Bob Marley & The Wailers: Legend [ISLAND]

Why you'll love it

Legend has sold more than 25 million copies and spent more time on the Billboard 200 than any album except Dark Side Of The Moon. Fourteen of the songs everybody knows by heart: "Is This Love," "Three Little Birds," "Redemption Song," "One Love" and the live "No Woman, No Cry."

This edition

• Island pressing (cat# 5303052)
• 14 tracks, including the 1975 live version of "No Woman, No Cry"

About the album

Legend leans towards Bob Marley's sunnier, radio-friendly side over the more rabble-rousing corners of his catalogue, but it's pretty tough to deny the late singer's way with a tune.

The hits collected on Legend were hits for a reason. From "No Woman, No Cry" and "Buffalo Soldier" to "Exodus" and "Jamming," these Marley staples have left a permanent mark on the radio airwaves and popular culture in general. And if there's lots more to the Bob Marley canon than the digestible tidbits gathered together here, it's still a pretty good place to start. Consider it a "gateway drug." And a popular gateway drug, at that: Legend is the biggest-selling reggae album of all time, with more than 25 million copies sold worldwide since 1984, and the only record that's spent more time on the Billboard album chart is Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon. Clearly the audience for Marley's best-known songs keeps refreshing itself.

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Tracklist

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On Island (cat# 5303052), a reissue of the 1984 collection.