The Caribbean
The best Jamaican albums of the 1970s
24 records, ranked by how much there is to say about them.
Rasta Revolution
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1974
Catch a Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1973
Live!
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1975
Soul Rebels
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1970
Survival
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1979
Muse
Grace Jones
1979
African Herbsman
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1973
Fame
Grace Jones
1978
Soul Revolution
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1971
Babylon by Bus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1978
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1977
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1974
Rastaman Vibration
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1976
Portfolio
Grace Jones
1977
Studio One Presents Burning Spear
Burning Spear
1973
Man in the Hills
Burning Spear
1976
Skylarking
Horace Andy
1972
Calypso Carnival
Harry Belafonte
1971
Turn the World Around
Harry Belafonte
1977
Homeward Bound
Harry Belafonte
1970
The Warm Touch
Harry Belafonte
1971
Belafonte by Request
Harry Belafonte
1970
Garvey's Ghost
Burning Spear
1976
Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread
Lee "Scratch" Perry
1978