Two Jamaicans have made Rolling Stone Magazine’s 100 Best Album Covers of All Time.
Bob Marley’s ‘Rastaman Vibration’ and ‘Island Life’ by Grace Jones are on the list which was released August 7.
The Rolling Stone judges selected some of the most iconic jackets in pop music. They settled on The Velvet Underground And Nico’s self-titled 1967 album, as number one. In second is The Beatles’ Abbey Road, with Patti Smith’s Horses, The Notorious B.I.G.’s Ready to Die and Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin rounding out the top five.
Rastaman Vibration, released in 1976, and Island Life, which came out in 1985, were distributed by Island Records.
Island Life is driven by the hit singles, ‘My Jamaican Guy’ and ‘Pull up to The Bumper’, which feature the legendary drum-and-bass team of Sly and Robbie.
Rolling Stone was just as complementary for ‘Rastaman Vibration’, considered by many critics to be Marley’s commercial breakthrough.
Rastaman Vibration contains classic songs such as the title, Roots Rock Reggae, Johnny Was, Who The Cap Fit, War and Crazy Baldhead.
