Burnin' (studio album)
by The Wailers

Burnin' by The Wailers
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 1,728th   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 250 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (36th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (333rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,728th)

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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 263 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,229.

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Burnin' track list

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Burnin' rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,728th | 1970s rank: 333rd | 1973 rank: 36th

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Burnin' ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 250 votes)
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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 78.4/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.

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From 06/29/2025 12:08 | #309766
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.
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90/100
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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80/100
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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From 06/18/2016 13:21 | #169057
Another of the great 'island' albums from Bob Marley and the Wailers. Great tracks in, get up,stand up, pad it on, and off course, I shot the sheriff, one of Marley's greatest songs. All of it is essential really.
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From 01/31/2015 17:50 | #133421
Best Track: Get Up, Stand Up
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90/100
From 07/26/2014 15:38 | #117878
Righteous and seriously in the pocket, this is the last Wailers album with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. Bob Marley's soulful cry is rivaled by the sticky organ riffs and fat-bottom beats.
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90/100
From 04/05/2013 08:08 | #71478
Still a band effort before Marley's putsch.
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75/100
From 07/25/2012 14:53 | #47229
Marley's 3rd best. This is a titanic album. Seems to have a harder edge lyrically than his other work.
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Best Albums of 1973
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
3. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
4. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis
5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
6. Quadrophenia by The Who
7. Band On The Run by Paul McCartney & Wings
8. Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
9. Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges
10. Future Days by Can
11. (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd
12. For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
13. Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
14. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
15. Closing Time by Tom Waits
16. Berlin by Lou Reed
17. The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle by Bruce Springsteen
18. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
19. Artaud by Pescado Rabioso
20. Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson
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