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List Price: $59.98 | | Label: Island
Salesrank: 2715
Released: November 16, 1999 |
| Our Price: $39.98 |
| Used Price: $21.98 |
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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 (Original)
6. Put It On
7. Bus Dem Shut (Pyaka)
8. Mellow Mood (Original)
9. Bend Down Low
10. Hypocrites
11. Stir It Up (Original)
12. Nice Time
13. Thank You Lord (Original)
14. Hammer
15. Caution
16. Back Out
17. Soul Shake Down 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. Screw Face
2. Lick Samba
3. Trenchtown Rock (Alternate Mix)
4. Craven Choke Puppy
5. Guava Jelly
6. Acoustic Medley
7. I'm Hurting Inside (Alternate Mix)
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 (Live)
Disc 3:
1. No Woman No Cry (Live At The Roxy)
2. Who The Cap Fit
3. Jah Live
4. Crazy Baldheads
5. War
6. Johnny Was
7. Rat Race
8. Jammin' (12in Mix)
9. Waiting In Vain (Advert Mix)
10. Exodus (12in Mix)
11. Natural Mystic
12. Three Little Birds (Alternate Mix)
13. Running Away
14. Keep On Moving (London Version)
15. Easy Skanking
16. Is This Love (Horns Mix)
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:
Songs of Freedom *A must have* 
2008-09-30 - Whether you are Bob Marley fan or not this is one of the greatest albums ever.
So beautiful...
2008-09-07 - I've been listening to songs by Bob Marley most of my life, but was unaware of it as they were often covered by others. Just recently, though, I've rediscovered his music and started listening seriously, and now I can't stop; almost everything I've heard is simply amazing. It's rare to find an artist who can mix politics, personal stories, love songs and ballads, and do all of them equally well. Bob writes and sings so beautifully, and I am so grateful his music has come back into my life.
Bob Marley
2008-05-08 - bob Marley just touches my heart when i listen to him. it reminds me of the evolution.
Love Songs of Freedom
2007-10-10 - I ordered this for my husband, a huge Bob Marley fan, and he listens to it all the time. It is great to hear different versions of the classics. I also enjoy these cd's a lot.
Yes!
2007-08-07 - Yeah, this is another 5 star album from Bob (all of his are 5 stars). The only thing I would say about this is that if you are going to spend the money to buy this, you're probably wanting A LOT of Bob Marley. I would recommend getting his studio albums first (Catch A Fire, Burnin', Natty Dread, Rastaman Vibration, Exodus, Kaya, Survival, Uprising, and Confrontation). After you have those you may want to get some live Marley, so check out Live at the Roxy and Babylon By Bus. Finally, if you still need more Bob, get this box set. It has a lot of rare stuff on it that you'll definitely enjoy if you like all of those other albums.
