History Main / Reggae

** 2023 - ''The Age of Pleasure''

Reggae evolved out of {{Ska}} and rocksteady near the end of the 1960s. One of the first notable reggae songs was "Israelites" by Desmond Dekker, which became an international hit in 1969. At the start of the 1970s the first popular reggae artist to score hits outside of Jamaica was Jimmy Cliff, best known for "Wonderful World, Beautiful People", "You Can Get It If You Really Want", "Many Rivers To Cross" and "The Harder They Come", all made famous by Jamaica's first feature film ''Film/TheHarderTheyCome'', in which Cliff himself played the starring role. The feature became a CultClassic in Jamaica and in the midnight movie circuit in the USA, also thanks to its soundtrack which was bought even by people who never saw the movie in their entire life. In the wake of its popularity Music/BobMarley & The Wailers, who were already well known in the Caribbean at this point became the first reggae artists to record an entire album, ''Music/CatchAFire'' (1972) in the same conditions as a Western rock band. His next albums provided huge mainstream hit singles like "I Shot The Sherrif", "Get Up, Stand Up" (from ''Music/{{Burnin}}''), "No Woman, No Cry" (from ''Music/NattyDread'', but more popular in the live version found on ''Music/LiveBobMarleyAlbum'' (1976)), "Roots, Rock Reggae" (''Music/RastamanVibration'' (1976), "Exodus", "Jammin'", "One Love" (''Music/{{Exodus|BobMarleyAlbum}}'' (1977)), "Redemption Song", "Could You Be Loved?" (''Music/{{Uprising}}'' (1980)) and "Buffalo Soldier" (''Music/{{Confrontation}}'' (1981)), which further solidified his international superstardom. Marley made reggae so popular that countless Jamaican artists now got their own chance to record albums. By the end of the 1970s several new wave and punk bands and ska groups in Western countries started playing their own reggae music, including Music/{{Madness}}, Music/ThePolice, Music/TheSpecials, Music/TheClash, Music/{{UB40}}, the tremendously popular Dutch band Music/DoeMaar, among others.

* Music/{{Madness}}
** 1979 - ''Music/OneStepBeyond''
** 1980 - ''Music/{{Absolutely}}''

* GenreMashup: Modern day reggae artists like Rebelution, The Expendables([[NamesTheSame not the movie]]), Slightly Stoopid have been known to mix the genre with others. Most commonly funk and hip hop. The genre's also been mixed with ProgressiveRock as a lot of bands like Tribal Seeds, SOJA, and Rebelution have.

** 1983 - ''[[Music/{{Virus}} 4us]]''

Reggae evolved out of {{Ska}} and rocksteady near the end of the 1960s. One of the first notable reggae songs was "Israelites" by Desmond Dekker, which became an international hit in 1969. At the start of the 1970s the first popular reggae artist to score hits outside of Jamaica was Jimmy Cliff, best known for "Wonderful World, Beautiful People", "You Can Get It If You Really Want", "Many Rivers To Cross" and "The Harder They Come", all made famous by Jamaica's first feature film ''Film/TheHarderTheyCome'', in which Cliff himself played the starring role. The feature became a CultClassic in Jamaica and in the midnight movie circuit in the USA, also thanks to its soundtrack which was bought even by people who never saw the movie in their entire life. In the wake of its popularity Music/BobMarley & The Wailers, who were already well known in the Caribbean at this point became the first reggae artists to record an entire album, ''Music/CatchAFire'' (1972) in the same conditions as a Western rock band. His next albums provided huge mainstream hit singles like "I Shot The Sherrif", "Get Up, Stand Up" (from ''Music/{{Burnin}}''), "No Woman, No Cry" (from ''Music/NattyDread'', but more popular in the live version found on ''Music/LiveBobMarleyAlbum'' (1976)), "Roots, Rock Reggae" (''Music/RastamanVibration'' (1976), "Exodus", "Jammin'", "One Love" (''[[Music/ExodusAlbum Exodus]]'' (1977)), "Redemption Song", "Could You Be Loved?" (''Music/{{Uprising}}'' (1980)) and "Buffalo Soldier" (''Music/{{Confrontation}}'' (1981)), which further solidified his international superstardom. Marley made reggae so popular that countless Jamaican artists now got their own chance to record albums. By the end of the 1970s several new wave and punk bands and ska groups in Western countries started playing their own reggae music, including Music/{{Madness}}, Music/ThePolice, Music/TheSpecials, Music/TheClash, Music/{{UB40}}, the tremendously popular Dutch band Music/DoeMaar, among others.

** 1977 - ''Music/ExodusAlbum''

Reggae evolved out of {{Ska}} and rocksteady near the end of the 1960s. One of the first notable reggae songs was "Israelites" by Desmond Dekker, which became an international hit in 1969. At the start of the 1970s the first popular reggae artist to score hits outside of Jamaica was Jimmy Cliff, best known for "Wonderful World, Beautiful People", "You Can Get It If You Really Want", "Many Rivers To Cross" and "The Harder They Come", all made famous by Jamaica's first feature film ''Film/TheHarderTheyCome'', in which Cliff himself played the starring role. The feature became a CultClassic in Jamaica and in the midnight movie circuit in the USA, also thanks to its soundtrack which was bought even by people who never saw the movie in their entire life. In the wake of its popularity Music/BobMarley & The Wailers, who were already well known in the Caribbean at this point became the first reggae artists to record an entire album, ''Music/CatchAFire'' (1972) in the same conditions as a Western rock band. His next albums provided huge mainstream hit singles like "I Shot The Sherrif", "Get Up, Stand Up" (from ''Music/{{Burnin}}''), "No Woman, No Cry" (from ''Music/NattyDread'', but more popular in the live version found on ''Music/LiveBobMarleyAlbum'' (1976)), "Roots, Rock Reggae" (''Music/RastamanVibration'' (1976), "Exodus", "Jammin'", "One Love" (''[[Music/ExodusAlbum Exodus]]'' (1977)), "Redemption Song", "Could You Be Loved?" (''Music/{{Uprising}}'' (1980)) and "Buffalo Soldier" (''Music/{{Confrontation}}'' (1981)), which further solidified his international superstardom. Marley made reggae so popular that countless Jamaican artists now got their own change to record albums. By the end of the 1970s several new wave and punk bands and ska groups in Western countries started playing their own reggae music, including Music/{{Madness}}, Music/ThePolice, Music/TheSpecials, Music/TheClash, Music/{{UB40}}, the tremendously popular Dutch band Music/DoeMaar, among others.

* Toots & the Maytals

* Music/VanceJoy