Legend - Bob Marley

Bob Marley and the Wailers' Legend is a timeless reggae album that will always be remembered for its positive messages and optimistic outlooks on life. No matter what mood you may be in, Legend will be sure to uplift your spirits?anger will change to peace, sadness shall evolve into ecstasy, joy will transform to bliss. Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in the small village of Nine Miles in St. Ann, Jamaica. Bob was born to a British Naval Officer named Norval Marley and to a young Jamaican girl, Cedella Booker. Bob?s love for music really payed off in 1970, when he and his band, the Wailers, released Catch a Fire, the first of many ...  Read the complete review

I'm sure I am not alone when I say that one of the greatest singer-songwriters of our generation was Bob Marley. I first came across him in London in the mid seventies when my husband received complimentary tickets to the sell out Bob Marley and The Wailers Natty Dread tour. I was never a fan of reggae and knew nothing of Bob Marley, but as soon as the tall dreadlocked star walked on stage I was transfixed and have been a big listener of his ever since. Legend has been released on different formats many times over, I am reviewing the original 1984 vinyl release which has fourteen of the songs that made Bob Marley a real life Legend. ~~ Is This ...  Read the complete review

~~~~~~~~~~Legend - Bob Marley~~~~~~~~~~ Bob Marley did more to bring reggae music to Britain than probably any other Jamaican singer, and though he had an early ska and reggae career, it was really only the last ten years of his life that he made it in the UK. Tragically he died in 1981 and the top of his career and the first release of Legend was in 1984. 10 platinum albums later, having been on vinyl, cassette, and CD it remains the biggest selling album of it's genre (well I couldn't find any bigger) and arguably the greatest set of Marley songs on one album. The album was 'remastered' in 2002 and two more tracks from the original 14 were added; ...  Read the complete review

Since seeing The Wailers perform at the London Rise Against Racism festival, it reminded me of how many great songs they have in their repertoire with Bob Marley and decided it was long overdue to buy a Best Of compilation. The album starts off with Is This Love the Marley penned classic from 1978 and the song really needs no introduction. It was taken from the Kaya album, which revolved around the duel themes of love and marijuana, and this instance the song was about love. It is a beautiful song, and certainly at the Rise concert, got the crowd singing. It is followed by No Woman, No Cry originally from the Natty Dread album and is about the struggle of life ...  Read the complete review

My Dad's a big Bob Marley fan, so I naturally listen to one every now and then. One Father's Day I went out looking to buy a Bob Marley CD for him but I noticed (not everyone may agree) that in his CDs their tends to be a couple of good songs which are well known and then the rest are kinda fillers. I bought him a three cd boxset which only contained about 5 decent songs to my ear that is, my Dad loved them all. Anyway that is not a good ratio. My mum took me to Tescos today after a physiotherapy appointment which absolutely killed my head, that's another story. Anyway now that I am on a basically vegetable diet which cuts the bill down about £20. I ...  Read the complete review