Survival (album)
Survival | ||||
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Studio album by Bob Marley & the Wailers | ||||
Publication |
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Label (s) | Tuff Gong / Island Records | |||
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LP, MC, CD |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
38:02 |
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occupation |
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Bob Marley & the Wailers, Alex Sadkin |
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Studio (s) |
Tuff Gong Recording Studio in Kingston (Jamaica) |
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Survival is a reggae album by Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley and his band The Wailers . It was released on October 2, 1979. In the song Africa Unite, Marley callsfor pan-African solidarity. Zimbabwe is a stirring hymn for Rhodesia, which was liberated a little later. The song wasperformed by Marleyas part of the Zimbabwe Independence Celebration in 1980 , immediately after the official declaration of independence. Thus, Marley's Zimbabwe is considered the unofficial national anthem of Zimbabwe.
Survival was first called Black Survival to underline the urgency of African unity, but the name has been shortened to avoid misinterpretation of the album's theme. Marley originally planned to release Survival as the first part of a trilogy , followed by Uprising (1980) and Confrontation (1983, posthumously).
The album was partially censored in Africa (so the records were scratched with knives by order of the government). The colonial powers, especially Great Britain and France , wanted to prevent the militant texts from leading the black locals to revolts and uprisings.
Playlists
Survival (LP, MC, CD)
- So Much Trouble In The World - 4:00
- Zimbabwe - 3:49
- Top Rankin '- 3:09
- Babylon System - 4:21
- Survival - 3:54
- Africa Unite - 2:55
- One Drop - 3:52
- Ride Natty Ride - 3:53
- Ambush In The Night - 3:14
- Wake Up And Live - 4:58
Survival (CD) (The Definitive Remasters, 2001):
- So Much Trouble In The World - 4:00
- Zimbabwe - 3:51
- Top Rankin '- 3:10
- Babylon System - 4:21
- Survival - 3:53
- Africa Unite - 2:54
- One Drop - 3:51
- Ride Natty Ride - 3:50
- Ambush In The Night - 3:12
- Wake Up And Live - 4:58
Bonus track:
- Ride Natty Ride (12 ″ Mix) - 6:23
Survival (LP, 2015)
- So Much Trouble In The World
- Zimbabwe
- Top rankin '
- Babylon system
- Survival
- Africa Unite
- One drop
- Ride Natty Ride
- Ambush In The Night
- Wake Up And Live
Cover
Forty-eight flags are depicted on the cover, 47 of which are African and Papua New Guinea , which is in Oceania .
There are four African countries whose flags are missing: Cape Verde , Comoros , Libya , and South Africa ( Namibia did not have its own flag because it was administered by South Africa at the time.)