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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Babylon by Bus
| name = Babylon by Bus
| type = Live album
| type = Live
| artist = [[Bob Marley and the Wailers]]
| artist = [[Bob Marley and the Wailers]]
| cover = BobMarley-BabylonByBus.jpg
| cover = BobMarley-BabylonByBus.jpg
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| released = {{start date|1978|11|10|df=yes}}
| released = {{start date|1978|11|10|df=yes}}
| recorded = 25–27 June 1978 (Paris)<br />1975, 1976 (London)
| recorded = 25–27 June 1978 (Paris)<br />1975, 1976 (London)
| venue =
| studio =
| studio =
| genre = [[Reggae]]
| genre = [[Reggae]]
| length = {{Duration|m=69|s=37}}
| length = 73:39
| label = [[Tuff Gong]]/[[Island Records|Island]]
| label = [[Tuff Gong]]/[[Island Records|Island]]
| producer = [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]], [[Chris Blackwell]] and Jack Nuber
| producer = [[Bob Marley and the Wailers]], [[Chris Blackwell]] and Jack Nuber
| prev_title = [[Kaya (album)|Kaya]]
| prev_title = [[Kaya (album)|Kaya]]
| prev_year = 1978
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = [[Survival (Bob Marley & The Wailers album)|Survival]]
| next_title = [[Survival (Bob Marley and the Wailers album)|Survival]]
| next_year = 1979
| next_year = 1979
}}
}}
'''''Babylon by Bus''''' is a [[concert|live]] album released by [[Bob Marley and the Wailers]] in 1978. The tracks on this album are considered, with two exceptions, to be from the [[Pavillon de Paris]] concerts over 3 nights, 25–27 June 1978, during the [[Bob_Marley_and_the_Wailers#Tours|Kaya Tour]], though there are discrepancies in the track listing.<ref name="BobMarleyconcertscom">BobMarleyconcerts.com</ref>
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r103783|pure_url=yes}} link]
|rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev2score = (not rated) [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/babylon-by-bus-19821229 link]
}}
'''''Babylon by Bus''''' is a [[concert|live]] album released by [[Bob Marley and the Wailers]] in 1978. The tracks on this album are considered, with two exceptions, to be from the [[Pavillon de Paris]] concerts over 3 nights, 25–27 June 1978, during the [[Kaya Tour]], though there are discrepancies in the track listing.<ref name="BobMarleyconcertscom">BobMarleyconcerts.com</ref>


Like the 1973 album ''[[Catch a Fire]]'', the first release had something of a novelty cover. The windows of the bus on the front cover were cut out, revealing part of the inner sleeve. As this was a double album, the listener had a choice of four different scenes to view through the windows.
Like the 1973 album ''[[Catch a Fire]]'', the first release had something of a novelty cover. The windows of the bus on the front cover were cut out, revealing part of the inner sleeve. As this was a double album, the listener had a choice of four different scenes to view through the windows.


==Set list==
==Set list==
"Heathen", "Lively Up Yourself" and "Concrete Jungle" were not as common as the rest of the album on the tour, with 2 of the 3 more than likely played on any given night, but not always, and were only ever all played on the same night twice: at the Pinecrest Country Club in Shelton, Connecticut, 14 June and the Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts 18 June, which was one of the longest shows ever played by the band with 22 songs, but none were played at the Paris concerts. "Rebel Music", "Positive Vibration", "Jamming", "Exodus", "War / No More Trouble" and "Punky Reggae Party" were nearly always played at some point of each concert, though were mixed up some times with other songs like "Get Up, Stand Up", usually played with "Punky Reggae Party", which isn't on this album though was also played most nights. The song "Is This Love" was also not common on this tour, though was played in Paris. The track "Kinky Reggae" wasn't played on the Kaya tour and in fact hadn't been played since the 1976 Rastaman Vibration tour, so it's unclear which concert this version is from.<ref name="BobMarleyconcertscom" />
"Heathen", "Lively Up Yourself" and "Concrete Jungle" were not as common as the rest of the album on the tour, with 2 of the 3 more than likely played on any given night, but not always, and were only ever all played on the same night twice: at the Pinecrest Country Club in Shelton, Connecticut, 14 June and the Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts 18 June, which was one of the longest shows ever played by the band with 22 songs, but none were played at the Paris concerts. "Rebel Music", "Positive Vibration", "Jamming", "Exodus", "War / No More Trouble" and "Punky Reggae Party" were nearly always played at some point of each concert, though were mixed up some times with other songs like "Get Up, Stand Up", which does not appear on this album. The song "Is This Love" was also not common on this tour, though was played in Paris. The track "Kinky Reggae" was not played on the Kaya tour and in fact had not been played since the 1976 Rastaman Vibration tour, so it is unclear which concert this version is from.<ref name="BobMarleyconcertscom" />

