Survival (Bob Marley & The Wailers album)

Survival
Studio album by Bob Marley and The Wailers
Released 2 October 1979
Recorded January–February 1979, Tuff Gong Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica
Genre Reggae
Length 38:02 (Original)
44:25 (2001 Remastered)
Label Island/Tuff Gong
Producer Bob Marley & The Wailers, Alex Sadkin
Bob Marley and The Wailers chronology
Babylon by Bus
(1978)
Survival
(1979)
Uprising
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Smash Hits5/10[2]
A sample of Zimbabwe.

Survival is a reggae album by Bob Marley & 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, ganja-soaked atmosphere of his previous release, "Kaya", which seemed to sidetrack the urgency of his message.[3] In the song "Africa Unite", Marley proclaims Pan-African solidarity. The song "Zimbabwe" is a hymn dedicated to later-independent 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.[3]

Track listing

Original Tuff Gong LP (Jamaican pressing) (1979) and Tuff Gong CD (422-846 202-2 Barry Diament remaster) (1990)

All tracks written by Bob Marley, except where stated.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."So Much Trouble in the World"  4:00
2."Zimbabwe"  3:51
3."Top Rankin'"  3:10
4."Babylon System"  4:21
5."Survival"  3:53
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Africa Unite"  2:54
7."One Drop"  3:51
8."Ride Natty Ride"  3:50
9."Ambush in the Night"  3:12
10."Wake Up and Live" (Bob Marley, Anthony Davis)4:58

Original Island Records LP (ILPS 9542)(1979)

All tracks written by Bob Marley, except where stated.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Wake Up and Live" (Bob Marley, Anthony Davis)4:58
2."Africa Unite"  2:54
3."One Drop"  3:51
4."Ride Natty Ride"  3:50
5."Ambush in the Night"  3:12
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."So Much Trouble in the World"  4:00
7."Zimbabwe"  3:51
8."Top Rankin'"  3:10
9."Babylon System"  4:21
10."Survival"  3:53

Tuff Gong cassette (Jamaican pressing 7910 DP) (circa 1984)

All tracks written by Bob Marley, except where stated.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Wake Up and Live" (Bob Marley, Anthony Davis)4:58
2."One Drop"  3:51
3."Ride Natty Ride"  3:50
4."Ambush in the Night"  3:12
5."Top Rankin'"  3:10
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Africa Unite"  2:54
7."So Much Trouble in the World"  4:00
8."Zimbabwe"  3:51
9."Babylon System"  4:21
10."Survival"  3:53

Island Records LP re-issue (ILPS 9542 (i) or ILPM 9542)(1986)

All tracks written by Bob Marley, except where stated. Issued by Island Records with a Tuff Gong disc label. Track list revised, all tracks on side A move to side B and vice versa..

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."So Much Trouble In The World" (Bob Marley)4:00
2."Zimbabwe"  3:50
3."Top Rankin'"  3:10
4."Babylon System"  4:36
5."Survival"  4:00
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Africa Unite"  2:50
7."One Drop"  3:50
8."Ride Natty Ride"  3:50
9."Ambush In The Night"  3:10
10."Wake Up And Live" (Bob Marley, Anthony Davis)5:10


The Definitive Remastered edition (2001)

All tracks written by Bob Marley, except where stated.

Current CD Version
No.TitleLength
1."So Much Trouble in the World"  4:00
2."Zimbabwe"  3:51
3."Top Rankin'"  3:10
4."Babylon System"  4:21
5."Survival"  3:53
6."Africa Unite"  2:54
7."One Drop"  3:51
8."Ride Natty Ride"  3:50
9."Ambush in the Night"  3:12
10."Wake Up and Live" (Bob Marley, Anthony Davis)4:58
11."Ride Natty Ride" (12-inch mix)6:23
Total length:44:25

Musicians

Production

Front Cover

The album's front cover depicts 48 African flags, 14 of which (in italics) are now obsolete, and the flag of Papua New Guinea:

 Kenya  Angola  Côte d'Ivoire  Ethiopian Empire[a]  Chad  Egypt  Ghana
 Senegal  Sierra Leone  Cameroon  Tunisia  Niger  Nigeria  Guinea
 Gambia  Somalia  Upper Volta[b]  Zaire[c]  Guinea-Bissau  Liberia  Swaziland
 Madagascar  Togo  Mozambique  Central African Republic Zimbabwe (ZAPU)  Seychelles  Zambia
 Lesotho  Uganda  Algeria  Mali  Sudan  Botswana  Morocco
 P.R. Congo[d]  Tanzania[e]  Burundi Zimbabwe (ZANU)  Mauritius  Mauritania  Gabon
 Benin  Equatorial Guinea  Papua New Guinea  Malawi  São Tomé and Príncipe  Djibouti  Rwanda

The album's title appears in white (City typeface) with the Brookes slave ship engraving in the background.

Notes
a. ^ Now the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
b. ^ Now Burkina Faso.
c. ^ Now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
d. ^ Now the Republic of the Congo.
e. ^ The flag is shown upside-down on the front cover.

References

  1. Planer, Lindsay. "Review: Survival Bonus Track". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  2. Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (November 1–14, 1979): 29.
  3. 1 2 Tribute to Bob Marley The Daily Star.
  4. Roger Steffens and Leroy Pierson, Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Definitive Discography (Cambridge, MA: Rounder, 2005)
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