Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers
by Bob Marley & The Wailers
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Bob Marley & The Wailers bestography
Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers is ranked 2nd best out of 45 albums by Bob Marley on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bob Marley is Exodus which is ranked number 255 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,179.
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Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 87 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  JR | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 90/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum artists | 45/100 | - |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 66 Music Albums of 1984 | 13/66 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | All Time | 64/100 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 76 Music Albums of 1984 | 3/76 | 5 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 1/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | FelipeBoorkes | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 86/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  swed | Top 53 Music Albums of the 1980s | 51/53 | 1 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | My Favourite Album by Year | 43/74 | - |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 16/100 | 17 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 526 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,112 | |||
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Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 26 hours ago | emiro | 150 | 85/100 |
| ! | 30 hours ago | meyermd23us | 1,055 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2026 20:37 | Gedi | 367 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 84.5/100, a mean average of 83.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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I trashed the album for one reason, it seems that Legend is where 95% of the buying public stops when exploring Reggae. The album is a 100, if taken as a sum of it's parts. But if you HAVE to recommend a greatest type album why not Babylon By Bus, or Live! If there were non-album singles on Legend, like on The Who's Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy then yes, I would ABSOLUTELY start here. But that not being the case, I recommend Catch a Fire, Burnin' and Exodus as your jump points. Forget this album exists.
Can't fault this as a greatest hits, or an introduction to BM in general. If you only ever buy one reggae album ever, it'll most likely be this one - and it's a good choice.
Along with Queen's greatest hits, legend, is one of the most perfect compilations there are. Glad that it's the superior live version of, no woman,no cry, on here. Just brilliant.
albummaster 04/26/2010 14:18 | #11021 | TOP COMMENT
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Ok, it's a compilation, but still it's a very enjoyable album. There is another compilation of BM's containing his early work which is also a very good listen.
It's unfortunate that this is publicly recognized as the pinnacle of reggae. It's a good record, and certainly has a lot of great tunes, but it's still just a compilation. MANY Bob Marley albums deserve to be recognized over this.
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