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Uprising (1980)

Where the lyrics of Uprising take you, and where it was really made.

Released in Marley's lifetime as his final studio album, it ends with an acoustic recording of 'Redemption Song'.

Key places

Recorded at Tuff Gong Studios, Kingston (1980)

Recording site Tuff Gong Recording Studio — Uprising was recorded at Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, Jamaica. The album was also mixed at the same studio, according to the place records. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Uprising: twelfth studio album by Bob Marley and the Wailers
• Final studio album released during Marley's lifetime
• Released 10 June 1980
• One of Marley's most directly religious albums
• Nearly every song references his religious beliefs
• The album culminates in the acoustic recording of 'Redemption Song'

Background

• Marley's last studio album released while he was alive
• Credited to Bob Marley and the Wailers as producers, with Chris Blackwell as executive producer
• 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
• I Threes (Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt): backing vocals

Recording

• Errol Brown credited as engineer and mixing engineer
• The Wailers and Michael Rees credited for mixing
• Chiao Ng credited as assistant engineer
• Ted Jensen credited as mastering engineer
• Recorded at Tuff Gong Studios, Kingston, Jamaica

Cover

• Art direction by Neville Garrick
• Photo by Adrian Boot

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in 1963 in Jamaica around Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley, initially as the Teenagers before becoming the Wailers.
• The band had a ska and rocksteady origin and their 1964 hit "Simmer Down" recorded at Studio One shifted Jamaican music toward its own voice.

Members

• Founding members were Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer; Tosh and Wailer left in 1974.
• Marley continued with a new lineup including Aston and Carlton Barrett and the female backing trio the I-Threes.

Career

• Signed to Island Records in 1972; albums Catch a Fire and Burnin' followed in 1973.
• Released Exodus (1977) and Uprising (1980), and Marley died of cancer in 1981, after which the group disbanded.
• Legend (1984) became the biggest-selling reggae album ever.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Peaked at number 41 on the US Billboard Black Albums chart
• Peaked at number 45 on the US Pop Albums chart
• The single 'Could You Be Loved' reached number six on the Club Play Singles chart
• The same single reached number 56 on the Black Singles chart
• The album fared better in the UK than in the US
• In the UK it was a top ten album, together with the single

Records

• UK: album placed in the top ten
• UK singles chart: 'Could You Be Loved' reached number five
• US Billboard Black Albums: number 41
• US Pop Albums: number 45
• Club Play Singles: 'Could You Be Loved' number six
• Black Singles: 'Could You Be Loved' number 56

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Final studio album released during Marley's lifetime, although it is not the final album of his career
• I Threes (Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt) sang backing vocals
• Junior Marvin is credited on both lead guitar and backing vocals
• Earl Lindo is credited on keyboards, and Al Anderson on lead guitar
• Tyrone Downie is credited on keyboards and backing vocal
• Neville Garrick handled the art direction, and Adrian Boot took the photograph

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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