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Babylon by Bus Review by Lindsay Planer |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/babylon-by-bus-mw0000190933 |website=AllMusic |access-date=23 December 2023}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = B−<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: M|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70|access-date=4 March 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
}}
''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote: "From the raucous invocation of Selassie's divinity that kicks off 'Positive Vibration' on side one to the unabashed good cheer of side four's wrap-up rendition of 'Jamming', we hear a new side of Bob Marley—fanciful, lovelorn, vulnerable—that's as riveting as any of his sulfurous early tirades."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=White |first1=Timothy |title=Babylon by Bus |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 29, 1982 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/babylon-by-bus-109274/}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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===Original album (1978)===
===Original album (1978)===
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed = no
| headline = Side one
| headline = Side one


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| length1 = 5:50
| length1 = 5:50


| title2 = Punky Reggae Party
| title2 = [[Punky Reggae Party]]
| writer2 = Bob Marley, Lee Perry
| writer2 = Bob Marley, Lee Perry
| length2 = 5:51
| length2 = 5:51


| title3 = Exodus
| title3 = [[Exodus (Bob Marley and the Wailers song)|Exodus]]
| writer3 = Marley
| writer3 = Marley
| length3 = 7:41
| length3 = 7:41
}}
}}
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed = no
| headline = Side two
| headline = Side two


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}}
}}
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed = no
| headline = Side three
| headline = Side three


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}}
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed = no
| headline = Side four
| headline = Side four


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===''The Definitive Remasters'' edition (2001)===
===''The Definitive Remasters'' edition (2001)===
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes

| title1 = Positive Vibration
| title1 = Positive Vibration
| writer1 = Vincent Ford
| writer1 = Vincent Ford
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| length3 = 7:41
| length3 = 7:41


| title4 = [[Stir It Up]]
| title4 = Stir It Up
| writer4 = Marley
| writer4 = Marley
| length4 = 5:17
| length4 = 5:17
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| length9 = 5:20
| length9 = 5:20


| title10 = [[War (Bob Marley song)|War]] / No More Trouble
| title10 = War / No More Trouble
| writer10 = Allen Cole, Carlton Barrett, Marley
| writer10 = Allen Cole, Carlton Barrett, Marley
| length10 = 5:28
| length10 = 5:28
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| length12 = 4:29
| length12 = 4:29


| title13 = [[Jamming (song)|Jamming]]
| title13 = Jamming
| writer13 = Marley
| writer13 = Marley
| length13 = 5:54
| length13 = 5:54
}}
}}


==Personnel==
==Musicians <ref>Album liner notes</ref>==
===Musicians===
*[[Bob Marley]] – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
*[[Bob Marley]] – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
*[[Carlton Barrett]] – drums
*[[Carlton Barrett]] – drums
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*[[Judy Mowatt]] – backing vocals
*[[Judy Mowatt]] – backing vocals


==Personnel==
===Production===
*[[Bob Marley and the Wailers]] - Producer
*[[Bob Marley and the Wailers]] producer
*[[Chris Blackwell]] - Producer
*[[Chris Blackwell]] producer
*Jack Nuber - Engineering Mixer
*Jack Nuber engineering mixer
*[[Neville Garrick]] - Graphic Art
*[[Neville Garrick]] graphic art
*Barry Diament, [[Rob Fraboni]] Remastering Audio Engineer
*Barry Diament, [[Rob Fraboni]] remastering audio engineer
*[[Ted Jensen]] - Mastering Engineer
*[[Ted Jensen]] mastering engineer

