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 2 July 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.

Love Is My Religion
Studio album by
Released2 July 2006
GenreReggae
Length47:57
LabelTuff Gong Worldwide,[1] Cooking Vinyl[2]
ProducerZiggy Marley
Ross Hogarth
Ziggy Marley chronology
Dragonfly
(2003)
Love Is My Religion
(2006)
Family Time
(2009)

Track listing

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  1. "Into the Groove"
  2. "Love Is My Religion"
  3. "Make Some Music"
  4. "Friend"
  5. "Black Cat"
  6. "Beach in Hawaii"
  7. "A Lifetime"
  8. "Be Free"
  9. "Keep on Dreaming"
  10. "Still the Storm"
  11. "Love Is My Religion" (acoustic)
  12. "Be Free" (Dub)
  13. "Jammin'" (live) (UK bonus track)
  14. "Dragonfly" (live) (UK bonus track)
  15. "Look Who's Dancing" (live) (UK bonus track)

Personnel

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  • Takeshi Akimoto – Guitar
  • Tommy Barbarella – Fender Rhodes
  • Ron Blake- Horn
  • Ken Chastain – Percussion
  • Luis Conte – Percussion
  • Joel Derouin – Violin
  • Paul Fakhourie – Bass
  • Aaron Fessel – Assistant Engineer
  • Lior Goldenberg – Assistant Engineer
  • Tracy Hazzard – Background Vocals
  • Ross Hogarth – Percussion, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
  • Suzie Katayama – Conductor, String Arrangements
  • Brian Malouf – Mixing
  • Stephen Marley – Guitar
  • Ziggy Marley – Organ, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Keyboards, Producer, Liner Notes
  • Marc Moreau – Guitar, Engineer, Mixing
  • Gregory J. Morris – Assistant Engineer
  • Natasha Pierce – Background Vocals
  • Tim Pierce – Guitar
  • David Ralicke – Horn, Saxophone
  • Michele Richards – Violin
  • Jake Shimabukuro – Ukulele
  • Rudolph Stein – Cello
  • Tracy Wannomae – Flute, Horn
  • Dan Warner – Acoustic Guitar
  • Dave Way – Synthesizer, Mixing

Chart performance

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Album

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Chart Provider(s) Peak
position
Certification Sales/
shipments
Billboard Top Reggae Albums (U.S.)[3] Billboard 6 Not certified N/A

References

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  1. ^ Tamarkin, Jeff. "Love Is My Religion - Ziggy Marley". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. ^ Ahmad, Azeem (10 July 2006). "Ziggy Marley – Love Is My Religion". Music OMH. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  3. ^ Ziggy Marley Artist Chart Position at Billboard
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