Bob Marley and the Wailers discography

Most of Bob Marley's early music was recorded with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, who together with Marley were the most prominent members of the Wailers. In 1972, the Wailers had their first hit outside Jamaica when Johnny Nash covered their song "Stir It Up", which became a UK hit. The 1973 album Catch a Fire was released worldwide, and sold well. It was followed by Burnin', which included the song "I Shot the Sheriff". Eric Clapton's cover of the song became a hit in 1974.

Bob Marley and the Wailers discography
Black and white image of Bob Marley on stage with a guitar
Bob Marley in concert, 1980.
Studio albums13
Soundtrack albums2
Live albums6
Compilation albums9
Singles133
Remix albums10
Box sets11

Bob Marley proceeded with Bob Marley and the Wailers, which included the Wailers Band and the I Threes. In 1975, he had his first own hit outside Jamaica with "No Woman, No Cry", from the Live! album. His subsequent albums, including Rastaman Vibration, Exodus, Kaya, Survival and the last album released during his lifetime, Uprising, were big international sellers. Between 1991 and 2007 Bob Marley and the Wailers sold in excess of 21 million records. These statistics did not begin to be collected until ten years after his death.[1]

The Roots Reggae Library has created an overview of the music released by the Wailers prior to their contract with the Island Records label. This overview lists all the Wailers' songs known to have been released during that period, filled into six ska albums and 11 rocksteady albums.[2]

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
NOR
[5]
NZ
[6]
SWE
[7]
UK
[8]
US US
R&B
The Wailing Wailers
Soul Rebels
Soul Revolution Part II
  • Released: 1971
  • Labels: Upsetter/Trojan
  • Format:
The Best of the Wailers
  • Recorded: May 1970
  • Released: August 1971
  • Label: Beverley's
  • Format:
41[a]
Catch a Fire 171 51
Burnin'
  • Released: 19 October 1973
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
151 41
Natty Dread
  • Released: 25 October 1974
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
98 44 43 92 44
Rastaman Vibration
  • Released: 30 April 1976
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
68 14 26 45 15 8 11
Exodus
  • Released: 3 June 1977
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
88 21 12 12 14 8 20 15
Kaya
  • Released: 23 March 1978
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
5 6 6 14 4 50 50
Survival
  • Released: 2 October 1979
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
32 10 14 17 20 70 32
Uprising
  • Released: 10 June 1980
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
36 6 6 1 3 6 45 41
Confrontation
  • Released: 23 May 1983
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
11 18 12 6 16 5 55 31
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[3]
NZ
[6]
SWE
[7]
SWI
[12]
UK
[8]
US US World US
R&B
US Reggae
Live! 51 29 38 90 47
Babylon by Bus
  • Released: 10 November 1978
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
34 21 44 40 102 58
Talkin' Blues
  • Released: 4 February 1991
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
30 31 40 103 2
Live at the Roxy
  • Released: 24 June 2003
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
5
Live Forever: September 23, 1980 • Stanley Theatre • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Released: 2011
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
74 14 4 1
Easy Skanking in Boston '78
  • Released: 2015
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
1
Live At The Rainbow, 1st June 1977[13]
  • Released: 12 June 2020
  • Labels: Tuff Gong
  • Format: Download/Streaming
-
Live At The Rainbow, 2nd June 1977[14]
  • Released: 12 June 2020
  • Labels: Tuff Gong
  • Format: Download/Streaming
-
Live At The Rainbow, 3rd June 1977[15]
  • Released: 12 June 2020
  • Labels: Tuff Gong
  • Format: Download/Streaming
-
Live At The Rainbow, 4th June 1977 (Remastered 2020)[16]
  • Released: 12 June 2020
  • Labels: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
  • Format: Download/Streaming
-
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[17][3]
FIN
[18]
NLD
[19]
NOR
[5]
NZ
[6]
SWE
[7]
SWI
[12]
UK
[8]
US
[20]
US Reggae
African Herbsman
  • Released: July 1973
  • Label: Trojan
  • Format:
Rasta Revolution
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Trojan
  • Format:
Chances Are
  • Released: October 1981
  • Label: Cotillion
  • Format: Cassette, LP
27
Legend
  • Released: 8 May 1984
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, LP, digital download, Blu-ray[21]
2 11 1 8 1 10 20 1 5 1
Rebel Music
  • Released: 1986
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
3 54 140
Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On
  • Released: 23 May 1995
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
39 24 34 3 14 10 5 67 1
One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • Released: 22 May 2001
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
16 12 3 2 2 2 8 5 60 1
Gold
  • Released: 11 January 2005
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
1
Africa Unite: The Singles Collection
  • Released: 8 November 2005
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
66 9 93 26 101 3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Remix albums

