Fly Rasta

Fly Rasta
Studio album by Ziggy Marley
Released	15 April 2014 (2014-04-15)
Recorded	September–November 2013 at Village Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Reggae, Rock, Funk, Soul, Pop
Length	35:50
Label	Tuff Gong Worldwide
Producer	Ziggy Marley, with additional production by Dave Cooley
Ziggy Marley chronology
Ziggy Marley In Concert (2012) Fly Rasta (2014)
Singles from Fly Rasta
"Fly Rasta" Released: 15 January 2014 (2014-01-15) "I Don't Wanna Live On Mars" Released: 15 April 2014 (2014-04-15)

Fly Rasta is the fifth solo studio album by Jamaican reggae artist Ziggy Marley, released on April 15, 2014, on Ziggy's own label, Tuff Gong Worldwide. The album marked Ziggy's return after the Grammy-winning album Ziggy Marley In Concert.

The first single, "I Don't Want To live on Mars", was released on iTunes on April 15, 2014 the same day as the album.

Aol.com released the video for "I Don't Want To Live On Mars" exclusively on their web-page. The music video features his real-life wife and kids in a dream sequence where their family traverses an unhealthy planet Earth. The song and video's imagery convey a unified message from Marley that we should treat the earth well so we do not all have to leave to live on mars.

Fly Rasta won the 'Best Reggae Album' Grammy in February 2015.^[1]

Reception

Fly Rasta received generally favorable reviews upon its release, with a 63/100 critic score on MetaCritic, based on six reviews.^[2]

Track listing

1. "I Don't Wanna Live On Mars"
2. "Fly Rasta (ft. U-Roy) "
3. "Lighthouse"
4. "Sunshine"
5. "Moving Forward (ft. Beezy Coleman)"
6. "You"
7. "So Many Rising"
8. "I Get Up (ft. Cedella Marley)"
9. "You're My Yoko"
10. "Give It Away"

All songs written by David Marley, 2013 Ishti Music (ASCAP) except "Give It Away" written by Jacob Luttrell, Geoffrey Early (APG/SESA/BMI) and David Marley (Ishti Music/ASCAP); and "Lighthouse" written by David Marley (Ishti Music/ASCAP) and Sam Martin (APG/ASCAP)

Band members

• Ziggy Marley - Lead vocals and guitar
• Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley, Rica Newell, Tracy Hazzard, Ian “Beezy” Coleman, Vincent Brantley, Sean Dancy and Tim Fowlles - Background vocals
• Cedella Marley - Background vocal arrangements
• Stephen Ferrone, Brian Macleod, James Gadsonand And Rock Deadrick - Drums
• Dave Wilder, Abraham Laboriel, Guy Perez And Paul Stennet - Bass
• Keys-Zac Rae, Mike Hyde, George Hughes, David Palmer and Brian Lebarton - Bass
• Lyle Workman, Takeshi Akimoto And Ian "Beezy" Coleman - Guitars
• Rock Deadrick And Randy Gloss - Percussion
• Taku Hirano - Taiko Drums
• Ronobir Lahiri - Sitar
• Todd Simon, Geoff Gallegoi, Fabio Santana, and Tracy Wannomae - Horns
• Liam Mccormick - String arrangements

Production

• Produced by Ziggy Marley
• Additional Production and Mastering Dave Cooley
• Mixed by Andrew Scheps
• Engineered by Isha Erskine
• Additional Engineering by Jared Hirshland
• Executive Producer: Orly Marley
• Production Manager: Matt Solodky
• Production Assistant: Michelle Rodriguez

Artwork

• Art Direction and Layout by Neville Garrick
• Cover Artwork and Imagery by Souther Salazar
• Layout by Rory Wilson

References

External links

• Ziggy Marley's official website