Bob Marley's Exodus was released on Island Records in 1977

Island Records released Exodus on June 3, 1977, and it’s the album that turned Bob Marley into a global icon. From the title track’s righteous groove to “Jamming” and “Three Little Birds,” it’s a record that managed to be both politically charged and impossibly warm — Time magazine later called it the best album of the 20th century, and it’s hard to argue.