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Island/Tuff Gong releases

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUT
[4]
NZ
[6]
SWI
[12]
US US
R&B
US Reggae
The Never Ending Wailers
  • Released: 1993
  • Labels: RAS, Tuff Gong
  • Formats: CD, LP
Dreams of Freedom: Ambient Translations in Dub
  • Released: 23 September 1997
  • Label: Axiom
  • Format:
1
Chant Down Babylon
  • Released: 16 November 1999
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CS, CD, LP
49 6 23 60 21 1
Roots, Rock, Remixed
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Tuff Gong
  • Format: CD
11
B Is for Bob
  • Released: 23 June 2009
  • Label: Tuff Gong
  • Format: CD
77 1
In Dub, Vol. 1[b]
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Tuff Gong
  • Format: CD
1
Legend: Remixed
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Tuff Gong
  • Format: CD
89 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Box sets

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[34]
UK
[8]
US US
R&B
US Reggae
Songs of Freedom
  • Released: 6 October 1992
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
87 10 86 24 2
  • BPI: Silver[9]
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[10]
The Great Bob Marley
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Goldies
  • Format: CD
The Complete Bob Marley & the Wailers 1967–1972
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: JAD
  • Format:
4
Exodus 40: The Movement Continues[36]
  • Released: 2017
  • Label:
  • Format: Cassette
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Island/Tuff Gong releases

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Other albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[6]
UK
[8]
US US
R&B
US Reggae
Interviews
  • Released: 1982
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
Marley OST
  • Released: 2012
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format:
81 120 19 1
Bob Marley: One Love OST
  • Released: February 9, 2024
  • Labels: Island/Tuff Gong
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
6
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

