Light is the third album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by reggae

Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

 singer Matisyahu, which was released on August 25, 2009. It was anticipated since his major label debut Youth

Youth (Matisyahu album)

Youth is an album by American Hasidic Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu, which was released on March 7, 2006. It is his second proper studio release, as Live at Stubb's is a live album...

released three years before. The album has been highly successful in the reggae world, holding the top spot on the billboard reggae albums chart for 34 weeks.

Album delay

Matisyahu had been working on his third album for nearly two years, making it the longest time he has ever spent making a record. The follow-up to Youth had been delayed several times before its release. First scheduled for early 2008, Light was pushed back numerous times because Matisyahu continued to tour off and on since the release of Youth. The new album's release date was set for April 21, 2009, but on March 3, the release date was pushed back to May 12, 2009. Then, once again, he pushed the release back, this time to Summer 2009, ostensibly because Matisyahu decided to record more new songs.
That date had already passed, and in a message from Matisyahu on Twitter the album is due to release on August 25. On May 27, Matisyahu's FaceBook page stated that the album was going to come out on August 25. On June 23 Light was made available for preorder on iTunes, with the single "One Day," a last minute addition to the album, available for download at the same time. Eventually, the official release date of August 25 was settled on. His third album finds him still creating the jam-band sound that made him popular, while shedding some light on his versatility. The theme of 'light' certainly ties the lyrical material together. On January 2, 2010 a remix to "One Day" surfaced which featured Akon

Akon

Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...

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Track list

1. "Smash Lies"
2. "We Will Walk"
3. "One Day
   One Day (Matisyahu song)
   "One Day" is a song by Hasidic Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu, and first released in 2009, his first single since Jerusalem . The song was also included as a last-minute addition to Matisyahu's album Light. The song expresses a hope for an end to violence and a prayer for a new era of peace and...
   
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4. "Escape"
5. "So Hi So Lo"
6. "I Will Be Light"
7. "For You"
8. "On Nature"
9. "Motivate"
10. "Struggla"
11. "Darkness Into Light"
12. "Thunder"
13. "Silence"

Bonus track on Israeli release

14. "Two Child One Drop"

Bonus track on Argentinean release

14. "One Day [feat. Fidel Nadal]"

The songs "Smash Lies," "So Hi So Lo," "Two Child One Drop," and "I Will Be Light" also appeared on Shattered EP

Shattered EP

Shattered EP is an EP by Orthodox Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu.-Track listing:#"Smash Lies" – 3:24#"So Hi So Lo" – 3:41#"Two Child One Drop" – 6:02#"I Will Be Light" - 3:35...

. The song "One Day" was featured on the video game NBA 2K10

iTunes bonus tracks

• "One Day (Remix)" (featuring Akon
  Akon
  Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...
  
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• "Temple"
• "Drown in the Now" (song by The Crystal Method
  The Crystal Method
  The Crystal Method is an American electronic music duo that was created in Los Angeles, California by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland in the early 1990s. The Crystal Method's music has appeared in numerous TV shows, films, video games, and advertisements. The most prominent is the US television...
  
  , appears on their 2009 album Divided by Night
  Divided by Night
  Divided by Night is electronic duo The Crystal Method's fourth studio album. The album was released on May 12, 2009. The first single, "Drown in the Now", which features vocals by Matisyahu, was released to the iTunes store on April 14, 2009, and the second single, "Black Rainbows" was released to...
  
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• "7 Beggars"
• "Escape" (The Louisville Light Session)
• "Smash Lies" (The Louisville Light Session)
• "So High So Low" (The Louisville Light Session)
• "Struggla" (The Louisville Light Session)
• "Thunder" (The Louisville Light Session)

Some versions of the album were also packaged with the EP Live at Twist & Shout

Live at Twist & Shout

Live at Twist & Shout is a live album by reggae artist Matisyahu released on August 25, 2009. The concert was recorded at a free Think Indie show in Denver, Colorado. The EP was packaged with some copies of the album Light...

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