Bobby Nuggz
Top 10 Reggae-Rock Debut
Album Countdown
#4
The
Wailers
The Wailing Wailers
Release Date: 1965
Record Label: Studio One
Winter • 2015
“J
amaica’s Top-Rated Singing Sensations” The
Wailers forged a classic sound with their 1965 debut album “The Wailing Wailers” at the same time that
Jamaican music entered a shift into pop-culture.
Due to this, The Wailers proved to be some of the most
profound leaders in this “reggae movement.” Enriched
ska became ingrained with rocksteady roots, which often
created a slowed-down, mellow feel that listeners favored,
with hints of gospel and jazz added.
With such bright futures on their horizons, young Bob
Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer carved their future
careers out of this influential masterpiece. Almost adding
a “mo-town” spice to their sound like The Temptations,
The Wailers put their own twist on the era’s newly encountered soundwaves. The six-piece arrangement, which
also included Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, and
Cherry Smith, made for simple instrumentals that put
you in a trance with the keyboards, sweet guitar, backup
vocals and well written songs.
“Simmer Down” is a notorious classic reggae song, one
that may have started it all for these hometown boys.
This was The Wailer’s first release and it instantly became a huge hit throughout all of Jamaica because of its
positive appeal and sound. The message was directed toward the rude boy’s in Jamaica: it was time to cool down
all the violence and crime that was going on within their
communities. Their song “Rude Boy” easily became famed
around the world, most of all by youth in ghettos stretching across Jamaica. Bunny Wail