Bob Marley's Legend Album Comes to Rock Band

By Hector Cortez Sep 18, 2010, 0:15 GMT

Bob Marley and The Wailers\' Legend album will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store.

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that Bob Marley and The Wailers' Legend album will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.

“My father was interested in bringing reggae music to the entire world,” said Ziggy Marley, “and now that his music is coming to Rock Band, as the first reggae artist in the game, we are excited to open the doors to reggae music to a whole new group of young people.”

It’s already been announced that Bob Marley and The Wailers’ “Get Up, Stand Up” will be featured on the Rock Band 3 soundtrack, but next week, fans can get an early taste of Marley with Legend, originally released in 1984. This album is the best selling reggae album of all time, selling 25 million albums in the United States alone and an additional 2.8 million in the United Kingdom. It features 14 of Bob Marley and The Wailers’ classic songs and was rereleased as a CD in 1990 – the version available for Rock Band download next week, featuring original album versions.

The album has been the recipient of many awards. In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it as No. 46 on the magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and at 1,000 weeks, it holds the honor of being the second longest-charting album in Billboard history.

Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 (Sept. 21):

“Is This Love”
“No Woman No Cry”
“Could You Be Loved”
“Three Little Birds”
“Buffalo Soldier”
“Stir It Up”
“One Love/People Get Ready”
“I Shot the Sheriff”
“Waiting in Vain”
“Redemption Song”
“Satisfy My Soul”
“Exodus”
“Jamming”

These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation 3 beginning September 22.

These tracks will be available for purchase as individual tracks, as well as "Legend (Album)" on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and as individual tracks on Wii.

Price:
$1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points) per song
$2.00 USD (200 Wii PointsTM) per song
$19.99, £9.99 UK, €14.99 EU (1600 Microsoft Points) for Legend (Album)