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{{Infobox album |
| Name = Uprising
| Type = Studio album
| Artist = [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]]
| Cover = BobMarley&theWailersUprising.jpg
| Border = yes
| Released = June 10, 1980
| Recorded = January – April 1979, Tuff Gong Studios, [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
| Genre = [[Reggae]]
| Length = 35:53
| Label = [[Tuff Gong]]/[[Island Records|Island]]
| Producer =
| Reviews =
| Last album = ''[[Survival (Bob Marley & The Wailers album)|Survival]]''<br />(1979)
| This album = '''''Uprising'''''<br />(1980)
| Next album = ''[[Confrontation (Bob Marley & the Wailers album)|Confrontation]]''<br />(1983)
}}

'''''Uprising''''' is a 1980 [[reggae]] album by [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]]. As Marley died the following year, ''Uprising'' was to become the final studio album to be released during his lifetime. This album is one of Marley's most directly religious, with nearly every song addressing his [[Rastafari movement|Rastafarian]] beliefs, culminating in the [[acoustic|acoustic]] [[Traditional music|folk]] classic, "[[Redemption Song]]".

''Uprising'' peaked at #41 on [[Billboard Music Charts|Billboard]]'s (North America) Black Albums chart, and #45 on the Pop Albums chart. "[[Could You Be Loved]]" was #6 and #56 respectively on the Club Play Singles and Black Singles charts. The album fared better in the UK where it was a top ten hit along with the single "Could You Be Loved" which reached number 5 in the UK singles charts.

==Track listing==
All tracks written by [[Bob Marley]].

;Side one
#"[[Coming in From The Cold (song)|Coming in From The Cold]]" – 4:31
#"[[Real Situation (song)|Real Situation]]" – 3:08
#"[[Bad Card (song)|Bad Card]]" – 2:48
#"[[We and Dem (song)|We and Dem]]" – 3:12
#"[[Work (song)|Work]]" – 3:40

;Side two
#"[[Zion Train (song)|Zion Train]]" – 3:34
#"[[Pimper's Paradise (song)|Pimper's Paradise]]" – 3:26
#"[[Could You Be Loved (song)|Could You Be Loved]]" – 3:56
#"[[Forever Loving Jah (song)|Forever Loving Jah]]" – 3:51
#"[[Redemption Song (song)|Redemption Song]]" – 3:47

==Personnel==
*[[Bob Marley]] – [[Singer|lead vocal]], [[rhythm guitar]], [[Steel-string guitar|acoustic guitar]]
*[[Aston Barrett|Aston "Family Man" Barrett]] – [[bass guitar|bass]], [[piano]], [[guitar]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
*[[Carlton Barrett]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], percussion
*[[Tyrone Downie]] – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], backing vocal
*[[Alvin Patterson]] – percussion
*[[Junior Marvin]] – [[lead guitar]], backing vocal
*[[Earl Lindo]] – keyboards
*[[Al Anderson (Wailers)|Al Anderson]] – lead guitar
*[[I Threes]] ([[Rita Marley]], [[Marcia Griffiths]] and [[Judy Mowatt]]) – [[backing vocals]]
*[[Errol Brown (engineer)|Errol Brown]] – engineer, mixing engineer
*Chiao Ng – assistant engineer
*[[Neville Garrick]] – art direction
*[[Adrian Boot]] – photo

Mixed by The Wailers and [[Michael Rees]]. Produced by Bob Marley & The Wailers. Executive producer: Chris Blackwell.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Bob Marley & The Wailers albums]]

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