180-gram LP sold individually
Includes 'Is This Love,' 'Satisfy My Soul' and many more
From the box set The Complete Island Recordings
Bob Marley's 70th birthday year-long celebration (2015) continues with the release of individual LPs from two new box sets, The Complete Island Recordings and The Complete Island Recordings: Collector's Edition. These two stunning vinyl collection sets will release September 25th, 2015, and feature 11 albums on 180-gram vinyl spanning a decade's worth of Bob Marley & The Wailers releases on Island Records.
"Kaya continues what has become an unspoken tradition in the evolution of Bob Marley & the Wailers discography — blending western sounds and motifs with the icons and traditions from the very core of Jamaican society. In fact, the very word 'kaya' is synonymous with marijuana in Rastafarian culture. Likewise, the album Kaya could be easily construed as an open love letter or musical paean to the lifestyle that Marley so eagerly embraced and promoted. Themes of commonality and unity pervade this release more so than previous albums. Likewise, the overt political stances that had become somewhat of a moniker for Marley and the Wailers are temporarily replaced by timeless compositions, such as the eternally optimistic 'Easy Skanking' and 'Is This Love.' Marley had not — as some proclaimed — gone soft, however. The light, at times practically giddy, rhythms on 'Satisfy My Soul' contrast the darker brooding sonic and lyrical images on 'Running Away.' The most pressings issues Marley deals with concern ever-increasing spiritual consciousness. Throughout Kaya, humble thanks is offered to, as well as guidance sought from, Jah — evidence that the spirituality that permeates the Wailers music is real and not lip service." — AllMusic
Track Listing:
Side 1
1. Easy Skanking
2.Kaya
3. Is This Love
4. Sun Is Shining
5. Satisfy My Soul
Side 2
6. She’s Gone
7. Misty Morning
8. Crisis
9. Running Away
10. Time Will Tell