Free Like We Want 2 B

Last updated
Free Like We Want 2 B
ZMMM FreeLike.jpg
Studio album by
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
Released1995
Genre Reggae
Label Elektra
Producer The Melody Makers
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers chronology
Joy and Blues
(1993)		Free Like We Want 2 B
(1995)		 Fallen Is Babylon
(1997)

Free Like We Want 2 B is an album by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, released in 1995 by Elektra Records. [1] [2] It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Reggae Album" category. [3]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 170 on the Billboard 200. [4] "Hand to Mouth" was a top 10 hit in Jamaica [5] and "Power to Move Ya" charted number 13 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Entertainment Weekly A− [8]

Trouser Press wrote that "Stephen steps out of his brother's happyface shadow with a sound and ideas of his own, rubbing salt in old political scars with the enervated resentment of 'Bygones'." [9] Entertainment Weekly determined that "Ziggy refuses to be defined by his last name alone, but he soon he eases into the uplifting rhythms that are his birthright." [8]

AllMusic wrote that "R&B and extensive use of keyboards enhance and strengthen the record, demonstrating that the band has the ability to grow and experiment while staying true to their Jamaican roots." [7]

Track listing

  1. "Power To Move Ya" (David Marley)
  2. "Free Like We Want 2 B" (David Marley)
  3. "Today" (David Marley)
  4. "Water and Oil" (David Marley; Stephen Marley)
  5. "Live It Up" (David Marley)
  6. "Tipsy Dazy" (Stephen Marley)
  7. "Bygones" (Stephen Marley)
  8. "Hand to Mouth" (David Marley; Stephen Marley)
  9. "In The Flow" (David Marley)
  10. "Don't Go Nowhere" (David Marley)
  11. "G7" (David Marley)
  12. "Keep On"" (Stephen Marley)
  13. "Beautiful Mother Nature" (David Marley)

Song uses in other media

The documentary Life and Debt used the album's song "G7". [10]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ziggy Marley</span> Jamaican reggae musician (born 1968)

David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He led the family band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers until 2002, with whom he released eight studio albums. After the disbandment, Ziggy launched a successful solo career by having released eight solo studio albums on his own record company, Tuff Gong Worldwide. Ziggy continues his father’s heritage to record and self-release all of his music. Marley is an eight-time Grammy Award winner and a Daytime Emmy Award recipient.

<i>Conscious Party</i> 1988 studio album by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephen Marley</span> American musician (born 1972)

Stephen Robert Nesta Marley is a Jamaican-American musician. The son of Bob Marley, Marley is an eight-time Grammy Award winner, three times as a solo artist, twice as a producer of younger brother Damian Marley's Halfway Tree and Welcome to Jamrock albums, and a further three times as a member of his older brother Ziggy Marley's group Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julian Marley</span> British Jamaican reggae musician (born 1975)

Julian Ricardo Marley is a British-Jamaican reggae musician, songwriter, producer and humanitarian. He is the son of reggae music icon Bob Marley, and Lucy Pounder.

Uzziah "Sticky" Thompson was a Jamaican percussionist, vocalist and deejay active from the late 1950s. He worked with some of the best known performers of Jamaican music and played on hundreds of albums.

<i>Love Is My Religion</i> 2006 studio album by Ziggy Marley

Love Is My Religion is Ziggy Marley's second solo album, the first being Dragonfly, after the 2000 end of Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers. The album was released on July 2, 2006 by father Bob Marley's label Tuff Gong Worldwide, and carries on his reggae-style pop sound and lyrical themes established in Dragonfly. Love Is My Religion was named the 2007 Best Reggae album for the 49th Grammy awards held in Los Angeles in 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earl "Chinna" Smith</span> Musical artist

Earl "Chinna" Smith, a.k.a. Earl Flute and Melchezidek the High Priest, is a Jamaican guitarist active since the late 1960s. He is most well known for his work with the Soul Syndicate band and as guitarist for Bob Marley & the Wailers, among others, and has recorded with many reggae artists, appearing on more than 500 albums.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers</span> Jamaican-American reggae family group

Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers were a Jamaican-American reggae family group whose line-up consisted of the children of musicians, Bob Marley and Rita Marley, which includes lead singer Ziggy Marley with Sharon Marley, Cedella Marley, and Stephen Marley. Formed in 1979 in Brooklyn, New York, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers members began their musical endeavours in their pre-teens under the name the Melody Makers.

<i>Hey World!</i> 1986 studio album by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

Hey World! is the second album by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, released in 1986.

<i>One Bright Day</i> 1989 studio album by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

One Bright Day is the fourth album by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, released in 1989. It won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1990.

<i>Jahmekya</i> 1991 studio album by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

Jahmekya is a studio album by the reggae group Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, released in 1991.

<i>Joy and Blues</i> 1993 studio album by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

Joy and Blues is a studio album by the reggae band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, released in 1993 on Virgin Records. The first single was "Brothers and Sisters", which was promoted to modern rock radio.

Cedella Marley Minto is a Jamaican singer. She is the daughter of reggae singers Bob Marley and Rita Marley and the mother of Skip Marley. She was in the group Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers along with her sister and brothers. With the group, she has won three Grammy awards.

Sharon Marley Pendergast is a Jamaican singer, dancer, and curator. She is the biological daughter of Rita Marley and was adopted by Bob Marley when the two married. She was in the group Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers along with her young sister and brothers. With the group, she has won three Grammy awards.

<i>Play the Game Right</i> 1985 studio album by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

Play the Game Right is the debut album by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, released in 1985. The album was executive produced by Rita Marley.

<i>Wild and Free</i> 2011 studio album by Ziggy Marley

Wild and Free is the fourth solo studio album of Jamaican singer Ziggy Marley. The album was released on June 14, 2011. Wild and Free was produced by Don Was at Ocean Way Studios in Hollywood, California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ziggy Marley discography</span>

This is a listing of official releases by Ziggy Marley, a Jamaican singer and musician from 2003–present. Marley started his musical career with some of his brothers and sisters as the Melody Makers in the 1980s; he performed and recorded albums with them from 1983–2001. The discography of his recordings with the Melody Makers is elsewhere.

The discography of Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, a Jamaican reggae family group, consists of ten studio albums, one live album, four compilation albums, twenty-three singles and four video albums.

<i>Fly Rasta</i> 2014 studio album by Ziggy Marley

Fly Rasta is the fifth solo studio album by Jamaican reggae artist Ziggy Marley, released on April 15, 2014, on Ziggy's own label, Tuff Gong Worldwide. The album marked Ziggy's return after the Grammy-winning album Ziggy Marley in Concert.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Bob Marley:

References

  1. ↑ "Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Thompson, Dave (May 12, 2002). "Reggae & Caribbean Music". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Ziggy Marley". Recording Academy. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ziggy Marley". Billboard.
  5. ↑ White, Timothy (September 15, 1998). "Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley". Macmillan – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  7. 1 2 "Free Like We Want 2 B - Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers, Ziggy Marley | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  8. 1 2 "Free Like We Want 2 B". EW.com.
  9. ↑ "Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  10. ↑ Stephanie Black Life & Debt, Credits "Life and Debt" Film website, 2001, retrieved 20 July 2018


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.