Editing Catch a Fire (section)

==Critical reception==
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The critical reception to ''Catch a Fire'' was positive. ''[[Village Voice]]'' critic [[Robert Christgau]] said "half these songs are worthy of [[St. John the Divine]]", and "Barrett brothers' bass and drums save those that aren't from [[limbo]]".<ref name="CG"/> Reviewers from ''Rolling Stone'' also praised the brothers' playing, concluding that "''Catch a Fire'' is a blazing debut". According to the review, "'Concrete Jungle' and 'Slave Driver' crackle with streetwise immediacy, while 'Kinky Reggae' and 'Stir It Up' ... revel in the music's vast capacity for good-time skanking. 'Stop That Train' and '400 Years,' both written by Peter Tosh, indicate the original Wailers weren't strictly a one-man show".<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine| url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/bob-marley/albumguide|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=Wenner Media|title=Bob Marley&nbsp;– Album Guide|access-date=18 April 2012}}</ref>

Critics have called ''Catch a Fire'' one of the greatest reggae albums of all time. Vik Iyengar from [[AllMusic]] comments that "Marley would continue to achieve great critical and commercial success during the 1970s, but ''Catch a Fire'' is one of the finest reggae albums ever. This album is essential for any music collection".<ref name="Allmusic"/> ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the album at number 123 on its list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]], moving to 126 in a 2012 revised listing,<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/bob-marley-and-the-wailers-catch-a-fire-170151/|year=2012| title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time| magazine= Rolling Stone| access-date= September 18, 2019}}</ref> the second highest placement for a reggae album; only ''[[Legend (Bob Marley album)|Legend]]'', ranked higher at number 46.<ref name= "RS500">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/catch-a-fire-bob-marley-and-the-wailers-19691231|archive-url=https://archive.today/20111103225842/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/catch-a-fire-bob-marley-and-the-wailers-19691231|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2011|publisher=Wenner Media|magazine=Rolling Stone| access-date=18 April 2012| title=The Greatest Albums&nbsp;– Catch a Fire}}</ref> It was later ranked at number 140 in the 2020 reboot of the list.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2020-09-22|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/|access-date=2021-09-25|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> Writing in ''[[The Spectator]]'' arts blog in 2012, [[David Rodigan]] described it as "quite simply, one of the greatest reggae albums ever made".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts-and-culture/night-and-day/7800953/spotify-sunday-the-essential-bob-marley.thtml |author=Dave Rodigan  |title=Spotify Sunday: The essential Bob Marley |date=22 April 2012 |access-date=19 May 2012 |publisher=The Spectator Arts and Culture Blog |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120505074918/http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts-and-culture/night-and-day/7800953/spotify-sunday-the-essential-bob-marley.thtml |archive-date=5 May 2012 }}</ref> The album was voted number 285 in the third edition of [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'' (2000).<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2006|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=122}}</ref>