Bob Marley's Exodus: An album that defined the 20th Century

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https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220215-bob-marleys-exodus-an-album-that-defined-the-20th-century


Bob Marley's album Exodus was released 45 years ago. As a new exhibition about the reggae star opens in London, Arwa Haider explores how his music reverberated around the world.

In the first room of the new Bob Marley One Love Experience at London's Saatchi Gallery, you're immediately hit by the Jamaican reggae megastar's extraordinary recording catalogue with his band, The Wailers. Along the wall displays, one particular golden record sleeve radiates its own regal presence: the pivotal 10th album Exodus (1977), created while Marley and his bandmates were living a short walk away from this Chelsea venue. Now in its 45th year, it's a work of powerful transition: arguably confirming Marley's true global status, and continually connecting with new generations of listeners.

[FalloutShelter]

1. I played the grooves off that album.

45 years… wow.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Words to live by

Open your eyes and look within:
Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

[FM123]

3. His music speaks to me in a way that nobody else can.

Forever significant, relevant and hauntingly beautiful.