautiful reggae speaks to the times and all history
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80/100
From 09/19/2020 02:40 | #258408
My favorite of Bob's studio albums. Great songs right through
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From 07/27/2019 18:16 | #240449
Favorite Tracks:Them Belly Full, Rebel Music, Bend Down Low, Talkin' Blues
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From 07/09/2018 16:32 | #217987
Should be ranked higher
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90/100
From 02/28/2018 01:28 | #209763
Not even currently in the top 1200, wow.
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From 02/16/2018 19:36 | #208473
L'album della svolta per Bob Marley, lasciato solo dopo l'abbandono delle altre due teste pensanti dei Wailers, Peter Tosh e Bunny Wailer. Quello che poteva sembrare un salto nel buio si rivelò al contrario un successo, ma per quel che mi riguarda non colloco "Natty dread" ai primi posti delle mie preferenze tra i dischi di Marley.
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From 01/29/2018 05:20 | #206739
Bob proving without any doubt that he was just fine without Peter and Bunny.
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From 06/18/2016 14:58 | #169067
Another good Bob Marley. I still think the live version of, no woman,no cry, is far superior, and by it's inclusion on the, legend, compilation it's obvious others agree. Still some other fine songs to be found here in, so jah seh, lively up yourself, and the title track. Great laid back grooves.
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