Confrontation.
| Bob Marley
Confrontation.
Confrontation is a reggae album by Bob Marley & the Wailers, released posthumously in May 1983, two years after Marley's death. The songs on this album were compiled from unreleased material and singles recorded during Marley's lifetime. Many of the tracks were built up from demos, most notably Jump Nyabinghi where vocals from the I-Threes were added, which were not there when Marley released the song as a dub plate in 1979. In addition the harmony vocals on "Blackman Redemption" and "Rastaman Live Up" are performed by the I-Threes in order to give the album a consistent sound on the original single versions they are performed by The Meditations. The most famous track on the album is "Buffalo Soldier." -Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
(1987) Confrontation is an album of numerous small pleasures — the water-bug delicacy of “Jump Nyabinghi,” the forceful insight of “Buffalo Soldier,” the gospel-like adamancy of “Rastaman Live Up!”–and it is a valuable, welcome document. But the magical part of Marley’s rich legacy is best sought out on previous releases.
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All Music
Given that he wasn't alive to do the production that he usually helped in, this album seems remarkably true to the general vision of Bob Marley's albums. Other somewhat lesser-known tracks also help to fill in all of the cracks with some remarkable material. Case in point: "Jump Nyabinghi," a nice danceable groove with perhaps less of the usual politics mixed in, but with just as much musicality. Overall, any Bob Marley fan ought to own this album. For the uninitiated, Legend is always the starting point, but, after that, this may not be such a bad choice for additions to the collection.
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Sputnik Music
For new comers, this would be as good a place as any to start dabbling in Marley’s work, as it radiates the trademark spirit and positivity that made the man’s music so damn good.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
Though culled from disparate sources and embellished with music and voices after Marley’s demise, Confrontation holds together well as a final statement from reggae’s spokesman and champion. As a whole, it perfectly, if quietly, melds his spiritual and political concerns into a missive to his masses of followers, providing them with strength and comfort as they challenged their oppressors daily.
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All Time Records
Fistly, all the songs are good - none of them sound like out-takes or inferior rejects from previous albums. Secondly, as I mentioned, this could pass for just another album by Bob Marley & The Wailers - there's no cheesy 'tribute' feeling, just a rock-solid collection of exhuberant uplifting songs, brimming with catchiness and joy.
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The Great Albums
Nevertheless, within the album's grooves, the real Bob Marley lives on, waiting to goad and comfort, inspire and scold, celebrate and mourn with any who will hear his central message--"Get up, stand up/Stand up for your rights!"--which is as timeless today as it was when the Wailers first entered the recording studio.
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