Bob Marley and The Wailers - Exodus (SACD Analogue Productions)

By the time Bob Marley died, he was one of the world's first global superstars, famous and lauded from Europe through Africa and the Americas. Some even saw him as not just a reggae singer but as a folk hero, a sort of freedom fighter, and to this day his enduring image feels greater than the music he made, writes Pitchfork.\n\nIn the 21st century, Bob Marley is a global cultural icon and the first Jamaican inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 1977's Exodus \u2014 recorded in London exile after a failed attempt on his life \u2014 turned out to be Marley's biggest-selling studio album. Time magazine named it the greatest LP of the 20th century.\n\nOther Marley discs had bigger hits and still others had better album tracks, but the balance Marley strikes between politics, religion, and romance on Exodus \u2014 compare and contrast the urgent title track and the laid-back \""Jamming\"" \u2014 shows a pop star at the peak of his powers.\n\nAfter the success of 1974's Natty Dready