Ziggy Marley - Fly Rasta - Music & Performance - CD

2014 album from the Reggae artist. With his recent Grammy win for Best Reggae Album (ZIGGY MARLEY IN CONCERT), Emmy, six-time Grammy-winner and Reggae icon Ziggy Marley is back with his fifth studio album, FLY RASTA. Produced by Ziggy Marley with additional production by Dave Cooley, the album will feature the Melody Makers including Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley and Rica Newell.

Coming up on his third decade of making music, Bob Marley's eldest son Ziggy had already climbed the charts with a series of reggae-pop hits before doing some of that mid-career wandering that artists often do, going off on pleasing larks such as children's albums (2009's Family Time) or a return to rootsy reggae (2011's Wild & Free). All the while, he watched his younger brothers Damian and Stephen launch the 21st century electro-roots revolution, but rather than join their fray, his superior 2014 effort Fly Rasta finds him acting as the Marley kids' proud elder statesmen. Here, he's able to bundle his past into an album that's a welcome combination of comfortable and vital, kicking off with the very jam band "I Don't Wanna Live on Mars," a playful number that punches and high-kicks before sliding into a funky groove that recalls Ziggy's old crew, the Melody Makers. Speaking of, the background vocals of Erica Newell plus Sharon and Cedella Marley mean this album features a Melody Makers reunion to warm the heart of longtime fans, while a guest shot from the legendary dancehall DJ U-Roy on "Fly Rasta" gives the album both a swinging highlight and an anchor dropped way into the deep end of reggae. "I Get Up" is a horn-driven blast of pop and positive that sounds like "Tomorrow People" with more wisdom in the words, and while "You're My Yoko" sits on the track list like something to talk about, it's really just frivolous fun, tossed off with lyrics like "You're my beauty queen/You're my fashion scene" as if bed peace and breaking up the Beatles never happened. Right-sized, organized in a sensible manner, and an alluring balance of cool and calm, Fly Rasta lives up to its title as it sits on Ziggy's top shelf. ~ David Jeffries, Rovi

Performer	Ziggy Marley
Music genre	Reggae
Music release type	Album
Media format	CD
Original release date	May 6, 2014
Is collectible	Y
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	I Don't Wanna Live on Mars, Fly Rasta, Lighthouse, Sunshine, Moving Forward, You, So Many Rising, I Get Up, You're My Yoko, Give It Away
Record label	Tuff Gong Worldwide
Songwriter	Ziggy Marley
Music producer	Ziggy Marley
Track name	I Don't Wanna Live On Mars, Fly Rasta, Lighthouse, Sunshine, Moving Forward, You, So Many Rising, I Get Up, You're My Yoko, Give It Away
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N