Conscious Party
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::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Conscious Party |
| type | studio |
| artist | Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers |
| cover | ZiggyMarley-ConsciousParty.jpg |
| alt | A black-and-white photo of Ziggy Marley with a yellow eye superimposed over it. The band's name is on the top and bottom of the photo and the album title is written sideways, colored in black, red and green respectively. |
| released | April 5, 1988 |
| studio | Sigma Sound, New York City |
| genre | Reggae |
| length | 46:22 |
| label | Virgin |
| producer | Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth |
| prev_title | The Time Has Come: The Best of Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers |
| prev_year | 1988 |
| next_title | One Bright Day |
| next_year | 1989 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Conscious Party |
| type | studio |
| single1 | Tomorrow People |
| single1date | 1988 |
| single2 | Tumblin' Down |
| single2date | 1988 |
| single3 | Lee & Molly |
| single3date | 1988 |
| :: |
| name = Conscious Party
| type = studio
| artist = Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
| cover = ZiggyMarley-ConsciousParty.jpg
| alt = A black-and-white photo of Ziggy Marley with a yellow eye superimposed over it. The band's name is on the top and bottom of the photo and the album title is written sideways, colored in black, red and green respectively.
| released = April 5, 1988
| recorded =
| studio = Sigma Sound, New York City
| genre = Reggae
| length = 46:22
| label = Virgin
| producer = Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth
| prev_title = The Time Has Come: The Best of Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = One Bright Day
| next_year = 1989
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Conscious Party
| type = studio
| single1 = Tomorrow People
| single1date = 1988
| single2 = Tumblin' Down
| single2date = 1988
| single3 = Lee & Molly
| single3date = 1988
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score =
|rev2= Rolling Stone|rev2Score= }}
Conscious Party is Ziggy Marley and 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.
The album saw the Melody Makers, the children of Bob Marley and Rita Marley- Ziggy, Stephen, Sharon and Cedella- who had been organised into a child band by their parents a decade earlier, step into global spotlight for their own talent- at the time public focus largely drawn towards band leader, lead vocalist and the album's chief composer Ziggy Marley.
Track listing
|all_writing = Ziggy Marley, except where noted
|title1 = Conscious Party |length1 = 4:54 |title2 = Lee and Molly |length2 = 4:27 |title3 = Tomorrow People |length3 = 3:38 |title4 = New Love |length4 = 3:41 |title5 = Tumblin' Down |writer5 = |length5 = 4:01 |title6 = We a Guh Some Weh |length6 = 3:51 |title7 = A Who a Say |writer7 = |length7 = 3:33 |title8 = Have You Ever Been to Hell |length8 = 5:22 |title9 = We Propose |length9 = 4:34 |title10 = What's True |length10 = 3:27 |title11 = Dreams of Home |length11 = 4:54
Personnel
- Rita Marley - background vocals
- Jerry Harrison - Hammond organ
- Cedella Marley - 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 Marley Pendergast - background vocals
- Lenny Pickett - clarinet, piccolo, saxophone, contrabass
- Gary Pozner - keyboards
- Melaku Retta - keyboards
- Keith Richards - lead guitar on "Lee and Molly"
- 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 "Bubbler" Waul - keyboards
- Laura Weymouth - background vocals
- Tina Weymouth - background vocals, producer
Charts
Weekly charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1988–89) | Peak position | |---|---| ::
Year-end charts
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| Chart (1988) | Position | US Billboard 200 |
|---|---|---|
| 52 | ||
| :: |
Singles
::data[format=table]
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | "Tomorrow People" | Australia (ARIA Charts) | 36 |
| Italy Airplay (Music & Media) | 4 | ||
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 39 | ||
| US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 16 | ||
| "Tumblin' Down" | Modern Rock Tracks | ||
| Mainstream Rock Tracks | |||
| Hot R&B Singles & Tracks | |||
| Hot Dance Music/Club Play | |||
| Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | |||
| :: |
Certifications
References
References
- Greene, Jo-Ann. "Conscious Party - Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers". [[AllMusic]].
- "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard.
- Ryan, Gavin. (2011). "Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010". Moonlight Publishing.
- (9 July 1988). "Playlist Report: RAI - Italy".
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