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Bob Marley: Better Off Dread

Mike Stand, Smash Hits, 7 August 1980

IF THE first time you heard Bob Marley and the Wailers was when ‘Could You Be Loved’ came skanking out of the radio, you probably thought something undramatic like, "That’s nice". And probably quite appropriate too in those relaxed circumstances.

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