History Music / Legend

''Legend'' is a posthumous GreatestHitsAlbum by Music/BobMarley & The Wailers, released in 1984, a mere three years after his death. It's widely considered to be one of the most excellent musical compilations ever made and sold millions of copies, making it the best-selling reggae album of all-time. Even people who aren't particularly fans of {{Reggae}} or Music/BobMarley often do own this album in their music collection. This also explains why it's usually the highest ranking reggae and/or Marley album in many ''Album Top 100'' lists, organized by magazines and/or radio stations like Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]] , where it was placed at #46, and Magazine/TimeMagazine's ''TimeAllTime100Albums'' (2006). It's even the second longest-charting album in the history of ''Billboard'', only surpassed by ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' (1973) by Music/PinkFloyd.

One reason for its phenomenal success is that only Marley's universal Top 40 hit singles up to that time were included, not otherwise excellent songs that just never became hits.

* SmallReferencePools: Most people's Bob Marley collections begin and end with this album.

'''''Legend''''' is a posthumous GreatestHitsAlbum by Music/BobMarley & The Wailers, released in 1984, a mere three years after his death. It's widely considered to be one of the most excellent musical compilations ever made and sold millions of copies, making it the best-selling reggae album of all-time. Even people who aren't particularly fans of {{Reggae}} or Music/BobMarley often do own this album in their music collection. This also explains why it's usually the highest ranking reggae and/or Marley album in many ''Album Top 100'' lists, organized by magazines and/or radio stations like Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]] , where it was placed at #46, and Magazine/TimeMagazine's ''TimeAllTime100Albums'' (2006). It's even the second longest-charting album in the history of ''Billboard'', only surpassed by ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' (1973) by Music/PinkFloyd.

* RefrainFromAssuming: Some people, especially those who don't speak English that well, frequent misinterpret "No Woman, No Cry" as a MisogynySong, thinking it means that without women there would be no reason to cry. A lot of stupid men find this incredibly funny, but the last laugh is actually on them, because the song is simply about a man telling a woman not to cry, despite their misery.

'''''Legend''''' is a posthumous GreatestHitsAlbum by Music/BobMarley & The Wailers, released in 1984, a mere three years after his death. It's widely considered to be one of the most excellent musical compilations ever made and sold millions of copies, making it the best-selling reggae album of all-time. Even people who aren't particularly fans of {{reggae}} or Music/BobMarley often do own this album in their music collection. This also explains why it's usually the highest ranking reggae and/or Marley album in ''Album Top 100'' lists, organized by magazines and/or radio stations like Magazine/TimeMagazine's ''TimeAllTime100Albums'' (2006). It's even the second longest-charting album in the history of ''Billboard'', only surpassed by ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' (1973) by Music/PinkFloyd.

One reason for its success is that only the universal Top 40 hit singles up to that time were included, not otherwise excellent songs that just never became hits.

'''''Legend''''' is a posthumous GreatestHitsAlbum by Music/BobMarley & The Wailers, released in 1984, a mere three years after his death. It's widely considered to be one of the most excellent musical compilations ever made and sold millions of copies, making it the best-selling reggae album of all-time. Even people who aren't particularly fans of {{reggae}} or Music/BobMarley often do own this album in their music collection. This also explains why it's usually the highest ranking reggae and/or Marley album in ''Album Top 100'' lists, organized by magazines and/or radio stations. It's even the second longest-charting album in the history of ''Billboard'', only surpassed by ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' (1973) by Music/PinkFloyd.

#. "Is This Love?"
#. "No Woman, No Cry"
#. "Could You Be Loved?"
#. "Three Little Birds"
#. "Buffalo Soldier"
#. "Get Up, Stand Up"
#. "Stir It Up"
#. "One Love/People Get Ready"
#. "I Shot the Sheriff"
#. "Waiting in Vain"
#. "Redemption Song"
#. "Satisfy My Soul"
#. "Exodus"
#. "Jamming"

!! Are these tropes, are these tropes, are these tropes that I'm feeling?

* CrapsackWorld:
--> ''We're leaving Babylon'' in "Exodus". "No Woman, No Cry" also describes dire circumstances.

* TheMigration: ''Exodus''

* OneWordTitle: ''Legend'', "Exodus", "Jamming".

* ProtestSong: "Buffalo Soldier", "Get Up, Stand Up", "Exodus"

* WaitingForGodot: What Bob wants to avoid in "Waiting in Vain".

'''Legend''' is a posthumous GreatestHitsAlbum by Music/BobMarley & The Wailers, released in 1984, a mere three years after his death. It's widely considered to be one of the most excellent musical compilations ever made and sold millions of copies, making it the best-selling reggae album of all-time. Even people who aren't particularly fans of {{reggae}} or Music/BobMarley often do own this album in their music collection. This also explains why it's usually the highest ranking reggae and/or Marley album in ''Album Top 100'' lists, organized by magazines and/or radio stations. It's even the second longest-charting album in the history of ''Billboard'', only surpassed by ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon (1973)'' by Music/PinkFloyd.

''''

1. ''Is This Love?''

2. ''No Woman, No Cry''

3. ''Could You Be Loved?''

