Word: albums
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...must wonder then, why the hype? Why should Corea and Clarke endorse this album, write poems to Hubbard, much less play on it? The answer is that Hubbard is only a part-time musician; the bulk of her time is spent as an executive in her father's--L. Ron Hubbard's-- Church of Scientology, and both Clarke and Corea are scientologists. Hubbard said she was trying to make no social statement with this album--she achieved all she wanted from her work in her church and was content with that...
This contentment, if nothing else, shines forth on LifeTimes. The music contains no downers for the unwary lister but there are no real highs either. Like Hubbard herself, this album proceeds on an even keel, making little or no impression on its surroundings. In spite of that, and in spite of anyone's best efforts, I suppose this album will gain a wide audience. For in spite of the lack of content, social, emotional or otherwise; in spite of the hackneyed imagery and lackluster performances, this album will be heard. In the dentist's offices, in the banks...
OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES the popularity of reggae music has expanded beyond the borders of politically torn Jamaica. Even at Harvard, nearly 20,000 persons turned out for a benefit concert highlighting Bob Marley and the Wailers at Soldiers Field stadium last summer. A new album released this month by Marley, the prince of reggae, shows why the music has become so popular. Marley's voice has never been stronger, his message more poignant or his instrumentation more subtle and complex...
Survival is Marley's most political album to date, perhaps a result of the deteriorating political situation in Jamaica, where the ruling socialist party has failed to improve the living conditions of the burnt-out ghettos like Kingston's Trenchtown...
Marley combines his advocacy of violence with a warning that the eleventh hour approaches for his people, that each year fewer blacks object to their oppression. Politically, Marley's album will probably have a considerable effect in Jamaica. Though many in the U.S. view him as merely a talented composer, Marley is considered a leader by most Jamaicans and a prophet by many...