No Place to Be
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No Place to Be is an album release from Hasidic Reggae
star Matisyahu
. The album does not contain any previously unreleased songs, but all of the tracks are remixed
or rerecorded versions of old songs. It also contains a cover of "Message in a Bottle
" by The Police
previously available only on Yahoo! Music
.
Packaged with the CD is a DVD
titled Live in Israel
directed by Matt Skerritt, produced by Gregg Gilmore and Calvin Aurand. The DVD
features live footage of Matisyahu's first concert in Israel
as well as his latest music video
, for Jerusalem (Out of Darkness Comes Light).
The DVD also contains 11 interviews with Matisyahu.
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...
star Matisyahu
Matisyahu
Matthew Paul Miller , better known by his Hebrew name and stage name Matisyahu, is an American Hasidic Jewish reggae and alternative rock musician....
. The album does not contain any previously unreleased songs, but all of the tracks are remixed
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
or rerecorded versions of old songs. It also contains a cover of "Message in a Bottle
Message in a Bottle (song)
"Message in a Bottle" is a 1979 song by The Police, from their second album, Reggatta de Blanc.The song is ostensibly about a story of a castaway on an island, who sends out a message in a bottle to seek love. A year later, he has not received any sort of response, and despairs, thinking he is...
" by The Police
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
previously available only on Yahoo! Music
Yahoo! Music
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.
Packaged with the CD is a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
titled Live in Israel
Live in Israel
Live in Israel is a concert DVD featuring Matisyahu and his band Roots Tonic performing live in Tel Aviv.The DVD also contains interviews and documentary footage shot in and around Jerusalem....
directed by Matt Skerritt, produced by Gregg Gilmore and Calvin Aurand. The DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
features live footage of Matisyahu's first concert in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
as well as his latest music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
, for Jerusalem (Out of Darkness Comes Light).
CD
| # | Track title | Album song originally appeared on | Producers | Reconstruction/Remixed |
| 1 | Jerusalem (Out of the Darkness Comes Light) Jerusalem (Out of the Darkness Comes Light) "Jerusalem" is a song by Hasidic Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu, produced by Jimmy Douglass & The Ill Factor, and first released in 2006 on his major label debut, Youth... |
Song: 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... Reconstruction: Jerusalem Single |
Sly and Robbie Sly and Robbie Sly and Robbie is the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production team of drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare who joined in the mid 1970s after having established themselves separately in Jamaica as professional musicians... |
Bill Laswell Bill Laswell Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner.... |
| 2 | Chop 'em Down | Shake off the Dust... Arise | Bill Laswell Bill Laswell Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner.... |
Bill Laswell Bill Laswell Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner.... |
| 3 | Warrior | Shake off the Dust... Arise | Bill Laswell Bill Laswell Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner.... |
Bill Laswell Bill Laswell Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner.... |
| 4 | Message in a Bottle | Reggatta de Blanc Reggatta de Blanc Reggatta de Blanc is the second album by The Police, released in 1979. It features the band's first two number 1 hits, "Message in a Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon".-Background:... (Cover by Matisyahu on Yahoo! Music Yahoo! Music Yahoo! Music, owned by Yahoo!, is the provider of a variety of music services, including Internet radio, music videos, news, artist information, and original programming... ) |
Sly & Robbie | Bill Laswell Bill Laswell Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner.... |
| 5 | Jerusalem (Swisha House Mix) | Youth | DJMichael Watts | |
| 6 | Youth (Small Stars Remix) | Youth | Adrock | Adrock and Jon Weiner |
| 7 | Message in a Bottle (dub version) | Reggatta de Blanc (Cover by Matisyahu on Yahoo! Music Yahoo! Music Yahoo! Music, owned by Yahoo!, is the provider of a variety of music services, including Internet radio, music videos, news, artist information, and original programming... ) |
Sly & Robbie | Bill Laswell |
DVD
| # | Title | Album song originally appeared on |
| 1 | Rastaman Chant | Burnin' (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... ) |
| 2 | Lord Raise me Up | Live at Stubb's Live at Stubb's (Matisyahu album) Live at Stubb's is a live album by Matisyahu. It was recorded live at Stubb's in Austin, Texas on February 19, 2005 under his record label Or Music. The album first debuted at #5 on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart, then seven months later it debuted at #176 on the Billboard 200... |
| 3 | Dispatch the Troops | Youth |
| 4 | Close My Eyes | Shake Off the Dust...Arise Shake Off the Dust...Arise Shake Off the Dust... Arise is Matisyahu's debut album and was released October 28, 2004 by JDub Records. It fell out of print following his move to Epic Records, and would remain a collector's item until it was remastered and reissued in October 2010, sold exclusively through his official website... |
| 5 | Warrior | Shake Off the Dust...Arise |
| 6 | Exaltation | Shake Off the Dust...Arise |
| 7 | Chop 'em Down | Shake Off the Dust...Arise |
| 8 | Late Night in Zion | Youth |
| 9 | Ancient Lullaby | Youth |
| 10 | King Without a Crown | Shake Off the Dust...Arise |
| 11 | Heights | Live at Stubb's Live at Stubb's (Matisyahu album) Live at Stubb's is a live album by Matisyahu. It was recorded live at Stubb's in Austin, Texas on February 19, 2005 under his record label Or Music. The album first debuted at #5 on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart, then seven months later it debuted at #176 on the Billboard 200... |
| 12 | What I'm Fighting For | Youth |
| Bonus | Jerusalem (Out of Darkness Comes Light) Music Video |
The DVD also contains 11 interviews with Matisyahu.