Survival (Bob Marley and the Wailers album)
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Survival is the eleventh studio album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, released in 1979.
Survival is an album with an outwardly militant theme. Some critics speculate that this was due in part to criticism Marley received for the laid-back atmosphere of his previous release, Kaya, which seemed to sidetrack the urgency of his message.<ref name="Tribute to Bob Marley">Tribute to Bob Marley The Daily Star.</ref> In the song "Africa Unite", Marley proclaims Pan-African solidarity. The song "Zimbabwe" is a hymn dedicated to then white-dominated Rhodesia. The song was performed at Zimbabwe's Independence Celebration in 1980, just after the official declaration of Zimbabwe's independence.
Survival was originally to be called Black Survival to underscore the urgency of African unity, but the name was shortened to prevent misinterpretations of the album's theme.<ref name="Tribute to Bob Marley"/> The album was partially censored in South Africa because of their apartheid regime.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Track listing
Original Tuff Gong LP
Original Island Records LP
Tuff Gong cassette
Island Records LP re-issue
The Definitive Remastered edition (2001)
Front cover
The album's front cover depicts 48 African flags and one Oceanian flag. Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe Rhodesia at the time of the album's release) is represented by two political flags instead of a national flag.
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Two non-sovereign regions that didn't have their flags included in the cover art are also featured on the poster:
Two nations' flags are grayed-out and are represented by numbers rather than names on the poster.<ref name="fiu" />
The album's title appears in white (City typeface) with the Brookes slave ship engraving in the background.
Personnel
Musicians
- Bob Marley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion
- Aston "Family Man" Barrett – bass, rhythm guitar, percussion
- Carlton Barrett – drums, percussion
- Tyrone "Organ D" Downie – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
- Alvin "Seeco" Patterson – percussion
- Junior Marvin – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Earl "Wire" Lindo – keyboards
- Al Anderson – lead guitar
- Rita Marley – backing vocals
- Marcia Griffiths – backing vocals
- Judy Mowatt – backing vocals
- Carlton "Santa" Davis – drums on "Africa Unite"
- Mikey "Boo" Richards – drums on "Wake Up And Live"
- Val Douglas – bass on "Wake Up and Live"
- Earl "Chinna" Smith – rhythm guitar and percussion on "One Drop"
- Headley Bennett – alto saxophone
- Ronald "Nambo" Robinson – trombone
- Melba Liston – trombone
- Luther Francois – trombone
- Junior "Chico" Chin – trumpet
- Jackie Willacy – trumpet
- Micky Hanson – trumpet
- Lee Jaffe – harmonica<ref>Roger Steffens and Leroy Pierson, Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Definitive Discography (Cambridge, MA: Rounder, 2005)</ref>
Production
- Producers – Bob Marley & The Wailers, Alex Sadkin
- Mastering – Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC
Charts
| Chart (1979) | Peak position | |
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| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name="Kent">Template:Cite Kent</ref> | 32 | |
| Norwegian Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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10 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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14 |
| Swedish Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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17 |
| UK Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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20 |
| US Billboard Top LPs & Tape | 70 | |
| US Top Soul LPs (Billboard) | 32 |
Certifications
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