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 Marleys most directly religious, with nearly every song addressing his Rastafarian beliefs, culminating in the acoustic recording of Redemption Song.

Uprising peaked at #41 on Billboards (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
All tracks written by Bob Marley.

Side one
No. Title Length
1. Coming in from the Cold 4:30
2. Real Situation 3:08
3. Bad Card 2:50
4. We and Dem 3:12
5. Work 3:41

Side two
No. Title Length
6. Zion Train 3:36
7. Pimpers 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 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