Studio Album · No. 8
Exodus Songwriting Credits by Bob Marley
Produced by Robert Nesta Marley, The Wailers · Engineered by Errol Brown
Holds writing credit on 10 of 10 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 10 / 10 documented
Scored across the 10 tracks with documented writers, by whether Bob Marley carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 10 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Bob Marley wrote all ten songs on Exodus, with the lone co-credit going to One Love/People Get Ready, which interpolates Curtis Mayfield's People Get Ready and shares authorship between Marley and Mayfield. The record was created in London during Marley's exile after the December 1976 assassination attempt in Jamaica, and that split between defiance and devotion runs through his writing, from the militant title suite to the easy optimism of Three Little Birds and Jamming. Jamming stands among Marley's most enduring compositions from these sessions, a celebration of music and unity built on a relaxed groove. Bob Marley and the Wailers produced the album themselves.
Bob Marley & The Wailers' fifth Island album, released June 3, 1977. Recorded in London after an assassination attempt forced Marley to leave Jamaica in December 1976, Exodus is widely considered his masterpiece. TIME magazine named it the 'Album of the Century' in 1999. The record is split into a spiritual/political first side ('Natural Mystic,' 'The Heathen,' 'Exodus') and a love song second side ('Jamming,' 'Waiting in Vain,' 'Three Little Birds,' 'One Love/People Get Ready'). Virtually all tracks are Jagger-Richards equivalents in authorship, written solely by Marley.