Bob Marley & The Wailers released Confrontation

Confrontation Bob Marley & the Wailers

Released: May 23, 1983 Peak: 55 US, 31 RB, 5 UK, 11 AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, -- UK, 3.0 world (includes US and UK) Genre: reggae

Tracks: Song Title (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts. Chant Down Babylon Buffalo Soldier (5/7/83, 4 UK, 71 RB) Jump Nyahbinghi Mix Up, Mix Up Give Thanks and Praise Blackman Redemption Trench Town Stiff Necked Fools I Know Rastaman Live Up! Total Running Time: 37:47 The Players: Bob Marley (vocals, guitar) Aston “Family Man” Barrett (bass) Carlton “Carlie” Barrett (drums, percussion) Tyrone Downie (keyboards) Junior Marvin (electric guitar) Alvin “Seeco” Patterson (percussion) Earl “Wire” Lindo (keyboards) Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt, Griffiths (backing vocals) Carlton “Santa” Davis (drums) Glen Da Costa (tenor saxophone) David Madden (trumpet) Ronald “Nambo” Robinson (trombone) Devon Evans (percussion)

Rating: 3.134 out of 5.00 (average of 20 ratings)

About the Album: “A posthumous collection produced by Rita Marley, based on work left behind by Bob upon his death. Some of his best post-Wailers work is here, with songs like Buffalo Soldier, Chant Down Babylon, and Blackman Redemption. Given that he wasn't alive to do the production that he usually helped in, this album seems remarkably true to the general vision of Bob Marley's albums. Other somewhat lesser-known tracks also help to fill in all of the cracks with some remarkable material. Case in point: Jump Nyabinghi, a nice danceable groove with perhaps less of the usual politics mixed in, but with just as much musicality. Overall, any Bob Marley fan ought to own this album.” AMG Notes: The 2001 reissue adds a remix of “Buffalo Soldier.”

Resources and Related Links: DMDB encyclopedia entry for Bob Marley AMG All Music Guide by Adam Greenberg First posted 3/26/2008; last updated 5/10/2021.