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1960s

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Year Title Album
1962 "Judge Not" / "Do You Still Love Me" (as Robert Marley & Beverley's All-Stars) Non-album singles
"One Cup of Coffee" / "Snow Boy" (as Bobby Martell) / (Don Drummond & The Skatalites)
1964 "Simmer Down" / "I Don't Need Your Love" The Wailing Wailers
"Mr. Talkative" / "It Hurts to Be Alone"
"I Am Going Home" / "Destiny" Non-album singles
"Climb Up the Ladder" / "Straight and Narrow"
"Donna" / "Don't Ever Leave Me"
"Tell Them Lord" / "Christmas Is Here"
"Do You Remember" / "Hoot Nanny Hoot"
"There She Goes" / "Lonesome Feelings" The Wailing Wailers
1965 "Hooligans" / "Maga Dog" Non-album singles
"Hooligan Ska" / "Jerico Skank"
"Habits" / "Amen"
"Jumbie Jamboree" / "I Should Have Known Better"
"I Made a Mistake" / "The Vow"
"Diamond Baby" / "Where's the Girl for Me"
"Playboy" / "Your Love"
"Love and Affection" / "Teenager in Love" The Wailing Wailers
"And I Love Her" / "Do It Right" Non-album single
"One Love" / "Do You Feel the Same Way Too" The Wailing Wailers
"Shame & Scandal" / "Sca Balena" Non-album single
"What's New Pussycat" / "Where Will I Find" The Wailing Wailers
"I'm Still Waiting" / "Ska Jerk"
"White Christmas" / "Let the Lord Be Seen in You" Non-album singles
"Another Dance" / "Somewhere to Lay My Head"
"Rude Boy" / "Ringo's Theme" The Wailing Wailers
1966 "I Left My Sins" / "Just in Time" Non-album single
"(I'm Gonna) Put It On" / "Love Won't Be Mine This Way" The Wailing Wailers
"Good Good Rudie" / Ocean Eleven Non-album singles
"Cry to Me" / "Wages of Love"
"Lonesome Track" / "Sinner Man"
"Let Him Go" / "Sinner Man"
"Rasta Shook Them Up" / "Ringo's Ska"
"Sunday Morning" / "He Who Feels It Knows It"
"Rock Sweet Rock" / "Jerking Time"
"Dancing Shoes" / "Don't Look Back"
1967 "Bend Down Low" / "Freedom Time"
"Hypocrite" / "Nice Time"
"Mellow Mood" / "Thank You Lord"
"Stir It Up" / "This Train"
"Bus Dem Shut" / "Lyrical Satirical I"
1968 "Funeral" / "Pound Get a Blow"
"Stepping Razor" / "I'm Hurting Inside"
"Play Play Play" / "Don't Rock My Boat"
"Mus' Get a Beatin'" / "Fire Fire"
"Chances Are" / "The Lord Will Make a Way"
1969 "Tread-O"
"Black Progress"
"Trouble on the Road Again" / "Comma Comma"
"Feel Alright" / "Rhythm"

1970s

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Year Title Peak chart position Certifications Album
AUS NZ
[38]
UK
[8]
US
[39]
US
R&B

[39]
1970 "Oppressor Man" Non-album singles
"Hold On to This Feeling"
"Adam and Eve" / "Wisdom"
"Give Me a Ticket"
"Soul Shake Down Party" The Best of the Wailers
"Stop the Train" / "Caution"
"Soon Come"
"Rightful Ruler" Non-album single
"My Cup" Soul Rebels
"Small Axe"
"More Axe" Non-album singles
"Man to Man"
"Duppy Conqueror" Soul Revolution Part II
"Soul Rebel" Soul Rebels
1971 "Kaya" Soul Revolution Part II
"All in One" Non-album singles
"Secondhand"
"Downpressor"
"Who Is Mr. Brown"
"Dreamland" Non-album single
"Send Me That Love" / "Love Light" Non-album singles
"Let the Sun Shine on Me" / "I Like It Like This"
"Don't Rock My Boat" Soul Revolution Part II
"Trenchtown Rock" Non-album singles
"Screw Face"
"Lively Up Yourself"
"Redder than Red"
"Concrete Jungle"
"Lick Samba"
"Guava Jelly"
"Craven Choke Puppy"
"Back Biter"
"Satisfy My Soul Babe"
"Once Bitten"
"Lion"
"Here Comes the Sun"
"Satisfy My Soul Jah Jah"
"Run for Cover" / "Sun Is Shining"[40][41]
1972 "Distant Drums"
"African Herbsman" / "Keep On Moving"[42] Soul Revolution Part II
1973 "Stir It Up" Catch a Fire
"Concrete Jungle"
"Get Up, Stand Up" 49 Burnin'
"I Shot the Sheriff" 67
"Trouble Dub" / "Dub Feeling"[43] Non-album singles
"Dog Teeth"[44]
1974 "So Jah Seh" Natty Dread
1975 "No Woman, No Cry (Live '75)" 97 30 8
  • BPI: Platinum[9]
Live!
1976 "Jah Live" Non-album single
"Johnny Was" Rastaman Vibration
"Roots, Rock, Reggae" 51 37
"Positive Vibration"
1977 "Exodus" 14 103 19 Exodus
"Waiting in Vain" 38 27
"Jamming" / "Punky Reggae Party" 99 9
  • BPI: Platinum[9]
Exodus/non-album single
1978 "Is This Love" 11 8 9
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[9]
Kaya
"Satisfy My Soul" 21
1979 "So Much Trouble in the World" 56 Survival
"Survival"
"Zimbabwe"

