Bob Marley & The Wailers: Bob Marley (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Aston "Family Man" Barrett (guitar, piano, bass, percussion); Junior Marvin (guitar, background vocals); Tyrone Downie (keyboards, background vocals); Carlton Barrett (drums, percussion).

The I Threes: Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt (background vocals).

Producer: Bob Marley & The Wailers.



Reissue producers: Bill Levenson, Maxine Stowe.

Recorded at Tuff Gong Studio, Kingston, Jamaica. Originally released on Island (9596).

Digitally remastered by Ted Jensen (2001, Sterling Sound, New York, New York).

Bob Marley generated a staggering number of great records during his brief time in the world's spotlight. Although he cut his first recordings in the early 1960s, it was not until the 1973 release of CATCH A FIRE that Marley and the Wailers became international stars. Eight years later Marley was dead, a victim of cancer. In between, he recorded eight studio albums and several live albums, all of excellent quality.

UPRISING is Marley's final album, and it's also one of his best. As on all his recordings, Marley's writing displays the gift for melody that helped non-Jamaican audiences gain access to his music even when he was singing about the details of island life and the doctrine of Rastafarianism. The most popular tracks here, "Could You Be Loved" and "Redemption Song," are pop masterpieces, but so too are lesser known tracks "Coming In From The Cold," "Pimper's Paradise," and "Bad Card." And except for "Redemption Song," a stunningly poignant protest song that features only Marley on vocal and acoustic guitar, you can dance to it. What more could you ask for?

What the critics say...

Down Beat (12/01, p.88) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...His most cohesive set of songs on Black pride and consciousness..."
Mojo (Publisher) (8/02, p.85) - "...Though the man sounds parched and tired, this was the best of his later albums..."