BOB MARLEY - LEGEND

1 Is This Love
2 No Woman, No Cry (Live at the Lyceum, London, 1975)
3 Could You Be Loved
4 Three Little Birds
5 Buffalo Soldier
6 Get Up, Stand Up
7 Stir It Up
8 One Love/People Get Ready
9 I Shot the Sheriff
10 Waiting in Vain
11 Redemption Song
12 Satisfy My Soul
13 Exodus
14 Jamming

There are few musicians whose music has indisputably advanced humanity. Reggae figurehead Bob Marley--a songwriter, poet, activist, and visionary--is one of them. The idea that a single-disc collection could represent the depth, breadth, and power of Marley's achievement is far-fetched, but LEGEND makes an excellent attempt. Every single one of its tracks is outstanding, and the artist's different faces--revolutionary ("Get Up Stand Up"), romantic ("Is This Love"), devout Rastafarian ("Buffalo Soldier"), and prophet ("One Love/People Get Ready") are equally represented.