| As the title suggests, this album wasn't recorded in Jamaica; 
      after Marley took a bullet in a 1976 assassination attempt, he relocated 
      the Wailers to London. But tracks such as "Jammin' " are still 
      suffused with the deep essence of reggae and life at home. "Three Little 
      Birds," for example, had been written on the back step of Marley's 
      home in Kingston, where he would sit and smoke herb. Each time Marley rolled 
      a spliff, he would discard the seeds -- the birds of the song's title would 
      pick them up. "The music have a purpose," Marley said, and his 
      spiritual intent was never clearer than on the anthem "One Love." 
      (Rolling Stone) 
 Total album sales: 699,000
 Peak chart position: 20
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