Conversations (Gentleman and Ky-Mani Marley album)
Conversations is a collaborative studio album by German reggae musician Gentleman and Jamaican reggae/hip-hop artist Ky-Mani Marley. It was released on June 26, 2016, through Island/Vertigo/Capitol. Recording sessions took place at Circle House Studios in North Miami, Florida and at Soulfood Studios. Production was handled by Gentleman, Clayton Morrison, Ben Bazzazian,Supa Dups, Boris Rogowski, Di Genius, Jugglerz and Ky-Mani Marley, with Rolf Radny serving as executive producer. It features guest appearance from Marcia Griffiths on the cover version of The Wailers' song "Simmer Down".
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Released | June 26, 2016 | |||
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Genre | Reggae | |||
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laut.de | [1] |
The album peaked at number 4 on the Swiss Hitparade, number 6 in Austria, number 8 in Germany, number 139 in Flanders and number 156 in the Netherlands. It also made it to number 4 on the US Billboard Reggae Albums chart.
Music videos were released for eight songs—"Signs of the Times", "Mama" and "Simmer Down (Control Your Temper)" were directed by Noël Dernesch, "Tomorrow", "Uprising", "No Solidarity", "Motivation" and "How I Feel" were directed by Henning Brix.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Signs of the Times" |
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| 3:47 |
2. | "Skit 1" | 0:22 | ||
3. | "Tomorrow" |
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| 3:53 |
4. | "Questions" |
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| 3:32 |
5. | "Skit 2" | 0:29 | ||
6. | "Jah Guide Over Us" |
| 4:09 | |
7. | "Mama" |
| Supa Dups | 3:36 |
8. | "Simmer Down" (featuring Marcia Griffiths) |
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| 2:39 |
9. | "Red Town" |
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| 3:42 |
10. | "Hey" | K. Marley | Ky-Mani Marley | 4:35 |
11. | "Skit 3" | 0:33 | ||
12. | "Uprising" |
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| 3:08 |
13. | "No Solidarity" |
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| 3:24 |
14. | "Way Out" |
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| 3:37 |
15. | "Skit 4" | 0:21 | ||
16. | "How I Feel" |
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| 3:47 |
17. | "Motivation" |
| Jugglerz | 3:13 |
18. | "Quality of Life" |
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| 3:09 |
Additional personnel
- Rolf Radny – executive producer
- Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
- Henning Brix – artwork
- Pascal Bünning – photography
Charts
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2] | 6 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] | 139 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] | 156 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] | 8 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] | 4 |
US Reggae Albums (Billboard)[7] | 4 |
References
- Ehrhardt, Jan. "Ein Meisterwerk moderner Pop-Musik". laut.de (in German). Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- "Austriancharts.at – Gentleman & Ky-Mani Marley – Conversations" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- "Ultratop.be – Gentleman & Ky-Mani Marley – Conversations" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- "Dutchcharts.nl – Gentleman & Ky-Mani Marley – Conversations" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- "Offiziellecharts.de – Gentleman & Ky-Mani Marley – Conversations" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- "Swisscharts.com – Gentleman & Ky-Mani Marley – Conversations". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- "Ky-Mani Marley Chart History (Reggae Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
External links
- Gentleman & Ky-Mani Marley – Conversations at Discogs (list of releases)