Shake Off the Dust... Arise

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Shake Off the Dust... Arise
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 12, 2004
Recorded 12 Tribe Sound
Genre Reggae
Length63:39
Label JDub Records
Producer Daniel Seliger
Alon Cohan
Matisyahu chronology
Shake Off the Dust... Arise
(2004)
Live at Stubb's
(2005)
Matisyahu studio chronology
Shake Off the Dust.. Arise
(2004)
Youth
(2006)
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Shake Off the Dust... Arise is the first album by Matisyahu, was released on October 28, 2004, by JDub Records. It fell out of print following his move to Epic Records and remained a collector's item until it was remastered and reissued in October 2010, temporarily sold exclusively through his official website. [3]

Contents

The album's name comes from the Hebrew liturgical poem "Lekhah Dodi" which is sung by most Jewish denominations in order to welcome the holy Sabbath, which in the poem is referred to as a bride.

Track listing

  1. "Chop 'em Down" – 5:45
  2. "Tzama L'Chol Nafshi (Psalm 63:2-3)" – 1:50
  3. "Got No Water" – 5:54
  4. "King Without a Crown" – 5:19
  5. "Interlude" – 0:54
  6. "Father in the Forest" – 4:59
  7. "Interlude" – 0:17
  8. "Aish Tamid" – 6:48
  9. "Short Nigun" – 1:46
  10. "Candle" – 6:22
  11. "Close My Eyes" – 4:55
  12. "Interlude" – 0:17
  13. "Exaltation" – 5:04
  14. "Refuge" – 3:28
  15. "Interlude" – 0:23
  16. "Warrior" – 7:23
  17. "Outro" – 2:15

Reissue

In 2010, the album was remastered and reissued with a new cover with a detailed pencil portrait of Matisyahu (real name: Matthew Miller), drawn by Diane Russell, overlaid on a Star of David. [4]

Personnel

Produced and arranged by Alon Cohen Recorded and mixed by Alon Cohen

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Sputnikmusic review
  3. "shake off the dust... ARISE". Matisyahu World. Matisyahu. Archived from the original on October 15, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  4. Diane Russell (October 12, 2010). "Matisyahu "Shake Off The Dust" CD Cover Art" . Retrieved August 16, 2021.