Experience the iconic reggae sound of Jamaican legend Bob Marley. Trenchtown is a poor area in Kingston, Jamaica where Marley grew up. After a hurricane destroyed many of the homes there in 1951, a new settlement formed around a dump site. It was a difficult way of life, and Marley wrote this about how music was an escape from the poverty and desperation of Trenchtown.
The title track praised the virtues of slum-living and portrayed the poor as the righteous; it was the first popular track in Jamaica to speak for their marginalized lower class.
Trenchtown Rock had an enormous social impact and as Peter Tosh remembers, brought the Wailers into a new dimension.
Track Listing
Side A
1. Screw Face
2. Love Light (Shining)
3. Nice Time
4. Power and More Power
5. Redder Than Red
6. Hypocrites
7. All in One
8. Lively Up Yourself
Side B
1. Sun Is Shining
2. African Herbsman
3. Mr. Brown
4. Brain Washing
5. Rebel's Hop
6. Stand Alone
7. Kaya
8. Trenchtown Rock
9. Mellow Mood
