5 Facts About Bob Marley’s Highest-Charting US Album
- Rastaman Vibration reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200, a peak no other Bob Marley album matched in the United States.
- The album was released in 1976, during a period of political turmoil in Jamaica.
- It includes the hit singles “Roots, Rock, Reggae” and “War,” the latter based on a speech by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie.
- The album’s cover art features a lion, a symbol of the Rastafari movement.
- Despite its US chart success, Rastaman Vibration is not considered Marley’s best album by many critics, who often favor Exodus or Catch a Fire.