Bob Marley & The Wailers - Survival
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| Artist ..... : Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| Album ...... : Survival |
| Year ....... : 1990 |
| Label ...... : Island Records/Tuff Gong |
| Cat.No ..... : TGLCD 8 (846 202-2) |
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| Genere ..... : Reggae |
| Tracks ..... : 10 |
| Duration ... : 38:03 min |
| Source ..... : CDDA |
| Street Date : 1990-00-00 |
| URL ........ : http://www.discogs.com/release/3690742 |
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| Release Size : 231.6MB |
| Ripping Tool : EAC |
| Encoder .... : FLAC 1.2.1 |
| Quality .... : 807 kbps / Avg 44.1kHz / 2 channels |
| Rip Date ... : 2014-04-03 |
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| 01. So Much Trouble In The World 04:00 |
| 02. Zimbabwe 03:50 |
| 03. Top Rankin' 03:10 |
| 04. Babylon System 04:21 |
| 05. Survival 03:53 |
| 06. Africa Unite 02:55 |
| 07. One Drop 03:51 |
| 08. Ride Natty Ride 03:51 |
| 09. Ambush In The Night 03:14 |
| 10. Wake Up And Live 04:58 |
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| Total: 38:03 |
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| Released: 20 October 1979. Highest Chart Positions: UK: 20, USA: 70 |
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| "Survival" was the first in a planned three part series, together with |
| "Uprising" and "Confrontation". This was the first album that was cut |
| at Bob's "Tuff Gong" studios. The album was originally entitled 'Black |
| Survival'. Bob is very serious on the album, gone are the love songs |
| from Kaya, and in come Bob confrontating his own demons as well as the |
| worlds. "Ambush In The Night" confronted the assissination attempt on |
| him. "Zimbabwe" was an ode to the emergent nation casting off the yoke |
| of white Rhodesia. "Wake Up & Live" exhorted those who accepted a life |
| of poverty to rise. "One Drop" was a big favourite from the album and |
| infact makes it the most brought Bob album in the UK. A great album |
| with so many great tracks it is impossible to single one at as being |
| the biggest song from the album. |
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| Musicians: Bob Marley, Aston Barrett, Carlton Barrett, The "I-Threes": |
| Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths & Judy Mowatt, Tyrone Downie, Earl "Wya" |
| Lindo, Junior Marvin, Al Anderson, Alvin Patterson, David Madden, Glen |
| Da Costa, Vin Gordon, Anthony Davis, Errol Brown, Headley Bennett, Val |
| Douglas and Mikey Richards. |
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| So Much Trouble In The Wolrd |
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| Bob talks about the way men can be sent into space - an ego trip, but |
| can't get things right on earth. Bob also uses the line: "Two Million |
| miles away from reality" to great effect in the song. |
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| Zimbabwe |
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| As Bob was soon to play at the 'Zimbabwe Independence Ceremony', Bob |
| comes out in support of the apparently imminent retaking of Africa by |
| black freedom fighters. |
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| Top Ranking |
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| Using a 1970's catchphrase Bob draws attention to a divide and conquer |
| mentality in Jamaican politics, and like Jammin implies you can not be |
| into reggae and be divided. "They don't want to see us live together" |
| cries Bob. |
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| Babylon System |
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| Another Rasta song. The lyric casts Babylon as a vampire "sucking the |
| blood of the sufferers". Bob urges to "Tell the children the truth". |
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| Survival |
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| Bob returns to a militant form with "Survival". Bob chants "We're the |
| survivors, the black survivors". It is performed on a rhythm that |
| ressembles Exodus. The lines about choosing the right way to live and |
| quickly as time is running out, were perhaps an indication that Bob |
| feels his time is draining away. |
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| Africa Unite |
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| Africa Unite as the title suggests, is a plea for the unification of |
| all black people and Africans, put in Rasta context. Great when played |
| live, with Bob often adding the line "Marcus Garvey said it, so let it |
| be done". |
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| One Drop |
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| One of my all time favourites. Reggae with unity and a great chorus |
| much like Jammin and Trenchtown Rock amongst others. Carlies excellent |
| one drop drum pattern is very evident. |
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| Ride Natty Ride |
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| Rasta on a mission, with some great harmonica from Lee Jaffe. The song |
| also throws in some lyrics from track "Cornerstone", it also promises |
| apocalyptic fire. Anoter great song from the album. |
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| Ambush In The Night |
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| The song refers to his own encounter with gunmen from 76. Bob attacks |
| those who keep the people ignorant and therefor malleable enough to |
| shoot at each other in the name of pollitical parties. This is yet |
| another one of my favourite songs. |
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| Wake Up & Live |
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| This is another sub "Exodus" song. Looping one riff with a skin tight |
| horn section offering some contrast. Bob urges the band forward in a |
| funky, James Brown style. |
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