Acclaimed Music

**Top Jamaican Music Albums**
Rank	All Time	Artist	Album	Subgenre(s)	Other Genre(s)	Year
1	156	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Catch a Fire	Roots Reggae		1973
2	191	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Natty Dread	Roots Reggae		1974
3	210	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Exodus	Roots Reggae		1977
4	385	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Live!	Roots Reggae		1975
5	510	The Wailers	Burnin'	Roots Reggae		1973
6	607	Burning Spear	Marcus Garvey	Roots Reggae		1975
7	670	Augustus Pablo	King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown	Dub		1977
8	679	The Congos	Heart of the Congos	Roots Reggae		1977
9	1062	The Upsetters	Super Ape	Dub, Roots Reggae		1976
10	1115	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Soul Revolution/African Herbsman	Roots Reggae		1971
11	1189	Toots and The Maytals	Funky Kingston	Roots Reggae		1973
12	1339	Culture	Two Sevens Clash	Roots Reggae		1977
13	1355	Serge Gainsbourg	Aux armes et caetera	Reggae		1979
14	1401	Upsetters	Blackboard Jungle Dub	Dub		1973
15	1555	Bunny Wailer	Blackheart Man	Roots Reggae		1976
16	1615	Buju Banton	Til Shiloh	Ragga		1995
17	1645	Peter Tosh	Legalize It	Roots Reggae		1976
18	1723	Sizzla	Black Woman & Child	Ragga, Roots Reggae		1997
19	1745	Big Youth	Screaming Target	Deejay, Roots Reggae		1972
20	1746	The Bug	London Zoo	Dancehall	Dubstep	2008
21	1805	Black Uhuru	Red	Roots Reggae		1981
22	1853	Augustus Pablo	East of the River Nile	Reggae		1977
23	1883	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Babylon by Bus	Roots Reggae		1978
24	1892	Linton Kwesi Johnson	Bass Culture	Dub Poetry		1980
25	2002	UB40	Signing Off	Reggae		1980
26	2046	The Mighty Diamonds	Right Time	Roots Reggae		1976
27	2198	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Uprising	Roots Reggae		1980
28	2288	Steel Pulse	Handsworth Revolution	Roots Reggae		1978
29	2418	Linton Kwesi Johnson	Forces of Victory	Dub Poetry		1979
30	2498	Poet and the Roots	Dread, Beat an' Blood	Dub Poetry		1978
31	2583	The Abyssinians	Forward Onto Zion/Satta Masa Gana	Roots Reggae		1976
32	2712	Peter Tosh	Equal Rights	Roots Reggae		1977
33	2733	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Kaya	Roots Reggae		1978
34	2768	Keith Hudson	Pick a Dub	Dub		1974
35	2904	Max Romeo & The Upsetters	War ina Babylon	Roots Reggae		1976
Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Gregory Isaacs	Night Nurse	Lovers Rock		1982
		Bob Marley and The Wailers	Rastaman Vibration	Roots Reggae		1976
		U-Roy	Version Galore	Deejay		1970
		The Heptones	Night Food	Reggae		1976
		Mark Stewart + Maffia	Learning to Cope with Cowardice	Dub	Post-Punk	1983
		The Heptones	Party Time	Roots Reggae		1977
		Dr. Alimantado	Best Dressed Chicken in Town	Deejay, Roots Reggae		1978
		Bob Marley and The Wailers	Survival	Roots Reggae		1979
		Lee Perry	Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread	Roots Reggae		1978
		UB40	Labour of Love	Pop Reggae		1983
		Burning Spear	Garvey's Ghost	Dub		1976
		Horace Andy	In the Light	Roots Reggae		1977
		Keith Hudson	Flesh of My Skin, Blood of My Blood	Roots Reggae		1975
		Burning Spear	Marcus' Children/Social Living	Roots Reggae		1978
		Luciano	Where There Is Life	Roots Reggae		1995
		Rhythm & Sound	W/ the Artists	Dub		2003
		Sly and Robbie	Rhythm Killers	Ragga	Hip Hop, Synth Funk	1987
		Bob Marley and The Wailers	Soul Rebels	Roots Reggae		1970
		Junior Murvin	Police & Thieves	Roots Reggae		1977
		Finley Quaye	Maverick a Strike	Reggae		1997
		Major Lazer	Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do	Dancehall		2009
		Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Dub Syndicate	Time Boom x De Devil Dead	Dub		1987
		Dennis Brown	Wolf & Leopards	Roots Reggae		1977
		The Maytals	Monkey Man	Reggae		1970
		David Lindley	El Rayo-X	Pop Reggae	Rock & Roll	1981
		Black Uhuru	Sinsemilla	Roots Reggae		1980
		Justin Hinds & The Dominoes	Jezebel	Roots Reggae		1976
		Burning Spear	Dry & Heavy	Roots Reggae		1977
		Sean Paul	Dutty Rock	Dancehall, Pop Reggae		2002
		Linton Kwesi Johnson	Tings an' Times	Dub Poetry		1991
		Peter Tosh	Bush Doctor	Roots Reggae		1978
		Popcaan	Where We Come From	Dancehall		2014
		The Cables	What Kind of World	Rocksteady		1970
		I-Roy	Presenting I-Roy	Deejay		1973
		Ras Michael and The Sons of Negus	Rastafari	Nyahbinghi, Roots Reggae		1975
		Trettmann	#DIY	Dancehall	Cloud Rap	2017