Uprising (Bob Marley & The Wailers album)



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.

Musicians

 * 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

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