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Uprising was the last album by Bob Marley to be released in his lifetime. Whether or not Marley suspected his time was running out while he was making Uprising, his final musical statement was an album freighted with incredible emotional resonance. Much like Survival before it, Uprising was a deep and serious collection of songs that explored fire and brimstone themes of sin and salvation. Recorded at Dynamics studio in a bleak, industrial area close to Trench Town, Uprising was the band’s tenth album for Island Records and was produced by Marley and the Wailers with firm overall guidance from Chris Blackwell. When Marley first presented Blackwell with the songs he intended to put on the album, Blackwell advised him to add a couple of uptempo numbers to redress the balance of the many slow and serious songs. Marley duly obliged with “Could You Be Loved” – which became the album’s biggest hit – and “Coming In From The Cold,” a sprightly, optimistic romp that was chosen as the opening track. But the song which truly defined Uprising, and became a fitting elegy to the greatest reggae star the world has ever seen, was the closing track “Redemption Song.” A stark ballad sung by Marley accompanied only by his own acoustic guitar, it was a song and a performance unlike any he had previously recorded. The simple arrangement – so simple, it actually had nothing to identify it as a reggae song – was arrived at with the encouragement of the canny Blackwell. And the words opened a window on to the singer’s soul. No other major artist has penned and performed their own epitaph with quite such perfect timing – and to such poignant effect. “Redemption Song” was one of the last songs Marley wrote and recorded, and the last single released before he died. This reissued and remastered edition features the original album alongside a "band version" of "Redemption Song" and the Errol Brown and Alex Sadkin Remix of "Could You Be Loved".