Ziggy Marley

by Ziggy Marley

Overview

Released two years after the elaborate, vibrant, and excellent album Fly Rasta, Ziggy Marley returned with an eponymous release, the self-titling perhaps a reference to the bedroom demo and laptop-studio feel of the album. There are still acoustic moments ("Heaven Can't Take It" is the beautifully written but sad idea that humans are dragging the heavens down) and band-oriented songs that punch out of the speakers ("Amen" being a stomping example), but the opening joy dubbed "Start It Up" is the new commercial ragga, all post-Major Lazer, post-Stephen Marley with the necessary funk and quirk. "Weekend's Long" is filled with true heart and soul, and it's the closest this Marley has come to cutting a Michael Franti-like song that could be shopped to vacation companies and cruise lines for their next television commercial, but charm is at the center of this smaller, more compressed album, and it's a good thing. Ziggy Marley, the LP, shares much in common with Robert Palmer's Pride, Black Uhuru's Chill Out, and even Gregory Isaacs' Night Nurse, as its diminutive, deft, funky, tight, electro-tinged, and sincere. With all these ingredients at just the volume, it's still one single or classic short of being the best-of Ziggy, but the cool temperament and empowering mood of the album offer a life-affirming soul massage through music. For those reasons, this is likely to be some of the artist's fans favorite release. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	05/20/2016
Label:	Tuff Gong Worldwide
UPC:	0804879573029

Tracks

1. Start It Up
2. Weekend's Long
3. Ceceil
4. Amen
5. Heaven Can't Take It
6. Better Together
7. Butterflies
8. We Are More
9. Love Is a Rebel
10. Marijauanaman
11. We Are the People
12. I'm Not Made of Stone

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ziggy Marley   Primary Artist,Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Stephen Marley   Featured Artist
Steve Ferrone   Drums
Zac Rae   Keyboards
Rock Deadrick   Percussion
Lyle Workman   Guitar
Adam Zimmon   Guitar
The Regiment   Horn
Paul Stennett   Keyboards
One World Chorus   Vocals
Michito Sanchez   Percussion
Abraham Laboriel, Sr.   Bass
Toni Scruggs   Vocals
Takeshi Akimoto   Guitar
Ian Coleman   Guitar
Kenya Hathaway   Vocals
David Palmer   Keyboards
Brian Macleod   Drums
Charlean Carmon   Vocals
Nicole Morier   Vocals
Johanna Cranitch   Vocals
Aaron Nigel Smith   Vocals
Lisa Fendelander   Keyboards
Dave Wilder   Bass
Khris Lorenz   Drums
Beezy Coleman   Vocals
George Hughes   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Dimitri Cerny   Composer
Nikhil Korula   Composer
Dave Cooley   Mastering
Ian Coleman   Mixing Assistant
Ziggy Marley   Composer,Producer,Mixing Assistant
Michelle Rodriguez   Production Assistant
Brian Vibberts   Composer
Orly Marley   Executive Producer
Justin Hergett   Engineer
Jacob Luttrell   Composer
Greg Bojorquez   Photography
Jared Hirshland   Engineer
Matt Solodky   Production Manager
Carlos de la Garza   Mixing,Engineer
Mike Schuppan   Engineer
Jesse String   Engineer
Geoffrey Earley   Composer