catch fire catch fire released april fifth album jamaican reggae band band released touring recording united_kingdom nash departure united_states left band money return home approached producer agreed advance money album paid jamaica recorded catch fire album features songs written rest return london present tapes producer reworked tracks contributions session musician played guitar overdubbed tracks album supporting concert tour england united_states helped establish band international stars catch fire peaked number number billboard charts respectively album received critical acclaim including listed number rolling_stone list greatest albums time second highest placement albums list posthumous compilation album legend regarded reggae albums time background deal star score film sweden nash invited work composing songs soundtrack moved sweden work film november december toured great_britain nash cbs releasing single nash produced reggae broadway tour nash left city miami florida cbs lost interest group leaving band money return jamaica unable work work permit issues band asked promoter hope help clarke contacted released singles great_britain promised clarke advance album clarke lent money way jamaica recording sessions album started recording taking place kingston jamaica studios members recording inside room dynamic sound songs track tape allocated tracks drum mixes track piano guitar winter flew london present master tapes deal island led dispute cbs band contracted case won received percent royalties band albums received publishing rights songs catch fire jamaican slang smoking features backing musicians credited liner notes session guitarist time recording new album island studios asked early overdubs song catch fire studio knowing time reggae agreed proposal played guitar solo concrete jungle including octave feedback end playing slide guitar baby got date rock baby laced lead stir went complete album stir later covered band rabbit clearly peaking number billboard hot chart played songs numerous keyboards including synthesizer played bass concrete jungle performed track stir served female backing singing performed friend popular jamaica solo artist husband released successful singles played flute according songs recorded different studios different musicians gave strict timing brought feeling baby got date rock baby similar black bitter recorded earlier session song lyrics deal political injustice blacks poverty case albums catch fire current state urban poverty slave driver connects present past politics main theme stir example love song cover art original vinyl release designed graphic artists sleeve depicting lighter sleeve functioned like real lighter case opening reveal record original pressing cover subsequent alternative cover designed featuring portrait smoking joint album credited copies record original collectors items original cover art reproduced deluxe compact disc edition release release album sessions baby got date single released early island subsidiary catch fire released april island label supporting tour album sold copies weeks peaked number billboard chart number chart catch fire released different recording labels different track lengths special collection edition released containing unreleased non overdubbed jamaican songs original overdubbed album second documentary album directed released featuring interviews musicians engineers worked album archive performance footage home video footage filmed members band tour album supporting tour began united_kingdom moved united_states england performed shows universities clubs london band performed bbc shows performance singer performed time unhappy touring outside jamaica difficulty finding suitable food strict diet contributing factor resignation band consulted finally picked hired concert promoter book north_america performed paul mall boston massachusetts new_york alongside october opened sly family stone las_vegas concerts marked important step international reception catch fire positive critical reception robert_christgau rated album saying half songs worthy brothers bass drums save aren reviewers rolling_stone praised brother playing concluding catch fire debut according review concrete jungle slave driver stir music vast capacity good time stop train years written indicate original weren strictly man critics called catch fire greatest reggae albums time allmusic comments continue achieve great critical commercial success 1970s catch fire finest reggae albums album essential music collection rolling_stone ranked album number list greatest albums time second highest placement reggae album legend ranked higher number writing spectator arts blog described simply greatest reggae albums album groundbreaking singles released long playing records early reggae songs coupled sides track listing original album release songs written noted definitive remastered edition deluxe edition personnel
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