Survival (album)

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Survival
Survival cover
Studio album by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Released October 2, 1979
Recorded Tuff Gong Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica
Genre Reggae
Length 38:02
Label Tuff Gong/Island
Producer(s) Bob Marley & The Wailers, Alex Sadkin
Professional reviews
Bob Marley & The Wailers chronology
Babylon by Bus
(1978)		 Survival
(1979)		 Uprising
(1980)


Survival is a roots reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers released in 1979.

In the song Africa Unite, Marley proclaims Pan-African solidarity. The song "Zimbabwe" is a hymn dedicated to later-independent Rhodesia. The song has been performed at Zimbabwe's Independence Celebration in 1980, just after the official declaration of Zimbabwe's independence. "Zimbabwe" is seen as an unofficial national song.

Survival was primarily called Black Survival to underscore the urgency of the African unity, but the name was shortened to prevent misinterpretations of the album's theme. Marley originally planned to publish Survival as the first part of a trilogy, followed by Uprising in 1980 and Confrontation in 1983.

In South Africa the album has been partly censored (scratched with knives on arrangement of the local governments).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Bob Marley, except where noted.

[edit] Side one

  1. "So Much Trouble in the World" – 4:00
  2. "Zimbabwe" – 3:51
  3. "Top Rankin'" – 3:11
  4. "Babylon System" – 4:21
  5. "Survival" – 3:54

[edit] Side two

  1. "Africa Unite" – 2:55
  2. "One Drop" – 3:51
  3. "Ride Natty Ride" – 3:51
  4. "Ambush in the Night" – 3:14
  5. "Wake Up and Live" (Marley/Davis) – 5:00

[edit] Musicians

[edit] External links

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