Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend - The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers

Legend is a greatest hits collection of Bob Marley & The Wailers songs, released by Island records on May 8, 1984. It is the best selling reggae album of all time (13.5 million platinum in US), with sales of 25 million copies. The original compilation, first issued on LP, contains 14 songs in their edited single format. It includes 10 of Marley's 11 top 40 UK hits at the time, plus three songs from the early configuration of the Wailers with Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston ("Stir It Up", "I Shot the Sheriff" and "Get Up, Stand Up"), and the last song released on Marley's final non-posthumous album Uprising, the fan-favorite "Redemption Song".

Amazon Review: Even as greatest hits packages go, this is an utter gem. Every song is inspired, in a class of its own, whether the real version of "I Shot the Sheriff," the hymnlike "No Woman, No Cry," or the sheer joy of "Jamming." Even allowing that Marley never wrote any bad material, then Legend is still the crème de la crème, the heart and soul of the Jamaican people packed into one release. He was unique, and the message of this record, more than any other, is that he died far too soon. --Chris Nickson