1980s

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Year Title Peak chart position Certifications Album
AUS NZ
[38]
UK
[8]
US
R&B

[39]
US
Dance

[39]
1980 "Could You Be Loved" 95 2 5 56 6
  • BPI: Platinum[9]
Uprising
"Redemption Song" 22
"Three Little Birds" 17
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[9]
Exodus
"Forever Loving Jah" Uprising
1981 "Reggae on Broadway" 41 66 Chances Are
1983 "Buffalo Soldier" 18 3 4 71
  • BPI: Platinum[9]
Confrontation
1984 "One Love/People Get Ready" 24 1 5 Exodus

1990s

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Year Title Peak chart position Certifications Album
AUS
[34]
CAN
[39]
NZ
[38]
UK
[8]
US
Bub.

[39]
US
Dance

[39]
1992 "Iron Lion Zion" 71 2 5 Songs of Freedom
"Why Should I" / "Exodus" 42
1995 "Keep On Moving" 14 17 Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On
"Easy Skanking"
1996 "What Goes Around Comes Around" 42 Non-album singles
1999 "Sun Is Shining" (vs. Funkstar De Luxe) 28 3 11 3 1
"Turn Your Lights Down Low" (feat. Lauryn Hill) 69 1 15 4 Chant Down Babylon

2000s

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Year Title Peak chart position Album
AUS
[34]
CAN
[39]
NZ
[38]
UK
[8]
US
Dance

[39]
2000 "Rainbow Country" (vs. Funkstar De Luxe) 62 12 27 11 7 Non-album single
"Jammin'" (with MC Lyte) 42 Chant Down Babylon
2001 "I Know a Place" 77 One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers
2005 "Slogans" 45 Africa Unite: The Singles Collection
"Africa Unite" (will.i.am remix) 49
"Stand Up Jamrock" (Ashley Beedle remix) 56

2010s

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Year Title Peak chart position Certifications Album
AUS UK
[8]
2016 "Is This Love" (featuring LVNDSCAPE and Leon Bolier) 97 16 Non-album single

Videos

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Video albums

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  • Live at The Rainbow (1978, Directed by Keith McMillan)
  • The Bob Marley Story: Caribbean Nights (1982)

Music videos

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Year Title Director(s)
1977 "Stir It Up"
"Exodus" Don Letts & Rick Elgood[45]
"Waiting in Vain"
1978 "Is This Love"
"Satisfy My Soul"
1980 "Could You Be Loved" John Mills[45]
"Three Little Birds"
1981 "Redemption Song" Mark Robinson[46]
1983 "Buffalo Soldier" Bruno Tilley
1984 "One Love/People Get Ready"
1992 "Iron Lion Zion"
1995 "Keep On Moving" Simon Maxwell
1996 "What Goes Around Comes Around" Cedella Marley[46]
1999 "Sun Is Shining" (vs. Funkstar De Luxe) Niels Birkemos[46]
"Turn Your Lights Down Low" (featuring Lauryn Hill) Francis Lawrence[46]
2000 "Rainbow Country" (vs. Funkstar De Luxe) Andreas Tibblin[46]
"Jammin'" (feat. MC Lyte) Frank Sacramento[46]
2001 "Soul Shakedown Party" (remix) Martin Smith[46]
2005 "Slogans" Adrian Moat[46]
2016 "Is This Love" (featuring Lvndscape and Leon Bolier)

Notes

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  1. ^ As Shakedown.
  2. ^ Dub compilation originally released in digital-only format in 2010.[33]

References

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    Run For Cover (Matrix: DYNA Bob Morley 2208-1) /
    Sun Is Shining (Matrix: DYNA Bob Marley 2209-1)
    The a-side is recorded in November 1970. The b-side is recorded in March 1971. The single is released somewhen between March and June 1971.
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