Exodus is the ninth studio album

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 by Jamaican reggae

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Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

 band Bob Marley & The Wailers

Bob Marley & The Wailers

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, released on June 3, 1977 on Island

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. Much of Exodus was recorded in London

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, while Marley

Bob Marley

Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...

 recuperated from an assassination attempt. The success of the album propelled Marley to international stardom. A remastered version of Exodus was released in 2007, in the United Kingdom

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 as a full length book chronicling Bob Marley's retreat into exile after his assassination attempt and the making of the album.

"Jamming," "Waiting in Vain" and "One Love/People Get Ready" were all major international hits. Exodus peaked at #20 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart, and #15 on the Black Albums chart

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 as well as remaining in the UK charts for 56 consecutive weeks where it peaked at #8.

Exodus has been recognized by music critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 1999, Time

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magazine named Exodus the best album of the 20th century. In 2001, the TV network VH1

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 named it the 26th greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 169 on Rolling Stone

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magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time

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.

Side one

1. "Natural Mystic" – 3:28
2. "So Much Things to Say" – 3:08
3. "Guiltiness" – 3:19
4. "The Heathen" – 2:32
5. "Exodus" – 7:39

Side two

1. "Jamming
   Jamming (song)
   "Jamming" is a song by the reggae band Bob Marley & the Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus. The song also appears on the compilation album Legend....
   
   " – 3:31
2. "Waiting in Vain
   Waiting in Vain
   "Waiting in Vain" is a song written by reggae musician Bob Marley and recorded by Bob Marley & The Wailers, for his 1977 album Exodus. Released as a single, it hit number twenty-seven in the UK Singles Chart.-Annie Lennox version:...
   
   " – 4:15
3. "Turn Your Lights Down Low
   Turn Your Lights Down Low
   "Turn Your Lights Down Low" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus.-Covers:*Colbie Caillat made a cover version of this song on her 2008 album Coco.*Lauryn Hill covered this tune on the 1999 LP Chant Down Babylon...
   
   " – 3:39
4. "Three Little Birds
   Three Little Birds
   "Three Little Birds" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers. It is the fourth track on side two of their 1977 album Exodus and was released as a single in 1980. The song reached the Top 20 in the UK, peaking at number 17. It is one of Bob Marley's most popular songs. The song has been covered by...
   
   " – 3:00
5. "One Love
   One Love (Bob Marley song)
   "One Love/People Get Ready" is a reggae/rhythm and blues song by Bob Marley & The Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus. It was first recorded in a ska style by Marley's original group, The Wailers, on their 1965 debut album The Wailing Wailers, and a heavily reworked version was included on African...
   
   /People Get Ready
   People Get Ready (song)
   "People Get Ready" was a 1965 single by The Impressions, and the title track from the album of the same name. The single is today the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the Billboard R&B Chart and number 14 on the Billboard Pop Chart...
   
   " (Marley, Curtis Mayfield
   Curtis Mayfield
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   ) – 2:53

CD bonus tracks

1. "Jamming (Long Version)
   Jamming (song)
   "Jamming" is a song by the reggae band Bob Marley & the Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus. The song also appears on the compilation album Legend....
   
    – 5:52
2. "Punky Reggae Party (Long Version)
   Punky Reggae Party
   "Punky Reggae Party" is a reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers, recorded and released in 1977. Not appearing on any studio album, it was released as the b-side to the Jamming single in some countries and was later released as a live single on Babylon By Bus...
   
    – 6:52

Disc One: Exodus Remastered

The first disc contains Exodus remastered.

1. "Natural Mystic" – 3:28
2. "So Much Things to Say" – 3:08
3. "Guiltiness" – 3:20
4. "The Heathen" – 2:32
5. "Exodus" – 7:40
6. "Jammin'
   Jamming (song)
   "Jamming" is a song by the reggae band Bob Marley & the Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus. The song also appears on the compilation album Legend....
   
   " – 3:31
7. "Waiting in Vain
   Waiting in Vain
   "Waiting in Vain" is a song written by reggae musician Bob Marley and recorded by Bob Marley & The Wailers, for his 1977 album Exodus. Released as a single, it hit number twenty-seven in the UK Singles Chart.-Annie Lennox version:...
   
   " – 4:16
8. "Turn Your Lights Down Low" – 3:39
9. "Three Little Birds
   Three Little Birds
   "Three Little Birds" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers. It is the fourth track on side two of their 1977 album Exodus and was released as a single in 1980. The song reached the Top 20 in the UK, peaking at number 17. It is one of Bob Marley's most popular songs. The song has been covered by...
   
   " – 3:00
10. "One Love/People Get Ready" – 2:56
11. "Roots" (B-side of "Waiting in Vain" single) – 3:44
12. "Waiting in Vain" (alternate version, previously unreleased) – 4:44
13. "Jammin'" (long version, A-side of 12" single) – 5:52
14. "Jammin'" (version, previously unreleased) – 3:06
15. "Exodus" (version, B-side of "Exodus" single) – 3:08

Disc two: Exodus Live Edition

The second disc contains the Exodus tour live at the Rainbow Theatre, London, June 4, 1977. Tracks 6–9 are from sessions with Lee "Scratch" Perry, July–August 1977.

