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List Price: $59.98 | | Label: Island
Salesrank: 3149
Released: November 16, 1999 |
| Our Price: $35.80 |
| Used Price: $28.95 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Songs of Freedom Track Listing:
Disc 1:
1. Judge Not
2. One Cup of Coffee
3. Simmer Down
4. I'm Still Waiting
5. One Love/People Get Ready
6. Put It On
7. Bus Dem Shut (Pyaka)
8. Mellow Mood
9. Bend Down Low
10. Hypocrites
11. Stir It Up
12. Nice Time
13. Thank You Lord
14. Hammer
15. Caution
16. Back Out
17. Soul Shakedown Party
18. Do It Twice
19. Soul Rebel
20. Sun Is Shining
21. Don't Rock the Boat
22. Small Axe
23. Duppy Conqueror
24. Mr. Brown
Disc 2:
1. Screwface
2. Lick Samba
3. Trench Town Rock
4. Craven Choke Puppy
5. Guava Jelly
6. Guava Jelly/This Train/Cornerstone/Comma Comma/Dewdrops/Stir It up/L'M
7. I'm Hurting Inside
8. High Tide or Low Tide
9. Slave Driver
10. No More Trouble
11. Concrete Jungle
12. Get up, Stand Up
13. Rastaman Chant
14. Burnin' and Lootin'
15. Iron Lion Zion
16. Lively Up Yourself
17. Natty Dread
18. I Shot the Sheriff
Disc 3:
1. No Woman, No Cry
2. Who the Cap Fit
3. Jah Live
4. Crazy Baldhead
5. War
6. Johnny Was
7. Rat Race
8. Jamming
9. Waiting In Vain
10. Exodus
11. Natural Mystic
12. Three Little Birds
13. Running Away
14. Keep on Movin'
15. Easy Skanking
16. ls This Love
17. Smile Jamaica
18. Time Will Tell
Editorial Review:
When Songs of Freedom was released originally in 1992, it was a perfect complement to either a greatest hits collection like Legend or the entire collection of the reggae master's albums. Songs boasts enough of the recognizable from Marley's canon to address the hit seeker, but the set also reaches way, way back to include Marley's first single, the youthful "Judge Not" from 1962, and then closes more than four hours later with a 1980 live take of "Redemption Song" from his last concert. In between are live takes, studio remixes, and, of course, standard looks at Marley standards, playing together as a perfect balance between the familiar and the new. The flow of famous takes increases into CDs 3 and 4, where "No Woman, No Cry" appears from a 1976 set at the Roxy and where "Jammin'" and "Exodus" come in mixes that were new to fans in 1992. Of course these four CDs show in wide-angle view exactly how fantastic and commercially improbable Marley was. He was able to popularize tunes about both the repression of African nations and their liberation while also bringing to rock audiences an undeniably Jamaican music, breaking the U.S. and British geographic strongholds on the 1970s pop and rock marketplace. Never mind that he made Island Records' first fortune, he also created a body of work so lasting that a four-CD set heavy on alternate versions can stand out in any contemporary music collection. For the 1999 reissue of the original 1992 box set, no new music has been added. The format has changed, though, from a long-box presentation to a cube containing individual slipcased CDs. It's still a remarkable gem. --Andrew Bartlett
Songs of Freedom Reviews:
Awesome set 
2009-08-24 - I bought 'Songs of Freedom' as a birthday gift for my husband, he loved it. The fact that a couple of songs do not have the best sound-quality, shows that the set is very original, and faithful copy of Bob Marley's journey.
Great Music Set
2009-06-20 - If you like Bob Marley's music this is the best set to pick up. I been a fan of Bob Marley's music for a few years now and i know alot of his other CD's but this set it great.
Alot of the songs seem to sound like the original versions instead of the versions you find on most CD's. Great buy for sure!!!
Great Compliation CD Set
2009-06-12 - This is the best CD set for Bob Marley out there. The first CD rocks!
Very satisfied with this used product!
2009-06-02 - I didn't expect it to be in such amazing condition! Thank you so much. My dad with be very happy to see this for Father's day and not feel like he owns a very used product.
Medicine for the soul
2009-05-30 - Bob's work isn't just music, its medicine for the soul. And as far as doses go, this is simply the best you will ever get. Chuck this one in my coffin when I'm gone, please.
What makes this release so amazing, besides the variety of songs and the fact that they're pretty much all delicious remixes or live takes, is the inclusion of much lesser well known songs. In particular, disc three (the gold nugget of the set, imo) has three in a row - Running Away, Keep on Movin', and Easy Skanking. Or disc 2's Iron Lion Zion and the medley. Or disc 1's Back Out, Do it Twice, and Sun is Shining. The thing is, almost every album Marley created was at least three quarters deep with superb music. This release highlights that very well. And you get that without having to buy every album. But regardless, this release is very complimentary to any Marley material you may already own.
Did the guy write a single bad song?
