Many years after its launch, Bob Marley & the Wailers’ iconic 1977 album Exodus has been licensed double platinum in the UK, commemorating gross sales and streaming equal to 600,000 models, the British Phonographic Business introduced.
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Recorded between Harry J Studios in Kingston and Island Information in London, Exodus featured themes of change, non secular politics, and issues of the guts, serving to to propel Marley to worldwide stardom. The album consists of timeless hits similar to One Love/Individuals Get Prepared, Flip Your Lights Down Low, Pure Mystic, Jamming, Ready in Useless, and Three Little Birds.
Upon its launch, Exodus reached #20 on the Billboard 200, #15 on Billboard’s High R&B Albums, and #8 on the UK Albums Chart, additionally charting in nations together with Austria, Australia, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Greece, and Canada. The 2001 digital re-release noticed it peak at #4 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, and it has re-entered at #10 on the most recent reggae chart.
Over time, Exodus has garnered vital acclaim, with Time journal naming it one of the best album of the twentieth century in 1999. VH1 ranked it the twenty sixth best album of all time in 2001, whereas Rolling Stone positioned it at #169 on the five hundred Best Albums record, later revising it to #48 in 2020.
The album was crafted with the skills of Junior Marvin, Aston Barrett, Carlton Barrett, Tyrone Downie, Alvin “Seeco” Patterson, David Madden, and Vin Gordon, amongst others. Exodus has additionally been licensed gold in the US, Canada, France, Germany, and Italy, and double platinum in New Zealand.
