Love Is My Religion is Ziggy Marley

Ziggy Marley

David "Ziggy" Marley is a Jamaican musician and leader of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. He is the oldest son of famed reggae musician Bob Marley...

's second solo album

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, the first being Dragonfly, after the 2000

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 end of Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers. The album was released on July 2, 2006 by father Bob Marley

Bob Marley

Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...

's label Tuff Gong Worldwide

Tuff Gong

Tuff Gong is a record label that was formed by the reggae group The Wailers in 1970 and named after Bob Marley's nickname, which was in turn an echo of that given to founder of the Rastafari movement, Leonard "The Gong" Howell. The first single on the label was "Run For Cover" by The Wailers...

, and carries on his reggae

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-style pop

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 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.

Track listing

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
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    )
12. "Be Free" (Dub
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    )
13. "Jammin'" (live) (UK bonus track)
14. "Dragonfly" (live) (UK bonus track)
15. "Look Who's Dancing" (live) (UK bonus track)

Personnel

• Takeshi Akimoto - Guitar
• Tommy Barbarella
  Tommy Barbarella
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   - Fender Rhodes
• Ken Chastain
  Ken Chastain
  Kenneth Lee Chastain , is a musician, engineer, and producer currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is featured on percussion on Ziggy Marley's Love Is My Religion album and many other well-known artists' works...
  
   - 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

Album

Chart	Provider(s)	Peak position	Certification	Sales/ shipments
Billboard Top Reggae Albums Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...  (U.S.)	Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...	6	Not certified	N/A

External links

• Love Is My Religion at Marley's website
• [ Love Is My Religion] at Allmusic