Uprising is the twelfth studio album by Bob Marley and the Wailers and the final studio album released during Marley's lifetime. Released on 10 June 1980, the album is one of Marley's most directly religious, with nearly every song referencing his religious beliefs, culminating in the acoustic recording of "Redemption Song".
Uprising peaked at number 41 on the US Billboard Black Albums chart, and number 45 on the Pop Albums chart. "Could You Be Loved" was number six and number 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 five in the UK singles charts.
Track listing
Original album (1980)
The Definitive Remastered edition (2001)
Personnel 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
Production 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
Charts Weekly charts + Chart performance for Uprising Chart (1980) PeakpositionAustralian Albums (Kent Music Report) N.B. David Kent's Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 contains an erroneous peak of number 36. This scan shows the album at its correct peak of number 46. N.B. This was the album's final week on the chart, at number 72, showing its correct peak (HP) of number 46. N.B. Uprising appears in the list of albums under Dropped Out, with an erroneous peak (HP) of number 36, as appears in David Kent's Australian Chart Book 1970-1992.46Austrian Albums Chart 6Norwegian Albums Chart 6New Zealand Albums Chart 1Swedish Albums Chart 3UK Albums Chart 6 US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard) 45 US Top Soul LPs (Billboard) 41
Year-end charts +Annual chart rankings for Uprising Chart (1980) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 22Italian Albums (Musica e dischi) 6 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 25 Chart (1981) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 23
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