“Natural Mystic” by Bob Marley

Bob Marley wrote "Natural Mystic" words and music, cut it with the Wailers, and Greil Marcus called it the best song on Exodus. It doesn't so much start as drift into the room, easing in on a slow fade before the groove takes hold.

Lee "Scratch" Perry remembered the first track being built on a drum machine, with his own machine pop drum giving it a popping sound; after that it was redone with Carly, and Perry's own version carried a horn section. Critics have been generous with it. AllMusic's Thomas Ward heard something almost hymnal in it, found the whole song ethereal and inspired, and ranked it among Marley's signature songs and his greatest artistic achievements.

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