Track Listing

1. Fallen Is Babylon
2. Everyone Wants to Be - Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers, Wyclef Jean
3. People Get Ready
4. Postman
5. Brotherly Sisterly Love
6. Born to Be Lively
7. Long Winter
8. I Remember
9. Day by Day
10. Five Days a Year
11. Notice
12. Diamon City
13. Jah Bless
14. People Get Ready [R.H. Factor Reggae Vocal Mix]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #151753 in Music
• Released on: 1997-07-15
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers have finally resigned themselves to the fact that genes are greater than inspiration. While most rock brood-- Jakob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, Donovan Leitch--desperately kick to distance themselves from their paternal heritage, with each new album the Marley children of Jamaica move closer toward father Bob Marley's sound and acumen. On their eighth album Fallen Is Babylon, the Melody Makers surreally echo the late '70s, electric reggae work of their senior. Ziggy's voice has matured into a honeyed growl that is virtually indistinguishable from that of his father. The consciousness-rooted songwriting picks up where Bob left off with later tracks like `"Coming in from the Cold" and "Pimper's Paradise." And the whole project was consummated at the historic Tuff Gong Studio, rebuilt and rechristened Marley Music Studio. The problem is that as the Melody Makers evolve into the perfect Bob clone, they relinquish their own often imaginative identity. Stripped of the potent, passionate feel of the band's earlier discs, Fallen Is Babylon sounds like nothing more revelatory than a tribute album. --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews

Good, but not as good as Free Like We Want 2 B
The track with Wyclef is a pretty suprisingly good hip-hop track. It kind of has a western flavor to it. People Get Ready is a nice cover. It has the more mellow relaxing version and the upbeat version of the song too. Some of the other songs die down a bit and grow just a little weak. It still would have made their dad proud.

Ziggy's Best
This is definatly Ziggy's best. This disc stays in my changer at all times. Ziggy combines reggae and hip-hop very well on this album. "Postman," "Jah Bless," "Day By Day," and "Notice" are some of the best reggae songs out there. If you like reggae this is a must have!