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3	''Natty Dread'' is a 1974 music album by Music/BobMarley and The Wailers. It was the first album recorded after former bandmates Music/PeterTosh and Bunny Wailer had left. They were replaced by the I-Threes, a female background choir consisting of Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths and Bob's own wife Rita.
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5	The album is notable for the hit singles "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)", "Lively Up Yourself" and an EarlyInstallmentWeirdness version of "No Woman, No Cry", which would become a much larger hit after being recorded live on the next album ''[[Music/LiveBobMarleyAlbum Live!]]'' (1975).
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7	''''
8	!! Tracklist
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10	[[AC:Side One]]
11	# "Lively Up Yourself" (5:29)
12	# "No Woman, No Cry" (4:06)
13	# "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" (3:10)
14	# "Rebel Music (Three O' Clock Roadblock)" (6:40)
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16	[[AC:Side Two]]
17	# "So Jah S'eh" (4:25)
18	# "Natty Dread" (3:33)
19	# "Bend Down Low" (3:10)
20	# "Talkin' Blues" (4:06)
21	# "Revolution" (4:20)
22	''''
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24	!! ''Them Tropes Full...''
25	* AntiPoliceSong: "Rebel Music", where Bob is arrested for marihuana possession.
26	* AsTheGoodBookSays: In "Revolution" Bob quotes lyrics from Psalm:16 : ''Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.'' Coincidentally Music/PeterTosh also quoted from this same psalm in his song "Igziabeher (Let Jah Be Praised)" from ''Music/LegalizeIt''.
27	* BadassBoast: "Rebel Music".
28	--> ''Hey Mr. cop, [ what are you sayin' down there?] got no birth certificate on me!''
29	* ContinuityNod: Near the end of "Lively Up Yourself" Bob already mimicks a policeman asking for inspection of somebody's bag, a story he gives a full blown exposé in "Rebel Music", where the bag turns out to be a ''little herb stock''.
30	* CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority and TheCoup: "Revolution"
31	--> ''It takes a revolution to make a solution''.
32	* CorruptPolitician: "Revolution"
33	--> ''Never make a politican/ quench you a favor''
34	--> ''They will always want to control you forever''
35	* CrapsackWorld: "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)", "Revolution", "No Woman, No Cry", "So Jah Seh", "Talking Blues", though the band does bring a hopeful message for the future too.
36	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The studio version of "No Woman, No Cry" sounds almost like a joke, compared to the far more dramatically epic version found on the next album ''[[Music/LiveBobMarleyAlbum Live!]]'' (1975).
37	* EmptyFridgeEmptyLife: "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)"
38	--> ''A hungry mob is an angry mob''
39	* EpicRocking: "Lively Up Yourself", "Rebel Music".
40	* FaceOnTheCover: Bob's face in close-up.
41	* FascistsBedTime: "Rebel Music" has somebody arrested at three o' clock at night , after curfew.
42	* TheFutureWillBeBetter: "No Woman, No Cry", "Talking Blues", "Revolution".
43	* GodIsGood and GodIsLoveSongs: "So Jah Seh"
44	--> ''So Jah seh. None of my seed shall sit on the sidewalk and beg bread.''
45	--> (choir) ''No they can't and you know that they won't!''
46	* IAmTheBand: Bob's face is seen on the album cover, none of the other members.
47	* IntercourseWithYou: "Bend Down Low".
48	--> ''Darling, bend down low''
49	--> ''Let me tell you what I know''
50	* IJustWantToBeFree:
51	** "Rebel Music".
52	--> ''Why can't we roam this open country?''
53	--> ''Why can't we be what we want to be?''
54	--> ''We just want to be free''
55	** "Revolution".
56	--> ''Like a bird in the tree''
57	--> ''The prisoners must be free''
58	** "Talkin' Blues".
59	--> ''And who's going to stay at home, when you know that the freedom fighters are fighting?''
60	* ListSong: Marley lists several real existing streets in Kingston in ''Natty Dread''.
61	* OdeToIntoxication: "Rebel Music" in which Bob protest against the anti-marihuana laws.
62	* PepTalkSong: "Lively Up Yourself".
63	* ThePowerOfLove: "No Woman, No Cry", where Marley comforts a woman living in dire circumstances.
64	* ThePowerOfRock: "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)"
65	--> ''Forget your troubles and dance!''
66	* ProtestSong: "So Jah Seh", "Revolution", "Rebel Music", "Talking Blues" and "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)."
67	* RefugeInAudacity: "Talking Blues".
68	--> ''I feel like bombing a church/ now that you know that the preacherman is lying''
69	* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: "Revolution", "Talking Blues", "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" all address that revolution is unevitable and won't be civilized.
70	* SlobsVersusSnobs: - "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)"
71	--> ''A hungry mob is an angry mob'' (...)
72	--> ''Cost of livin' gets so high''
73	--> ''Rich and poor they start to cry''
74	--> ''Now the weak must get strong''
75	--> ''They say: "Oh, what a tribulation"''
76	* SomethingBlues: "Talking Blues".
77	* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)".
78	--> ''Now the weak must get strong''
79	* TakeThat: The police in "Rebel Music".
80	--> ''Why can't we roam this open country?''
81	--> ''Why can't we be what we wanna be?''
82	--> ''We wanna be free''
83	* TimeMarchesOn: Since 2014 marihuana is legal in Jamaica, making "Rebel Music" in which Marley is arrested and has his herb stock taken away from him somewhat out-dated.
84	* TitleTrack: "Natty Dread"
85	--> ''Dread, natty dread''
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