Conscious Party
{{For|the album by Asian Dub Foundation|Conscious Party (Asian Dub Foundation album)}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Conscious Party
| type = studio
| artist = Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
| cover = ZiggyMarley-ConsciousParty.jpg
| alt = 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.
| released = April 5, 1988
| recorded =
| studio = Sigma Sound, New York City
| genre = Reggae
| length = 46:22
| label = Virgin
| producer = Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth
| prev_title = The Time Has Come: The Best of Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = One Bright Day
| next_year = 1989
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Conscious Party
| type = studio
| single1 = Tomorrow People
| single1date = 1988
| single2 = Tumblin' Down
| single2date = 1988
| single3 = Lee & Molly
| single3date = 1988
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r69557|pure_url=yes}}|title=Conscious Party - Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers|last=Greene|first=Jo-Ann|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 8, 2012}}
|rev2= Rolling Stone|rev2Score= {{Rating|4|5}} }}
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.
The album saw the Melody Makers, the children of Bob Marley and Rita Marley- Ziggy, Stephen, Sharon and Cedella- who had been organised into a child band by their parents a decade earlier, step into global spotlight for their own talent- at the time public focus largely drawn towards band leader, lead vocalist and the album's chief composer Ziggy Marley.
Track listing
{{Track listing
|all_writing = Ziggy Marley, except where noted
|title1 = Conscious Party
|length1 = 4:54
|title2 = Lee and Molly
|length2 = 4:27
|title3 = Tomorrow People
|length3 = 3:38
|title4 = New Love
|length4 = 3:41
|title5 = Tumblin' Down
|writer5 = {{hlist|Tyrone Downie|Ziggy Marley}}
|length5 = 4:01
|title6 = We a Guh Some Weh
|length6 = 3:51
|title7 = A Who a Say
|writer7 = {{hlist|Z. Marley|Steve Marley}}
|length7 = 3:33
|title8 = Have You Ever Been to Hell
|length8 = 5:22
|title9 = We Propose
|length9 = 4:34
|title10 = What's True
|length10 = 3:27
|title11 = Dreams of Home
|length11 = 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
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1988–89) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Australia|34|artist=Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers|album=Conscious Party|rowheader=true|access-date=June 21, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|18|artist=Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers|album=Conscious Party|rowheader=true|access-date=June 21, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|4|artist=Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers|album=Conscious Party|rowheader=true|access-date=June 21, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|16|artist=Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers|album=Conscious Party|rowheader=true|access-date=June 21, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|23|artist=Ziggy Marley|rowheader=true|access-date=December 29, 2015}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|26|artist=Ziggy Marley|rowheader=true|access-date=December 29, 2015}} |
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1988)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1988|work=Billboard|access-date=June 21, 2021|archive-date=January 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123060504/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/the-billboard-200|url-status=live}}
| 52 |
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Single !Chart !Chart Position |
| rowspan="8"|1988
|rowspan="3"|"Tomorrow People" | {{center|39}} |
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| {{center|16}} |
| Australia (ARIA Charts){{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf}}
| {{center|36}} |
| rowspan="5"|"Tumblin' Down"
| Modern Rock Tracks | {{center|5}} |
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| {{center|43}} |
| Hot R&B Singles & Tracks
| {{center|1}} |
| Hot Dance Music/Club Play
| {{center|28}} |
| Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
| {{center|1}} |
{{col-end}}
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Ziggy Marley|title=Conscious Party|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1988|certyear=1988|access-date=August 23, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Ziggy Marley & Melody Makers|title=Conscious Party|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1988|certyear=1991}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers}}
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