Burnin'
by The Wailers

Album
Burnin' by The Wailers
Year: 1973
Release date: 1973-10-19
Overall rank: 1,807th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 255 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (36th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (334th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,807th)

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The Wailers bestography

Burnin' is ranked 6th best out of 45 albums by Bob Marley on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bob Marley is Exodus which is ranked number 254 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,192.

The Wailers album bestography « Higher ranked (1,334th)
Natty Dread This album (1,807th)
Burnin' Lower ranked (2,091st) »
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Burnin' track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Track pick (870 - 98 votes)
Get Up, Stand Up
Average Rating: 87 (98 votes)Comments: View 1
2.
Hallelujah Time
Average Rating: 77 (52 votes)Comments: View 0
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I Shot The Sheriff
Average Rating: 86 (93 votes)Comments: View 1
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Burnin' And Lootin'
Average Rating: 81 (58 votes)Comments: View 0
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Put It On
Average Rating: 80 (56 votes)Comments: View 0
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Small Axe
Average Rating: 81 (56 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Pass It On
Average Rating: 77 (55 votes)Comments: View 0
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Duppy Conqueror
Average Rating: 78 (53 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
One Foundation
Average Rating: 79 (53 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Rasta Man Chant
Average Rating: 78 (54 votes)Comments: View 0

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Burnin' rankings

Burnin' rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,807th | 1970s rank: 334th | 1973 rank: 36th  Overall chart history
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Burnin' ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 255 votes)
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 !		08/30/2026 02:56 xhitmanx  Ratings distribution  1,59876/100
 
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 !		05/31/2026 19:10 Oinotna  Ratings distribution  595/100
 
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 !		04/22/2026 10:16 Mafedere  Ratings distribution  78474/100

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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 78.5/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.


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This album has been referenced 37 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5391): By SomethingSpecial
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. (1999) 2. by (2002) 3. by (1967) 4. (1991) 5. by by (1965) 7. by (1991) 8. by (1979) 9. by by (1984) 11. by (2006) 13. by (1998) 14. by by (1982) 17. by (2004) 18. by (2003) 19. by (2014) 21. by by (1966) 23. by (1968) 24. by (1999) 25.…”
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From BestEverAlbums 07/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5366): By Brandon8
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1967) 2. by (1967) 3. by (1972) 4. by (1965) 5. by (1967) 6. by (1972) 7. by (1984) 8. by (1967) 10. by by (1975) 12. by (1966) 13. by (1969) 14. (1970) 15. (1972) 16. by (1969) 17. by (1966) 18. by (1979) 19. by (1968) 21. by…”
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From 06/29/2025 12:08 | #309766 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Just as essential as The Wailer's breakthrough album, Catch a Fire, Burnin' contains a more militant sound and some of Marley and Co's best-known work to date, including I Shot the Sheriff and Get Up, Stand Up. (Edited)
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From 05/13/2023 16:42 | #296930
This is one of the non-European or US-originated albums. Just so magnificent change after listening dozens of basic rock albums. BMW !
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From 06/10/2019 14:21 | #237372
Grande clássico, mudou a música da América Latina!
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From 07/08/2018 21:54 | #217929
Last album by the Wailers. Good effort at mainteining all that talent in one album.
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From 02/15/2018 20:41 | #208356
Una sequenza di grandi canzoni tra cui ovviamente svettano i due pezzi da novanta "Get up, stand up" e "I shot the sheriff"
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