Survival (Bob Marley and the Wailers album) performer Bob Marley & The Wailers
Survival is the eleventh studio album by Bob Marley and the Wailers released in 1979.
Survival is an album with an outwardly militant theme. Some critics speculate that this was due in part to criticism Marley received for the laid-back atmosphere of his previous release, Kaya, which seemed to sidetrack the urgency of his message. In the song "Africa Unite", Marley proclaims Pan-African solidarity. The song "Zimbabwe" is a hymn dedicated to later-independent Rhodesia. The song was performed at Zimbabwe's Independence Celebration in 1980, just after the official declaration of Zimbabwe's independence.
Survival was originally to be called Black Survival to underscore the urgency of African unity, but the name was shortened to prevent misinterpretations of the album's theme.Four states already sovereign by the time of the album's release didn't have their flags featured in its cover art:Cape Verde
 Comoros
 Libya
 South Africa (which was under apartheid at the time).Three states only came to sovereignty after the album's release and thus didn't have their flags included: Eritrea, South Sudan and Namibia.
The album's title appears in white (City typeface) with the Brookes slave ship engraving in the background.Personnel
Musicians
Bob Marley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion
Aston "Family Man" Barrett – bass, rhythm guitar, percussion
Carlton Barrett – drums, percussion
Tyrone "Organ D" Downie – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
Alvin "Seeco" Patterson – percussion
Junior Marvin – lead guitar, backing vocals
Earl "Wire" Lindo – keyboards
Al Anderson – lead guitar
Rita Marley – backing vocals
Marcia Griffiths – backing vocals
Judy Mowatt – backing vocals
Carlton "Santa" Davis – drums on "Africa Unite"
Mikey "Boo" Richards – drums on "Wake Up And Live"
Val Douglas – bass on "Wake Up and Live"
Earl "Chinna" Smith – rhythm guitar and percussion on "One Drop"
Headley Bennett – alto saxophone
Ronald "Nambo" Robinson – trombone
Melba Liston – trombone
Luther Francois – trombone
Junior "Chico" Chin – trumpet
Jackie Willacy – trumpet
Micky Hanson – trumpet
Lee Jaffe – harmonica
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