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Love Is My Religion
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Ziggy Marley's life story is filled with changes and transitions. In fact, change has been the one constant in his life. From his earliest days, raised in Trench Town, Jamaica, to the present, he has been guided by his keen awareness and driving compassion. These qualities are the earmarks of his work and his journey.
The eldest Marley son is not one to let any moss grow under his feet. His 2006 release, Love is My Religion (Tuff Gong Worldwide), garnered a Grammy for Best Reggae Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, giving him a total of four Grammys as an artist. It was his second solo album, and the first to be released independently on the Tuff Gong Worldwide label.
The album's follow-up, an extended version including three live tracks, will hit the streets on December 4, 2007. A live DVD, filmed during the Love is My Religion world tour, is scheduled for release in early 2008. A bold move launched an independent distribution deal between Tuff Gong Worldwide and Ryko Distribution, allowing Marley to eschew the traditional record industry formula and big name labels.
"This album is from my heart," Ziggy says of the album, originally released in July 2006. Love showcases Ziggy's keenly honed talents as a composer, producer, and musician. With all tracks written and produced by Ziggy, and shared production on three tracks with Grammy-winning producer Ross Hogarth, Marley also played a majority of the instruments on the album.
Written "all over the world," with some songs penned during his youth, Love Is My Religion expands upon the personal, social and political themes explored in Ziggy's debut CD, Dragonfly. Its musical center is clearly reggae, peppered by African percussion and other flavors. Opening with the subversively danceable "Into the Groove," Ziggy delves into an upbeat meditation on finding one's self. On the title track, "Love is My Religion," his message is one that "people need to hear," a unifying devotion to love that "needs to be preached in churches and mosque and synagogues." The notion of overcoming stereotypes and superstition informs the slinky "Black Cat," while the romantic "Make Some Music" finds a partner in the mid-tempo "A Lifetime."
Friendship is one of the album's recurring themes, whether as the core of monogamous and universal love or the connective tissue of global brotherhood. "Friend" and "On the Beach in Hawaii" each offer an ode to love and friendship. In "Keep on Dreamin'," Ziggy extends the idea into the spiritual world, reconnecting with his father through dreams. The album's most political song, "Be Free," empowers the listener to reject the manipulating power of fear. Slavery and its continuing effects are explored on "Still the Storms," which laments the crises in nations like Sudan, Rwanda and Sierra Leone by analogizing the path of hurricanes with the path of slave ships. The album closes with the simple and the complex: an acoustic guitar version of "Love Is My Religion" and a bass-heavy, dub mix of "Be Free."
Track Listing
Click on song titles for lyrics| # | Track Title | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Into the Groove
Into the groove, where we lose ourselves just to find who we are
into the groove, where we get to fly but we need not see the sky into the groove, where we escape from the surface of what we've become into the groove, come for the ride Take the plunge, soak it up like a sponge don't be afraid of tonight, everything is gonna be alright take the plunge, soak me up like a sponge don't be afraid of the light, everything is gonna be just fine Into the groove, where love grows to new heights into the groove, where the sun disappears but a light still shines into the groove, surrounded by the waters of desire, yeah into the groove, come for the ride Catch the wave, free the slave, emancipate your mind cause nothing men do can change this time catch the wave (I'm gonna catch the wave), and free your slave (I'm gonna free my slave) emancipate your mind, hey nothin' they do can change this time Light it up Into the groove, where we lose ourselves just to find who we are into the groove, where we get to fly but we need not see the sky into the groove, where we escape from the surface of what we've become into the groove, come for the ride Yeah, come for the ride horns - david ralicke, ron blake, tracy wannomae : percussion - luis conte : backing vocals - tracy hazzard |
4:16 |
| 2 |
Love is My Religion
Love is my religion, Love is my religion, Love is my religion
I'll take you to the temple tonight All my days I've been searching, to find out what this life is worth through the books and bibles of time I've made up my mind I don't condemn, I don't convert, this is a calling have you heard bring all the lovers to the fold, cause no one is gonna lose their soul Love is my religion, Love is my religion, Love is my religion hey you can take it or leave it, and you don't have to believe it I don't want to fight, hey let's go fly a kite there's nothing that we can't cure, and I'll keep you in my arms for sure so don't let nobody stop us, free spirits have to soar with you I share the gift, the gift that we now know oh oh oh ( Chorus ) Well I'm done searching now, I found out what this life is worth not in the books that I find, but by searching my mind I don't condemn, I don't convert this is the calling have you heard, bring all the lovers to the fold no one is gonna lose their soul ( Chorus ) guitar - tim pierce, takeshi akimoto : organ - rami jaffe : rhodes - tommy barbarella : backing vocals - tracy hazzard, natasha pierce, brook ramel |
3:47 |
| 3 |
Make Some Music
Love is a melody playing through eternity, making sweet songs all night long
stay in the groove, we can't refuse when the rhythm is tight we'll be up all night the perfect tune we make for life beats that vibrate moods that excite instruments tuned, harmonies right love is the song we make tonight Come on baby lets make some music, this is the groove and that's how I do it come on baby lets make some music, cause you know how, how to do it Thinking of lyrics I could sing, but I know they must come from within can't rush music got to take it slow keep in the groove till it starts to flow hit the right tempo then you know, this song is not for the show ( Chorus ) It's a beautiful thing the way you hit the way we swing the way we rock this groove now we're going to the roots, now we're going to the roots hey It's a beautiful thing the way we hit the way we swing the way we rock this groove now we're going to the roots, now we're going to the roots ( Chorus ) percussion - luis conte : flute - tracy wannome : horns - david ralicke, ron blake, tracy wannome |
