Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers

Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers, released in 1984, is a compilation that brings together many of Bob Marley’s well known songs spanning reggae, roots reggae, reggae-pop and styles rooted in rocksteady and ska. The album showcases Marley's warm, expressive voice and songwriting over bass-led, syncopated rhythms, with arrangements ranging from acoustic, intimate ballads to upbeat, horn-accented grooves, and recurring themes of love, unity, resistance and spirituality. As a single-disc overview, it highlights the musical textures and melodies that became closely associated with Marley and The Wailers.