''Love Is My Religion'' is

Ziggy Marley David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician, actor and philanthropist. He is the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He led the family band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers until 200 ...

's second

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'', after the

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

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's label

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, and carries on his

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-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.

Track listing

# "Into the Groove" # "Love Is My Religion" # "Make Some Music" # "Friend" # "Black Cat" # "Beach in Hawaii" # "A Lifetime" # "Be Free" # "Keep on Dreaming" # "Still the Storm" # "Love Is My Religion" ( acoustic) # "Be Free" ( Dub) # "Jammin'" (live) (UK bonus track) # "Dragonfly" (live) (UK bonus track) # "Look Who's Dancing" (live) (UK bonus track)

Personnel

*Takeshi Akimoto – Guitar *

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– Fender Rhodes *Ron Blake- Horn *

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– Percussion *

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– 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 *

– Organ, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Keyboards, Producer, Liner Notes *Marc Moreau – Guitar, Engineer, Mixing *Gregory J. Morris – Assistant Engineer *Natasha Pierce – Background Vocals *

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– Guitar *David Ralicke – Horn, Saxophone *Michele Richards – Violin *

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– Ukulele *Rudolph Stein – Cello *Tracy Wannomae – Flute, Horn *Dan Warner – Acoustic Guitar *Dave Way – Synthesizer, Mixing

Chart performance

Album

References

External links

''Love Is My Religion''
at Marley's website * ''Love Is My Religion''at

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