Uprising
The last album released in his lifetime, ending on Redemption Song.
Bob Marley and the Wailers, 1980
- Released
- 10 June 1980
- Recorded
- January to April 1980
- Studio
- Tuff Gong Studios, Kingston
- Label
- Tuff Gong/Island
- Producer
- Bob Marley and the Wailers
- Length
- 35:53
Recorded in Kingston early in 1980 and released as Marley began his final European and American tour. It reached number six in Britain, number one in New Zealand and number 45 in the United States. Could You Be Loved reached number five on the British singles chart. Redemption Song, the closing track, is a solo acoustic recording. It is one of his most directly religious records. In the United States it reached number 41 on the Billboard Black Albums chart, and Could You Be Loved reached number six on the Club Play Singles chart.
Track listing
- Coming in from the Cold
- Real Situation
- Bad Card
- We and Dem
- Work
- Zion Train
- Pimper's Paradise
- Could You Be Loved
- Forever Loving Jah
- Redemption Song
Personnel
- Bob Marley lead vocal, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
- Aston "Family Man" Barrett bass, piano, guitar, percussion
- Carlton Barrett drums, percussion
- Carlton "Santa" Davis drums
- Tyrone Downie keyboards, backing vocal
- Alvin Patterson percussion
- Junior Marvin lead guitar, backing vocal
- Earl Lindo keyboards
- Al Anderson lead guitar
- Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt the I Threes, backing vocals
- Chris Blackwell executive producer
- Errol Brown engineer, mixing
- Chiao Ng assistant engineer
- Neville Garrick art direction
More from Bob Marley and the Wailers
The Wailing Wailers (1965), Soul Rebels (1970), Catch a Fire (1973), Burnin' (1973), Natty Dread (1974), Live! (1975), Rastaman Vibration (1976), Exodus (1977), Kaya (1978), Babylon by Bus (1978), Survival (1979), Confrontation (1983), Legend (1984)
Sources
- Uprising (Bob Marley and the Wailers album), Wikipedia