4:18 |
| 4 |
Friend
I wanna thank you for the things you've done
I wanna thank you for your generosity and I'll never be alone, that's because, that's because you are my friend that's because, that's because you are my friend Been through thick and thin together through the ups and downs, yet we still remain and I can talk to you forever ( Chorus ) Before I met you, I was real low, now everyone know now that I know you hey I'm real high I wanna thank you for the day and nights I wanna thank you for the breath of life without you I'd be lost ( Chorus ) Just as long, just as long as you're my friend just as long, just as long as you're my friend that's because you are my friend, you are my friend moreau : backing vocals - tracy hazzard, natasha pierce, brook ramel |
2:53 |
| 5 |
Black Cat
Black cat come visit me, I don't care what people say
I saw your hazel eyes, sparkling in the moonlight Black cat one day things will change, I'm gonna wipe away your bad name my friend tells me you're no good, and I say hey I'm not afraid Black cat you're beautiful, why does everybody run away has anybody told you, I care has anybody told you, I love you Black cat come visit me, I don't care what people say I saw your hazel eyes, sparkling in the moonlight black cat things will change, I'm gonna wipe away your bad name black cat you're beautiful, black cat, black cat saxophone - david ralicke |
2:41 |
| 6 |
Beach in Hawaii
On the beach in Hawaii
I wish you were here with me, walking on the beach in Hawaii playing on the golden sand, looking at the ocean now I understand love is like the open sea, and I wish you were here with me on the beach in Hawaii Since you've been gone away, I think about you everyday don't you know I miss you much, and you know I need your touch I'm on a rocky cliff, oh I wish you were hear with me on the beach in Hawaii A little pakalolo, and I say mahalo ujjayi breathing, to get a real feeling yogi gonna let you know that I wish you were here with me on the beach in Hawaii in Hawaii ukulele - jake shimabukuro : backing vocal - barbara cottmeier |
3:44 |
| 7 |
A Lifetime
Oh a lifetime isn't enough to love you
and a lifetime isn't enough to live oh a lifetime isn't enough to love you and one lifetime isn't enough to live I may be different than you, criticized for what I do I chose to explore the truth, the truth of me and I won't be afraid on that day I stand on my feet, because I am yeah took the risk the chance just to understand well I been cold, bold, selfish, misunderstood like the lamb I will sacrifice to find you ( Chorus ) Been around so many people, without you I'm always alone gazing into space, my existence unknown I don't want to be here, I wanna be near I stand on my feet, because I am yeah took the risk the chance just to understand well I been cold, bold, selfish, misunderstood like the lamb I will sacrifice to find you ( Chorus ) Am I so different than you, criticized for what I do I chose to explore the truth, the truth of you and I won't be afraid on that day I stand on my feet, because I am yeah took the risk the chance just to understand ( Chorus ) Hey a lifetime isn't enough to love you and one lifetime isn't enough to live organ - rami jaffe : guitar - tim pierce, marc moreau : string section arranger & conductor - suzy katayama : violin - michele richards, joel derouin viola - denyse buffmum : cello - rudolph stein : keyboards - emmanuel kiriakou |
4:46 |
| 8 |
Be Free
The system's got too much control, and they don't wanna let it go
I'm a prisoner fighting to be free, I'm breaking out of captivity Be free, be free to be free Little by little, I'm losing control as little by little my rights erode I stop the deputy, now you know mama don't try, you see I got to go ( Chorus ) The government's got too much control, now is there some place that we can roll the politics of fear and oppression is everywhere now the law is closing in, just take what you can bring ( Chorus ) The system's got too much control, now is there some place that we can roll I'm a prisoner fighting to be free, the law is closing in just take what we can bring organ - zachary rae |
3:19 |
| 9 |
Keep on Dreaming
When you left me, I didn't cry, but my heart was heavy
as heavy as lead I sit there thinking with no thoughts in my head I could not be comforted, by the living or the dead So I keep on dreaming to communicate and I keep on dreaming if that's what it take keep on dreaming, it's never too late keep on dreaming, cause that's what it take I see you in my visions, and it seems you're right here I wish I didn't have to wake up, but here comes the light of day it's been too long now, since you went away won't you come back, so we can play ( Chorus ) I knew it wasn't over, it was only the start cause I see the light that shines in the dark the questions have answers, my love isn't lost fate put us together, so nothing can tear us apart ( Chorus ) guitar - stephen marley, takeshi akimoto : synth - dave way |
4:20 |
| 10 |
Still the Storms
With the world so loud, who's gonna hear, when I cry
in this fog of war for black gold, one diamond sold, one life got stole society built on slavery, for me it was not so long ago you may forget, but I still know Still the storms come, from the coast of West Africa ( repeat ) anger and rage, thunder and lightning, spirits unrest hey they looking for justice still the storms come, from the coast of West Africa ( repeat ) flood of tears rise, for stories untold, a debt to be paid, hey don't you know There heroes, are my enemies for one man's profit is another man's loss and I see their faces in stone and steel with eyes so proud, oh I wish they could feel for I am come, with the chain and ball to shatter your images, and break down these walls so this day may be bright free from the shadows of giants in the light I'm out of my mind ( Chorus ) Eternity is not enough for me to forget, and my children's children, you will regret for I warn you of a time when empires fall, and the lowly will be lifted hey rule them all but vengeance is no glory, hate is no pay, truth is my call and peace is my way so I will endure, through these hard times, while I am neglected and paid no mind ( Chorus ) |
5:32 |
| 11 | Love is My Religion (Acoustic) | 3:59 |
| 12 | Be Free (DUB) | 4:04 |
| 13 | Dragonfly (Live) | 5:04 |
| 14 | Jammin' (Live) | 6:04 |
| 15 | Look Who's Dancin' (Live) | 5:22 |
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