The Best Bob Marley Albums of All Time

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Albums by both The Wailers and Bob Marley and the Wailers are included on this list

List of the best Bob Marley albums, including The Wailers albums, as well as Bob Marley and the Wailers albums after Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left the band. Memorable tracks are listed below each one, so you can see what songs were on each album. This Bob Marley discography is ranked from best to worst thanks to votes from Ranker users, so the top Bob Marley albums can be found at the top of the list. It includes Exodus, Catch a Fire, and Survival. 

Bob Marley was one of the most influential reggae artists of all time. The Jamaican-born singer/songwriter is beloved for timeless songs like "One Love," "Buffalo Soldier," and "No Woman, No Cry."

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  • Exodus
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    228 VOTES

    Exodus

    1. Natural Mystic
    2. So Much Things to Say
    3. Guiltiness
    4. The Heathen
    5. Exodus
    6. Jamming
    7. Waiting in Vain
    8. Turn Your Lights Down Low
    9. Three Little Birds
    10. One Love/People Get Ready

    228 votes
  • Catch A Fire
    2
    195 VOTES

    Catch A Fire

    1. Concrete Jungle
    2. Slave Driver
    3. 400 Years
    4. Stop That Train
    5. Baby We've Got a Date (Rock It Baby)
    6. Stir It Up
    7. Kinky Reggae
    8. No More Trouble
    9. Midnight Ravers

    195 votes
  • Burnin'
    3
    142 VOTES

    Burnin'

    1. Get Up, Stand Up
    2. Hallelujah Time
    3. I Shot the Sheriff
    4. Burnin' and Lootin'
    5. Put It On
    6. Small Axe
    7. Pass It On
    8. Duppy Conqueror
    9. One Foundation
    10. Rasta Man Chant

    142 votes
  • Uprising
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    162 VOTES

    Uprising

    1. Coming in from the Cold
    2. Real Situation
    3. Bad Card
    4. We and Dem
    5. Work
    6. Zion Train
    7. Pimper's Paradise
    8. Could You Be Loved
    9. Forever Loving Jah
    10. Redemption Song"

    162 votes
  • Natty Dread
    5
    155 VOTES

    Natty Dread

    1. Lively Up Yourself
    2. No Woman, No Cry
    3. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)
    4. Rebel Music (3 O'clock Roadblock)
    5. So Jah Seh
    6. Natty Dread
    7. Bend Down Low
    8. Talkin' Blues
    9. Revolution
    10. Am-A-Do

    155 votes
  • Rastaman Vibration
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    136 VOTES

    Rastaman Vibration

    1. Positive Vibration
    2. Roots, Rock, Reggae
    3. Johnny Was
    4. Cry to Me
    5. Want More
    6. Crazy Baldhead
    7. Who the Cap Fit
    8. Night Shift
    9. War
    10. Rat Race

    136 votes
  • Kaya
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    161 VOTES

    Kaya

    1. Easy Skanking
    2. Kaya
    3. Is This Love
    4. Sun Is Shining
    5. Satisfy My Soul
    6. She's Gone
    7. Misty Morning
    8. Crisis
    9. Running Away
    10. Time Will Tell

    161 votes
  • Survival
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    153 VOTES

    Survival

    1. So Much Trouble in the World
    2. Zimbabwe
    3. Top Rankin'
    4. Babylon System
    5. Survival
    6. Africa Unite
    7. One Drop
    8. Ride Natty Ride
    9. Ambush in the Night
    10. Wake Up and Live

    153 votes
  • Confrontation
    9
    67 VOTES

    Confrontation

    1. Chant Down Babylon
    2. Buffalo Soldier
    3. Jump Nyabinghi
    4. Mix Up, Mix Up
    5. Give Thanks & Praises
    6. Blackman Redemption
    7. Trench Town
    8. Stiff Necked Fools
    9. I Know
    10. Rastaman Live Up!

    67 votes
  • Soul Revolution
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    45 VOTES

    Soul Revolution

    1. Keep on Moving
    2. Don't Rock my Boat
    3. Put it On
    4. Fussing and Fighting
    5. Duppy Conqueror
    6. Memphis
    7. Riding High
    8. Kaya
    9. African Herbsman
    10. Stand Alone
    11. Sun Is Shining
    12. Brain Washing

    45 votes
  • Soul Rebels
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    45 VOTES

    Soul Rebels

    1. Soul Rebel
    2. Try Me
    3. It's Alright
    4. No Sympathy
    5. My Cup
    6. Soul Almighty
    7. Rebel's Hop
    8. Corner Stone"    Marley    2:28
    9. 400 Years"    Tosh    2:33
    10. No Water"    Marley    2:08
    11. Reaction"    Marley    2:41
    12. My Sympathy

    45 votes
  • The Wailing Wailers
    12
    36 VOTES

    The Wailing Wailers

    1. (I'm Gonna) Put It On
    2. I Need You
    3. Lonesome Feeling
    4. What's New Pussycat?
    5. One Love
    6. When the Well Runs Dry
    7. Ten Commandments of Love
    8. Rude Boy
    9. It Hurts to Be Alone
    10. Love and Affection
    11. I'm Still Waiting
    12. Simmer Down

    36 votes
  • The Best of the Wailers
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    31 VOTES

    The Best of the Wailers

    1. Soul Shakedown Party
    2. Stop the Train
    3. Caution
    4. Soul Captives
    5. Go Tell It on the Mountain
    6. Can't You See
    7. Soon Come
    8. Cheer Up
    9. Back Out
    10. Do It Twice

    31 votes