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FOOL YA
OR EVEN TRY TO
SCHOOL YA
Legend
is a compilation album
by
It was released on
May 7th 1984
by Island Records.
It is a greatest hits collection
of singles
in its original
vinyl format
and is the
best-selling
reggae album of all time,
with more than
18 million copies
sold in the US,
more than
3.3 million in the UK
(where it is the 17th-best-selling album)
Number 46
in Rolling Stone magazine's
list of the
"500 Greatest Albums of All Time"
and maintained
the ranking in a
2012 revised list.
As of May 2026,
Legend
has spent a total of
939 non consecutive weeks
on the US Billboard
200 albums chart
the second-longest run
in the chart's history.
Also,
as of May 2026,
it has spent
1,238 weeks
in the top 100
of the UK Albums Chart
the third-longest run
in that chart's history.
Content
The album contains
all ten of
Bob Marley's
Top 40 hit singles
in the UK
up to the time,
plus three songs
from the original
Wailers with Peter Tosh
and Bunny Livingston in
"Stir It Up",
"I Shot the Sheriff"
and
"Get Up, Stand Up",
along with
"Redemption Song",
the closing song
from the album
Uprising.
Of the original tracks,
only four date
from prior to the
Exodus album.
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