Uprising was Bob Marley’s final studio album released before his death.
The album was released on June 10, 1980, as Bob Marley and the Wailers’ twelfth studio album. Recorded at Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston between January and April 1980, it arrived during the final phase of Marley’s career and followed the politically focused album Survival.
Uprising is among Marley’s most explicitly religious records. Its songs repeatedly address faith, mortality, resistance, and spiritual freedom, culminating in “Redemption Song,” the famous acoustic track that largely places Marley’s voice and guitar at the center. Other notable songs include “Could You Be Loved” and “Forever Loving Jah.”
The wording “before his death” matters. Marley died in May 1981, so Uprising was the last studio album issued during his lifetime. Confrontation was released posthumously in 1983 and is often described as his final studio album in a broader discography sense. That distinction explains why both titles may appear in discussions, while Uprising is the correct answer to this question.