1. "The Heathen" (previously unreleased) – 6:48
2. "Crazy Baldhead/Running Away" (previously unreleased) – 9:22
3. "War/No More Trouble" (previously unreleased) – 7:44
4. "Jammin'" (previously unreleased) – 7:07
5. "Exodus" (previously unreleased) – 11:49
6. "Punky Reggae Party" (A-side of Jamaican 12" single) – 9:19
7. "Punky Reggae Party" (dub, B-side of Jamaican 12" single) – 8:50
8. "Keep On Moving" (previously unreleased original mix) – 6:26
9. "Keep On Moving" (dub, previously unreleased original mix) – 7:15
10. "Exodus Advertisement" – 1:08

Personnel

• Bob Marley
  Bob Marley
  Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
  
   – lead vocal, rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
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  , acoustic guitar, percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Aston "Family Man" Barrett
  Aston Barrett
  Aston Barrett , often called "Family Man" or "Fams" for short, is a Jamaican bass player and Rastafarian.-Biography:...
  
   – Fender bass, guitar, percussion
• Carlton Barrett
  Carlton Barrett
  Carlton "Carly" Barrett was an influential reggae drummer and percussion player. His musical development in the early years were with his brother Aston "Family Man" Barrett as a member of Lee "Scratch" Perry's "house band" The Upsetters. The brothers joined Bob Marley and The Wailers around 1970...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
• Tyrone Downie
  Tyrone Downie
  Tyrone Downie is a Jamaican keyboardist/pianist who is most known for his involvement as a member of Bob Marley and The Wailers. He studied at Kingston College and joined the wailers in the mid-1970s, making his recording début with the band on Rastaman Vibration, having previously been a member of...
  
   – Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , percussion, backing vocals
• Alvin "Seeco" Patterson
  Alvin Patterson
  Alvin "Seeco" Patterson is a Jamaican born percussionist. He was a member of The Wailers Band.-References:...
  
   – percussion
• Julian (Junior) Marvin
  Junior Marvin
  Junior Marvin also known as Junior Marvin-Hanson, Junior Hanson and Junior Kerr. He is a Jamaican born guitarist and singer and is best known for his association with Bob Marley and The Wailers. He started his career as Junior Marvin with the band Hanson in 1973...
  
   – lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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• I Threes
  I Threes
  The I Threes were a Jamaican reggae singing group made up of three women, that was formed in 1974 to support Bob Marley & The Wailers after Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer — the original Wailer backing vocalists — left the band....
  
   (Rita Marley
  Rita Marley
  Alpharita Constantia Anderson , better known as Rita Marley, and sometimes called "Nana Rita", is the widow of reggae legend/musician Bob Marley, and a member of the trio the I Threes, Bob Marley's backup singers.-Biography:...
  
  , Marcia Griffiths
  Marcia Griffiths
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  , Judy Mowatt
  Judy Mowatt
  Judy Mowatt was born in the year 1948 in Gordon Town, St. Andrew Jamaica. She is an internationally acclaimed reggae artist who rose to fame as 1/3 of the trio the I THREE who were the Back-Ground vocalists for Bob Marley.-Biography:...
  
  ) – backing vocals
• Karl Pitterson
  Karl Pitterson
  Karl Pitterson is a Jamaican record producer and sound engineer.Pitterson began his career in the early 1970s as house engineer with such legendary Jamaican studios as Dynamics, Federal, Randy's, Studio One, Treasure Isle and Aquarius...
  
   – engineer
• Guy Bidmead, Terry Barham – assistant engineers
• Aston "Familyman" Barrett, Chris Blackwell
  Chris Blackwell
  Christopher Percy Gordon "Chris" Blackwell is a British record producer and businessman, who was the founder of Island Records, acknowledged as the most successful and groundbreaking independent record company in history. Blackwell has been a music industry mogul for over fifty years...
  
  , Karl Pitterson
  Karl Pitterson
  Karl Pitterson is a Jamaican record producer and sound engineer.Pitterson began his career in the early 1970s as house engineer with such legendary Jamaican studios as Dynamics, Federal, Randy's, Studio One, Treasure Isle and Aquarius...
  
   – mixing
• Adrian Boot, Neville Garrick
  Neville Garrick
  Neville Garrick is a Jamaican-born Los Angeles-based graphic artist, photographer, filmmaker, and writer.He is best known for creating the art work for many Bob Marley album covers. He has also worked with Burning Spear, Steel Pulse and many others...
  
   – photos
• Neville Garrick – cover design, graphics

Further reading

• Goldman, Vivien
  Vivien Goldman
  Vivien Goldman is a British journalist, writer and musician. She was born in London, the child of two German-Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. She studied English and American literature at the University of Warwick...
  
  (2006) The Book of Exodus: The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers' Album of the Century Three Rivers Press ISBN 1400052866