Uprising is the twelfth studio album by Bob Marley and the Wailers and the final studio album released during Marley's lifetime. Released on 10 June 1980, the album is one of Marley's most directly religious, with nearly every song referencing his religious beliefs, culminating in the acoustic recording of "Redemption Song".
Uprising peaked at number 41 on the US Billboard Black Albums chart, and number 45 on the Pop Albums chart. "Could You Be Loved" was number six and number 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 five in the UK singles charts.
Track listing
Original album (1980)
The Definitive Remastered edition (2001)
Personnel
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
Production
- 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
Charts
Weekly charts
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for Uprising
! scope="col"| Chart (1980)
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
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!scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)
|align="center"|46
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! scope="row"|Austrian Albums Chart
| 6
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! scope="row"|Norwegian Albums Chart
| 6
|-
! scope="row"|New Zealand Albums Chart
| 1
|-
! scope="row"|Swedish Albums Chart
| 3
|-
! scope="row"|UK Albums Chart
| 6
|-
! scope="row"| US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)
| 45
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Soul LPs (Billboard)
| 41
|}
Year-end charts
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Annual chart rankings for Uprising
! scope="col" | Chart (1980)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)
| 22
|-
!scope="row"|Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)
| 6
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! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)
| 25
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1981)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)
| 23
|-
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