Love Is My Religion [Collector's Edition Orange Vinyl]

by Ziggy Marley

Overview

More than two decades into his successful career -- yes, he has now been recording for more years than his dad Bob did -- Ziggy Marley should not have to fend off comparisons to his iconic father. But like his also-performing younger brothers Damian, Julian, and Stephen, one supposes he always will, and one has to wonder just what Bob Marley would have made of an album as disappointing and insignificant as Love Is My Religion, Ziggy Marley's second album outside of his group the Melody Makers. With the Melody Makers -- comprised largely of other Marley offspring -- Ziggy proved that he possessed a voice of his own (even if its physical qualities were eerily similar to those of Bob's). On albums such as 1988's Conscious Party, the Melody Makers broke far enough away from the familiar Marley style to demonstrate that Ziggy was developing into a formidable songwriter and vocalist, without losing sight of his legacy. Fast-forward nearly two decades, and Ziggy Marley has not grown much -- if anything, he has seemingly run out of forward-looking ideas. With his familial genre-defining roots -- and more contemporary reggae variations -- still underpinning his songs, Ziggy is never afraid to step out of bounds. But as he did on his first solo album, 2003's Dragonfly, Ziggy again takes the safest routes, watering down the arrangements and the playing until the tracks veer close to lounge-reggae territory. More appalling is that Marley's lyrics have become sophomoric at best, cliche-ridden faux anthems that one might have expected from him as a teenager but certainly not as a seasoned adult artist. With Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, in particular, having reached the top of the charts with his monumental, cutting-edge Welcome to Jamrock album in 2005, it would seem that Ziggy, once the great hope for the next generation of Marleys, has been surpassed ~ Jeff Tamarkin

Product Details

Release Date:	11/23/2017
Label:	Tuff Gong / Tuff Gong Worldwide / V2 Benelux
UPC:	0804879598961
Rank:	6342

Tracks

1. Into the Groove
2. Love Is My Religion
3. Make Some Music
4. Friend
5. Black Cat
6. Beach in Hawaii
7. A Lifetime
8. Be Free
9. Keep on Dreamin'
10. Still the Storms

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ziggy Marley   Primary Artist,Percussion,Keyboards,Bass,Organ,Piano,Guitar
Michele Richards   Violin
Dan Warner   Guitar (Acoustic)
Paul Fakhourie   Bass
Tracy Wannomae   Flute,Horn
David Ralicke   Horn,Saxophone
Suzie Katayama   Conductor
Tracy Hazzard   Vocals (Background)
Stephen Marley   Guitar
Jake Shimabukuro   Ukulele
Ken Chastain   Percussion
Joel Derouin   Violin
Luis Conte   Percussion
Ross Hogarth   Percussion
Tim Pierce   Guitar
Tommy Barbarella   Fender Rhodes
Brooke Ramel   Vocals (Background)
Dave Way   Synthesizer
Rudy Stein   Cello
Takeshi Akimoto   Guitar
Natasha Pierce   Vocals (Background)
Marc Moreau   Guitar

Technical Credits

Gregory J. Morris   Assistant Engineer
Lior Goldenberg   Assistant Engineer
Wonder Knack   Artwork,Photography
Suzie Katayama   String Arrangements
Aaron Fessel   Assistant Engineer,Engineer
Ziggy Marley   Liner Notes,Composer,Producer
Stephen Marley   Composer
Bob Marley   Composer
Ross Hogarth   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Brian Malouf   Mixing
Dave Way   Mixing
Gregory Morris   Assistant Engineer
Marc Moreau   Mixing,Engineer