4. ''Three Little Birds''

5. ''Buffalo Soldier''

6. ''Get Up, Stand Up''

7. ''Stir It Up''

8. ''One Love/People Get Ready''

9. ''I Shot The Sherrif''

10. ''Waiting In Vain''

11. ''Redemption Song''

12. ''Satisfy My Soul''

13. ''Exodus''

14. ''Jamming''

''''

* BadassBoast: "Get Up,Stand Up".

* ManlyTears: "Waiting In Vain":

* MurderBallad: "I Shot The Sherrif".

* NonAppearingTitle: "Legend".
* OneWordTitle: "Legend", "Exodus", "Jamming".

* WaitingForGodot: What Bob wants to avoid in "Waiting In Vain".

* RebelliousSpirit: "Get Up, Stand Up".

* SmallReferencePools: When a white person says "I love reggae," this usually translates to "I own a copy of ''Legend''."

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''Legend'' is a posthumous GreatestHitsAlbum by Music/BobMarley & The Wailers, released in 1984, a mere three years after his death. It's widely considered to be one of the most excellent musical compilations ever made and sold millions of copies, making it the best-selling reggae album of all-time. Even people who aren't particularly fans of {{reggae}} or Music/BobMarley often do own this album in their music collection. This also explains why it's usually the highest ranking reggae and/or Marley album in ''Album Top 100'' lists, organized by magazines and/or radio stations. It's even the second longest-charting album in the history of ''Billboard'', only surpassed by ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon (1973)'' by Music/PinkFloyd.

Tracklist:

* BadassBoast: "''Get Up,Stand Up''.
* BrokenRecord: "Jamming": ''"We're jamming, we're jamming, we're jamming, we're jammming, we're jamming, we're jamming, we're jamming, we're jamming... hope you like jamming too!"''
* CrapsackWorld: ''"We're leaving Babylon"'' in ''"Exodus"''. ''No Woman, No Cry'' also describes dire circumstances.
* ConfessToALesserCrime: ''I Shot The Sherrif (but I did not shoot the deputy)''.
* CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: So cool he's actually named a ''legend'' on the album cover.
* EpicRocking: ''Get Up Stand Up'' and ''Exodus'', the longest song on the album.
* FakeOutFadeOut: Near the end of ''Satisfy My Soul''.
* FugitiveArc: ''I Shot The Sherrif'', in which the protagonist is on the run for being accused of murdering Sherrif John Brown, which he admits he did, though he had nothing to do with the murder of his deputy.
* TheFutureWillBeBetter: ''Get Up, Stand Up'', ''Three Little Birds'', ''No Woman, No Cry'', ''Exodus''
* GalleySlave: ''Buffalo Soldier'' and ''Redemption Song'' reference this time period.
* GreatestHitsAlbum

* IWillWaitForYou: ''"Waiting In Vain"''.
* ManlyTears: "Waiting In Vain": ''"tears in my eyes burn/ tears in my eyes burn/ while I'm waiting/ while I'm waiting for my turn."''
* TheMigration: ''"Exodus"''
* MinimalisticCoverArt: A photo of Marley's face.
* TheMissionary: Marley summarizes the central message of Rastafarianism in ''Redemption Song''.
* MurderBallad: ''I Shot The Sherrif''.
* NonAppearingTitle
* PepTalkSong: ''Three Little Birds'', ''No Woman, No Cry''.
* ThePowerOfLove: ''Is This Love?'', ''No Woman, No Cry'', ''Could You Be Loved'', ''Stir It Up'', ''One Love'', ''Waiting In Vain'', ''Satisfy My Soul''.
* ThePowerOfRock: ''Jamming''.

* ProtestSong: ''Buffalo Soldier'', ''Get Up, Stand Up'', ''Exodus''

* RebelliousSpirit: ''Get Up, Stand Up''.
* RuleOfThree: ''"Three Little Birds"''.
** Bob sings in ''"Waiting In Vain"'' that it's been three years since he's knocking on her door.
* ShoutOut: ''One Love'' has a few lines referencing ''People Get Ready'' by Music/TheImpressions.
* SillyLoveSongs: ''Stir It Up''.
* TalkingAnimal: The birds in ''"Three Little Birds"'' apparently are able to speak to Bob. (In reality they were a metaphor for his backing choir, the I-Threes.)
* TitleOnlyChorus: ''No Woman, No Cry'' and ''Redemption Song''.
* WaitingForGodot: What Bob wants to avoid in ''"Waiting In Vain"''.

''Legend'' is a posthumous GreatestHitsAlbum by Music/BobMarley & The Wailers, released in 1984, a mere three years after his death. It's widely considered to be one of the most excellent musical compilations ever made and sold millions of copies, making it the best-selling reggae album of all-time. Even people who aren't particularly fans of {{reggae}} or Music/BobMarley often do own this album in their music collection. This also explains why it's usually the highest ranking reggae and/or Marley album in ''Album Top 100'' lists, organized by magazines and/or radio stations. It's even the second longest-charing album in the history of ''Billboard'', only surpassed by ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon (1973)'' by Music/PinkFloyd.