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- Artist: Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Rating:
- Release Date: 1980
- Total Time: 35:53
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Reggae
Review
Uprising would be the final studio album featuring Bob Marley & the Wailers to be released during Marley's lifetime. Prophetically, it also contains some of the band's finest crafted material, as if they were cogent that this would be their final outing. The album's blend of religious and secular themes likewise creates a very powerful and singular quest for spirituality in a material world. Although it is argued that an album's graphic design rarely captures the essence of the work inside, the powerful rebirthing image of a rock solid Marley emerging with his arms raised in triumph could not be a more accurate visual description of the musical jubilation within. Musically, the somewhat staid rhythms often synonymous with reggae have been completely turned around to include slinky and liquid syncopation. "Work," "Pimper's Paradise," and the lead-off track "Coming in From the Cold" are all significant variations on the lolloping Rasta beat. The major difference is the sonic textures that manipulate and fill those patterns. The inventive and unique guitar work of Al Anderson -- the only American member of the original Wailers -- once again redefines the role of the lead electric guitar outside of its standard rock & roll setting. "Zion Train" is awash in wah-wah-driven patterns creating an eerie, almost ethereal backdrop against Marley's lyrics, which recollect images from Peter Tosh's "Stop That Train" all the way back on Marley & the Wailers' international debut Catch a Fire. The final track on the original pressing of Uprising is "Redemption Song." Never has an artist unknowingly written such a beautiful and apropos living epitaph. The stark contrast from the decidedly electric and group-oriented album to this hauntingly beautiful solo acoustic composition is as dramatic as it is visionary. Less than a year after the release of Uprising, Marley would succumb to cancer. The 2001 "Definitive Remaster" version of Uprising contains the band version of "Redemption Song" and the 12" mix of "Could You Be Loved." ~ Lindsay Planer, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Coming in from the Cold | Bob Marley | Bob Marley & the Wailers | (4:31) |
| Real Situation | Bob Marley | Bob Marley & the Wailers | (3:08) |
| Bad Card | Bob Marley | Bob Marley & the Wailers | (2:48) |
| We and Dem | Bob Marley | Bob Marley & the Wailers | (3:12) |
| Work | Bob Marley | Bob Marley & the Wailers | (3:40) |
| Zion Train | Bob Marley | Bob Marley & the Wailers | (3:34) |
| Pimper's Paradise | Bob Marley | Bob Marley & the Wailers | (3:26) |
| Could You Be Loved | Bob Marley | Bob Marley & the Wailers | (3:56) |
| Forever Loving Jah | Bob Marley | Bob Marley & the Wailers | (3:51) |
| Redemption Song | Bob Marley | Bob Marley & the Wailers | (3:47) |
