Stiff Necked Fools

"Stiff Necked Fools"

Song by Bob Marley

Released

1983

Recorded

1980–1983

Genre

Reggae

Length

3:25

Confrontation track listing

"Stiff Necked Fools" is a song written by Bob Marley, appearing on his posthumous 1983 reggae album, Confrontation.

The title and lyrics reference both the Old Testament and New Testament in the Judeo-Christian bible. The song reuses some of the lyrics from the then unreleased Wailers song Wisdom, which was also recorded as Fools Die by fellow Wailers member Peter Tosh for his 1981 album Wanted Dread And Alive.

Bob Marley and the Wailers

Studio albums

Early	The Wailing Wailers (1965) Soul Rebels (1970) Soul Revolution (1971) The Best of The Wailers (1971)

Island	Catch a Fire (1973) Burnin' (1973) Natty Dread (1974) Rastaman Vibration (1976) Exodus (1977) Kaya (1978) Survival (1979) Uprising (1980) Confrontation (1983)

Compilations

Island	Legend (1984) Rebel Music (1986) Natural Mystic (1995) One Love (2001) Gold (2005) Africa Unite (2005)

Others	African Herbsman (1973) Rasta Revolution (1974)

Other albums

Live	Live! (1975) Babylon by Bus (1978) Talkin' Blues (1991) Live at the Roxy (2003) Live Forever (2011) Uprising Live! (2014) Easy Skanking In Boston '78 (2015)

Remix	Chances Are (1981) Chant Down Babylon (1999) B Is for Bob (2009)

Box set	Songs of Freedom (1992) The Complete Bob Marley & the Wailers 1967–1972 (1997–2002)

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