Conscious Party

For the album by Asian Dub Foundation, see Conscious Party (Asian Dub Foundation album).
Conscious Party
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.
Studio album by
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
Released April 5, 1988
Studio Sigma Sound Studios, New York
Genre Reggae
Length 46:22
Label Virgin
Producer Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers chronology
The Time Has Come: The Best of Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
(1988) 		Conscious Party
(1988) 		One Bright Day
(1989)
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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.

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

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ziggy Marley, except where noted

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Conscious Party"   4:54
2. "Lee and Molly"   4:27
3. "Tomorrow People"   3:38
4. "New Love"   3:41
5. "Tumblin' Down"
4:01
6. "We a Guh Some Weh"   3:51
7. "A Who a Say"
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 - 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

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA) Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.