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Conscious Party

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Released
  
April 5, 1988

Label
  
Virgin

Release date
  
5 April 1988

Length
  
46:22

Conscious Party (1988)
  
One Bright Day (1989)

Genre
  
Reggae

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Artists
  
Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

Producers
  
Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album

Similar
  
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers albums, Reggae albums

Conscious Party is Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers' third album. It was released in 1988. This album became popular with the hits "Tumblin' Down" and "Tomorrow People". It won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae album in 1989.

Contents

In 2009, "Tomorrow People" was voted the "85th Greatest One-Hit Wonder of the 80s" by VH1.

Track listing

All tracks by Ziggy Marley except where noted

  1. "Conscious Party" – 4:54
  2. "Lee and Molly" – 4:27
  3. "Tomorrow People" – 3:38
  4. "New Love" – 3:41
  5. "Tumblin' Down" (Tyrone Downie, Ziggy Marley) – 4:01
  6. "We a Guh Some Weh" – 3:51
  7. "A Who a Say" (Ziggy Mayley, Steve Marley) – 3:33
  8. "Have You Ever Been to Hell" – 5:22
  9. "We Propose" – 4:34
  10. "What's True" – 3:27
  11. "Dreams of Home" – 4:54

Personnel

  • Rita Marley - Background Vocals
  • Jerry Harrison - Hammond Organ
  • Cedella Marley Booker - Background Vocals
  • Chris Frantz - Producer
  • Mulu Gessesse - Guitar
  • Zeleke Gessesse - Bass
  • Ziggy Marley - Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocals
  • Stephen Marley - Vocals, Background Vocals
  • Dereje Makonnen - Keyboards, Composer
  • Sharon Pendergast - Background Vocals
  • Lenny Pickett - Clarinet, Piccolo, Saxophone, Contrabass
  • Gary Pozner - Keyboards
  • Melaku Retta - Keyboards
  • Keith Richards - Guitar
  • Chris Romanelli
  • Glenn Rosenstein - Engineer
  • Mark Roule - Tambourine
  • Asrat Aemro Selassie - Percussion, Bongos, Conga, Tambourine, Background Vocals, Vibraslap, Cabassa, Wood Block
  • Earl "Chinna" Smith - Guitar
  • Raphael W'Mariam - Drums, Timbales
  • Franklyn Waul - Keyboards
  • Laura Weymouth - Background Vocals
  • Tina Weymouth - Background Vocals, Producer
  • Songs

    1Conscious Party4:55
    2Lee and Molly4:27
    3Tomorrow People3:38

    References

    Conscious Party Wikipedia