''Hey World!'' is the second album by

Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers were a Jamaican-American reggae family group whose line-up consisted of the children of musicians, Bob Marley and Rita Marley, which includes lead singer Ziggy Marley with Sharon Marley, Cedella Marley, and ...

, released in 1986.

Production

Although now credited to Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Ziggy and Stephen Marley shared the songwriting and singing. The album was produced by David Marley,

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, Ricky Walters, and Grub Cooper.

Critical reception

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wrote that "the song arrangements and production may sound terribly dated today, but the strength of the songwriting, by both Ziggy and the fast maturing Stephen, and the pair's emotive vocal deliveries still pack a powerful punch and a keen vision." ''

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'' called the album "wonderful," writing that "the Melody Makers bend delightfully light reggae grooves to new stylistic ends." The ''

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'' wrote that Ziggy's "social and political commentaries bristle with informed insights, pointed observations and pithy pleas—all rather amazing from someone still in his teens."

Track listing

#"Give a Little Love" ( Albert Hammond,

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) #"Get Up Jah Jah Children" #"Hey World!" #"Fight to Survive" #"Freedom Road" #"Say People" #"666" #"Police Brutality" #"Lord We a Come" #"Reggae Revolution"

Personnel

* Ziggy Marley - vocals, guitar, percussion, synthesizer, backing vocals * Stephen Marley - vocals, backing vocals * Chinna Smith, Jimmy Haynes, Ricky Walters, Steve Golding - guitar *Alvin Ewen,

Robbie Shakespeare Robert Warren Dale Shakespeare (27 September 1953 – 8 December 2021) was a Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer, best known as half of the reggae rhythm section and production duo Sly and Robbie, with drummer Sly Dunbar. Regarded as ...

- bass *

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- drums *Ashley "Grub" Cooper - drums, piano *

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- piano *Andrew P. Richardson - saxophone *Charles E. Beasley - trumpet * Cedella Marley,

Sharon Marley Sharon Marley Pendergast (born 23 November 1964) is a Jamaican singer, dancer, and curator. She is the biological daughter of Rita Marley and was adopted by Bob Marley when the two married. She was in the group Ziggy Marley and the Melody Maker ...

- backing vocals * Rita Marley - executive producer

References

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