Review
Light on love songs and heavy on political material such as “Zimbabwe,” “Babylon System,” “So Much Trouble in the World” and “Africa Unite,” Survival sounds like the work of someone running out of time, even though Marley hadn’t yet been diagnosed with the cancer that killed him. The theme of the album, oppression, even carries over to the cover art and inner sleeve, which reproduce stowage maps of slave ships. “Ambush in the Night” is another song directed at his failed assassins, nearly all of whom, according to legend, eventually met violent deaths. Sadly, so would many of the people Marley worked with, including Peter Tosh, who was murdered at his home in 1987.
STANDOUT TRACKS: “Top Rankin’, ” “Babylon System,” “Survival”
STANDOUT TRACKS: “Top Rankin’, ” “Babylon System,” “Survival”
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