Catch A Fire
by The Wailers
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Catch A Fire is ranked 3rd best out of 45 albums by Bob Marley on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bob Marley is Exodus which is ranked number 255 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,186.
(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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Catch A Fire track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Catch A Fire rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 41 Music Albums of 1973 | 14/41 | 3 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 36/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  flamingyesdept | Top 54 Music Albums of 1973 | 47/54 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Rikuff | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 38/100 | 63 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1970s Pt 3 | 33/100 | - |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 18 Music Albums of 1973 | 5/18 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | 101-200 | 26/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum Zone 33 America Center | 38/64 | - |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 17 Music Albums of 1973 | 13/17 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 390 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,171 | |||
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Catch A Fire ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 07:19 | Siromynian | 1,773 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/08/2026 08:46 | conallmalone | 1,743 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 15:26 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.6/100, a mean average of 79.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Catch A Fire forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5391): By SomethingSpecial BestEverAlbums 07/26/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5385): By Montpejo
imacgill 06/10/2026 23:13 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Catch A Fire comments
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Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/04/2020 04:09 | #248472 | TOP COMMENT
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Fully formed “debut” this is one of my favorite albums Bob Marley was associated with. The Wailers include Bunny Wailer & Peter Tosh here and their contributions pack a big punch. Perhaps it didn’t have songs as great as on the next album Burnin’ but this album flows together quite well. Concrete Jungle, Stop That Train, Stir It Up & No More Trouble are standout tracks.
Droophus 01/04/2020 17:59 | #246408 | TOP COMMENT
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This album can be used to treat anxiety. The lyrical content may be heavy (concrete jungle, 400 years), but the sense of calm and pure beauty are unparalleled. (Edited)
Wonderful breakthrough album from Bob Marley and the wailers. Catch a fire, as usual with Wailers albums features quite a few re-recorded songs with new ones, but it's still a tight little album. Concrete jungle, stop that train, and, off course, stir it up, are some of the standout tracks. In my opinion, too many people just buy the, legend, compilation and think that's it. There are plenty of fine songs to discover on Marley's brilliant run of albums on Island. Classic stuff.
Outstanding debut from The Wailers, really shows all their potential. "Stir It Up" is a an underapreciated song on Bob's catalogue. (Edited)
ImmortalAl 03/07/2019 23:33 | #233198 | TOP COMMENT
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Positive. We need more positive music. I love Bob's voice in the last song. (Edited)
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