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Babylon by Bus''
! scope="col"| Chart (1978–1979)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite Kent|page=192}}</ref>
| 34
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|4|artist=Bob Marley & the Wailers|album=Babylon by Bus|rowheader=true|access-date=10 July 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|21|artist=Bob Marley & the Wailers|album=Babylon by Bus|rowheader=true|access-date=10 July 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|15|artist=Bob Marley & the Wailers|album=Babylon by Bus|rowheader=true|access-date=10 July 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|44|artist=Bob Marley & the Wailers|album=Babylon by Bus|rowheader=true|access-date=10 July 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|40|date=19781210|rowheader=true|access-date=10 July 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|103|artist=Bob Marley|rowheader=true|access-date=10 July 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|58|artist=Bob Marley|rowheader=true|access-date=10 July 2022}}
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2001 chart performance for ''Babylon by Bus''
! scope="col"| Chart (2001)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|France|115|artist=Bob Marley & the Wailers|album=Babylon by Bus|rowheader=true|access-date=10 July 2022}}
|}


==Certifications==
==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Babylon by Bus''}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|artist=BM|title=Babylon by bus|award=none|salesamount=482,100 <ref>https://www.infodisc.fr/Ventes_Albums_Tout_Temps.php?debut=550</ref> | relyear=1978|autocat=yes}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|artist=Bob Marley and the Wailers|title=Babylon by bus|certyear=1992|award=Platinum|relyear=1978|certref=<ref>{{cite web |title=Les Certifications depuis 1973: Albums |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Certifications.php |publisher=Infodisc.fr |access-date=28 June 2019}} (select "Bob Marley & the Wailers" from drop-down list)</ref>}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|artist=Bob Marley and the Wailers|title=Babylon by bus|award=Gold| relyear=1978|certyear=1981}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|format=3col|nosales=yes=|nounspecified=yes}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Netherlands|artist=Bob Marley and the Wailers|title=Babylon by bus|award=Platinum| relyear=1978|certyear=1980}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Bob Marley and the Wailers|title=Babylon by bus|award=Gold| relyear=1978|certyear=2018|id=10258-1030-2}}
==Tour Visualized==
{{Certification Table Bottom | streaming=true}}
[https://public.tableau.com/profile/patrick.sarsfield#!/vizhome/BobMarleyTourSchedule/BobMarleyTourDashboard?Tour=Babylon%20By%20Bus Babylon By Bus Tour (with music)]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1978 live albums]]
[[Category:1978 live albums]]
[[Category:albums produced by Chris Blackwell]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Chris Blackwell]]
[[Category:Island Records live albums]]
[[Category:Island Records live albums]]
[[Category:Tuff Gong albums]]

Latest revision as of 19:14, 13 October 2024

Babylon by Bus
Live album by
Released10 November 1978 (1978-11-10)
Recorded25–27 June 1978 (Paris)
1975, 1976 (London)
GenreReggae
Length73:39
LabelTuff Gong/Island
ProducerBob Marley and the Wailers, Chris Blackwell and Jack Nuber
Bob Marley and the Wailers chronology
Kaya
(1978)
Babylon by Bus
(1978)
Survival
(1979)

Babylon by Bus is a live album released by Bob Marley and the Wailers in 1978. The tracks on this album are considered, with two exceptions, to be from the Pavillon de Paris concerts over 3 nights, 25–27 June 1978, during the Kaya Tour, though there are discrepancies in the track listing.[1]

Like the 1973 album Catch a Fire, the first release had something of a novelty cover. The windows of the bus on the front cover were cut out, revealing part of the inner sleeve. As this was a double album, the listener had a choice of four different scenes to view through the windows.

