Bob Marley and the Wailers discography


Most of Bob Marley's early music was recorded with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, who together with Marley were the most prominent members of the Wailers. In 1972, the Wailers had their first hit outside Jamaica when Johnny Nash covered their song "Stir It Up", which became a UK hit. The 1973 album Catch a Fire was released worldwide, and sold well. It was followed by Burnin', which included the song "I Shot the Sheriff", a cover version of which by Eric Clapton became a hit in 1974.
Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left the Wailers in 1974. Bob Marley proceeded with Bob Marley and the Wailers, which included the Wailers Band and the I Threes. In 1975, he had his first own hit outside Jamaica with "No Woman, No Cry", from the Live! album. His subsequent albums, including Rastaman Vibration, Exodus, Kaya, Survival and the last album released during his lifetime, Uprising, were big international sellers. Between 1991 and 2007 Bob Marley and the Wailers sold in excess of 21 million records. These statistics did not begin to be collected until ten years after his death.
The Roots Reggae Library has created an overview of the music released by the Wailers prior to their contract with the Island Records label. This overview lists all the Wailers' songs known to have been released during that period, filled into six ska albums and 11 rocksteady albums.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Trojan releases

Island/Tuff Gong releases

Remix albums

Island/Tuff Gong releases

Box sets

Island/Tuff Gong releases

Singles

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Videos

Video albums

Samples

"The Perfect Beat" is a song on the album Eardrum by Talib Kweli featuring KRS-One that samples the drum beat by Paul Douglas of a song by Bob Marley and the Wailers called "Do It Twice".