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List Price: $13.98 | | Label: Island
Salesrank: 3183
Released: July 31, 2001 |
| Our Price: $8.28 |
| Used Price: $8.63 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Survival Track Listing:
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
11. Ride Natty Ride (12in Mix)
Editorial Review:
Part of the 'Bob Marley Memorial Remaster Series'. Japanese remastered reissue of 1979 album. Packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve. Includes the bonus track 'Ride Natty Dread' (12 inch version).
Survival Reviews:
The Best Album I Have Ever Heard 
2008-03-17 - If you are starting your reggae collection, this is the first album you should buy. If you have Legend already this works out because the albums don't share any tracks (the main flaw in Legend). I'd rather listen to this than Legend any day. This album has great music that is true to the genre. The aspect that I think defines reggae music is the percussion style, it is amazing and emphasized on this album. The most important thing about Bob Marley's music, is the political lyrics suggesting change. The album handles some terrible issues, but suggests a very positive future if we are able to "Wake Up and Live." This feel is evident in all songs, especially in "Africa Unite." The beats in this album are heart-thumping, and make you feel absolutely amazing. It's a pity that Marley's most important music is not heard by everyone. I think this album is better and characterizes Marley's purpose for making music better than "Legend." My favorite song on the album is "Ride Natty Ride," just an overall powerful song, everything about it is great. The weakest song is "So Much Trouble in the World," but I think it works well as an opener (not the way it was released initially). It's message is vague, but leads in to the rest of the album. The listener asks, "What Kind of Trouble," then the rest of the album answers the question. It closes with "Wake Up and Live." The message of this song is to do our share and to live without hate. The bass and the saxophone are also incredible in this song, I cannot imagine a better song order for this album, and I can't imagine any music being better than this, and i listen to a lot of music.
(3.5 stars) It's begging for reevaluation... 
2007-12-29 - Survival, it seems, has been swallowed by history. Oh, that cover art was controversial, all right, but that's all it's remembered as. That one with the cover - depicting the Middle Passage - that was censored in South Africa. Now, let's actually talk about the music contained therein, shall we? I think we shall. It's good mostly, brilliant occasionally. Musically it's just the same old, same old - there's not a single experimental album in Marley's catalog. There are occasional ornamentations, like a horn section on "Top Rankin'" and the title track, but for the most part this follows the same sound he had been successfully milking since Catch a Fire. But the key here is in the lyrics, featuring some of Bob's best protest material on tracks like "So Much Trouble in the World", "Africa Unite", "Babylon System", and the title song. Basically, he's not happy with the state the world's in, particularly Africa, which was at the time going through one of the biggest disgraces to human rights of modern times: Apartheid. Bob protests it at every turn, and not only is he pushing a very worthy cause, he's also doing so in an intelligent way - fantastic lyrics, unforgettable melodies, solid performing and so forth. The title track is an especially good example of this; and the similar "Wake Up and Live" takes on a similar bent. And "One Drop" is one of his most infectious, good-natured songs - a heavy contrast to the rather dark lyrics, don't you think? Only there are times on this record when Bob gets so carried away with his message, he forget about the basics of songwriting ("Ambush in the Night"; "Ride Natty Ride"; "Zimbabwe"). And it's kind of monotonous, but nothing I can't overlook, because there's a lot of great stuff here. You'd be surprised.
How can you be sitting there...
2007-08-07 - Buy this album. You know Bob Marley doesn't disappoint. This probably shouldn't be your first Bob Marley album, though, as Catch A Fire and Burnin' are probably the best introductions to Bob' music. However, if this is your first Bob album, you won't be disappointed. I would list my favorite songs on the album but I just love them all. Get this album and be happy.
Survival
2007-04-02 - Absolutely an excellent compilation of song along the same theme of survival, atrocities. an album of hope and encouragement!!!
A must have Bob!
I listened the entire CD repeatedly and still couldgo on....
Jennifer R
Grenada
Survival
2007-02-13 - Huge Marley fan and this is a top album. Buy this or be sorry.