Set list

[edit]

"Heathen", "Lively Up Yourself" and "Concrete Jungle" were not as common as the rest of the album on the tour, with 2 of the 3 more than likely played on any given night, but not always, and were only ever all played on the same night twice: at the Pinecrest Country Club in Shelton, Connecticut, 14 June and the Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts 18 June, which was one of the longest shows ever played by the band with 22 songs, but none were played at the Paris concerts. "Rebel Music", "Positive Vibration", "Jamming", "Exodus", "War / No More Trouble" and "Punky Reggae Party" were nearly always played at some point of each concert, though were mixed up some times with other songs like "Get Up, Stand Up", which does not appear on this album. The song "Is This Love" was also not common on this tour, though was played in Paris. The track "Kinky Reggae" was not played on the Kaya tour and in fact had not been played since the 1976 Rastaman Vibration tour, so it is unclear which concert this version is from.[1]

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[3]

Rolling Stone wrote: "From the raucous invocation of Selassie's divinity that kicks off 'Positive Vibration' on side one to the unabashed good cheer of side four's wrap-up rendition of 'Jamming', we hear a new side of Bob Marley—fanciful, lovelorn, vulnerable—that's as riveting as any of his sulfurous early tirades."[4]

Track listing

[edit]

Original album (1978)

[edit]
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Positive Vibration"Vincent Ford5:50
2."Punky Reggae Party"Bob Marley, Lee Perry5:51
3."Exodus"Marley7:41
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Stir It Up"Marley5:17
5."Rat Race"Rita Marley3:41
6."Concrete Jungle"Marley5:37
7."Kinky Reggae"Marley4:46
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."Lively Up Yourself"Marley6:18
9."Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)"Aston Barrett, Hugh Peart5:20
10."War / No More Trouble"Allen Cole, Carlton Barrett, Marley5:28
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Is This Love"Marley7:27
12."The Heathen"Marley4:29
13."Jamming"Marley5:54

The Definitive Remasters edition (2001)

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Positive Vibration"Vincent Ford5:50
2."Punky Reggae Party"Bob Marley, Lee Perry5:51
3."Exodus"Marley7:41
4."Stir It Up"Marley5:17
5."Rat Race"Rita Marley3:41
6."Concrete Jungle"Marley5:37
7."Kinky Reggae"Marley4:46
8."Lively Up Yourself"Marley6:18
9."Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)"Aston Barrett, Hugh Peart5:20
10."War / No More Trouble"Allen Cole, Carlton Barrett, Marley5:28
11."Is This Love"Marley7:27
12."The Heathen"Marley4:29
13."Jamming"Marley5:54

Personnel

[edit]

Musicians

[edit]

Production

[edit]

Charts

[edit]
Chart performance for Babylon by Bus
Chart (1978–1979) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5] 34
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] 4
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] 21
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8] 15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 44
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 40
US Billboard 200[11] 103
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12] 58
2001 chart performance for Babylon by Bus
Chart (2001) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[13] 115

Certifications

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Certifications for Babylon by Bus
Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[14] Platinum 300,000*
Germany (BVMI)[15] Gold 250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[16] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Gold 100,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b BobMarleyconcerts.com
  2. ^ "Babylon by Bus Review by Lindsay Planer". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 4 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ White, Timothy (29 December 1982). "Babylon by Bus". Rolling Stone.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 192. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Bob Marley & the Wailers – Babylon by Bus" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Charts.nz – Bob Marley & the Wailers – Babylon by Bus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Bob Marley & the Wailers – Babylon by Bus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Bob Marley & the Wailers – Babylon by Bus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Bob Marley Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Bob Marley Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Lescharts.com – Bob Marley & the Wailers – Babylon by Bus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Les Certifications depuis 1973: Albums". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 28 June 2019. (select "Bob Marley & the Wailers" from drop-down list)
  15. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Bob Marley and the Wailers; 'Babylon by bus')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  16. ^ "Dutch album certifications – Bob Marley and the Wailers – Babylon by bus" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter Babylon by bus in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1980 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
  17. ^ "British album certifications – Bob Marley and the Wailers – Babylon by bus". British Phonographic Industry.