Laurie talks about her favorite Bob Marley album from 1980, "Uprising"Uprising is a 1980 reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Marley died the following year, and Uprising was the final studio album released during his lifetime. This album is one of Marley's most directly religious, with nearly every song addressing his Rastafarian beliefs, culminating in the acoustic recording of "Redemption Song".
Uprising peaked at #41 on Billboard's (North America) Black Albums chart, and #45 on the Pop Albums chart. "Could You Be Loved" was #6 and #56 respectively on the Club Play Singles and Black Singles charts. The album fared better in the UK where it was a top ten hit along with the single "Could You Be Loved" which reached number 5 in the UK singles charts.
Track listing
Original album (1980)
All tracks written by Bob Marley.
Side one
1. "Coming in from the Cold" 4:30
2. "Real Situation" 3:08
3. "Bad Card" 2:50
4. "We and Them" 3:12
5. "Work" 3:41
Side two
6. "Zion Train" 3:36
7. "Pimper's Paradise" 3:27
8. "Could You Be Loved" 3:57
9. "Forever Loving Jah" 3:52
10. "Redemption Song" 3:47
Musicians:
Bob Marley – lead vocal, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
Aston Barrett – bass, piano, guitar, percussion
Carlton Barrett – drums, percussion
Carlton Davis - drums
Tyrone Downie – keyboards, backing vocal
Alvin Patterson – percussion
Junior Marvin – lead guitar, backing vocal
Earl Lindo – keyboards
Al Anderson – lead guitar
I Threes (Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt) – backing vocals
Technical personnel:
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Producers
Chris Blackwell - Executive producer
Errol Brown – engineer, mixing engineer
the Wailers and Michael Rees - mixed
Chiao Ng – assistant engineer
Ted Jensen - mastering engineer
Neville Garrick – art direction
Adrian Boot – photo
