Conscious Party is Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers' third album. It was released in 1988. This album became popular with the hits "Tumblin' Down" and "Tomorrow People". It won the Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 for Best Reggae album in 1989.

In 2009, "Tomorrow People" was voted the 85th greatest one-hit wonder of the 80s by Vh1

VH1

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Track listing

All tracks by Ziggy Marley

Ziggy Marley

David "Ziggy" Marley is a Jamaican musician and leader of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. He is the oldest son of famed reggae musician Bob Marley...

 except where noted

1. "Conscious Party" – 4:54
2. "Lee and Molly" – 4:27
3. "Tomorrow People" – 3:38
4. "New Love" – 3:41
5. "Tumblin' Down" (Tyrone Downie, Marley) – 4:01
6. "We a Guh Some Weh" – 3:51
7. "A Who a Say" (Mayley, Steve Marley) – 3:33
8. "Have You Ever Been to Hell" – 5:22
9. "We Propose" – 4:34
10. "What's True" – 3:27
11. "Dreams of Home" – 4:54

Personnel

• Rita Marley
  Rita Marley
  Alpharita Constantia Anderson , better known as Rita Marley, and sometimes called "Nana Rita", is the widow of reggae legend/musician Bob Marley, and a member of the trio the I Threes, Bob Marley's backup singers.-Biography:...
  
   - Background Vocals
• Jerry Harrison
  Jerry Harrison
  Jerry Harrison is an American songwriter, musician and producer...
  
   - Hammond Organ
• Cedella Marley Booker - Background Vocals
• Chris Frantz
  Chris Frantz
  Chris Frantz is an American musician and record producer. He was the drummer for both Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club.-Career:...
  
   - Producer
• Mulu Gessesse - Guitar
• Zeleke Gessesse - Bass
• Ziggy Marley
  Ziggy Marley
  David "Ziggy" Marley is a Jamaican musician and leader of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. He is the oldest son of famed reggae musician Bob Marley...
  
   - Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocals
• Stephen Marley
  Stephen Marley (musician)
  Stephen Robert Nesta "Raggamuffin" Marley is a Jamaican American musician and the son of reggae legend Bob Marley and his wife Rita Marley. He is a five-time Grammy award winner as an artist, producer, and member of Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers.-Life and career:Marley was born in Wilmington,...
  
   - Vocals, Background Vocals
• Dereje Makonnen - Keyboards, Composer
• Sharon Pendergast - Background Vocals
• Lenny Pickett - Clarinet, Piccolo, Saxophone, Contrabass
• Gary Pozner - Keyboards
• Melaku Retta - Keyboards
• Keith Richards
  Keith Richards
  Keith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...
  
   - Guitar
• Chris Romanelli
• Glenn Rosenstein - Engineer
• Mark Roule - Tambourine
• Asrat Aemro Selassie - Percussion, Bongos, Conga, Tambourine, Background Vocals, Vibraslap, Cabassa, Wood Block
• Earl "Chinna" Smith - Guitar
• Raphael W'Mariam - Drums, Timbales
• Franklyn Waul - Keyboards
• Laura Weymouth - Background Vocals
• Tina Weymouth
  Tina Weymouth
  Martina Michèle "Tina" Weymouth is an American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the New Wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club .-Profile:Weymouth is of French heritage on her mother's side. Weymouth was a cheerleader in high school...
  
   - Background Vocals, Producer

Chart success

Billboard Music Charts (North America)

Year	Chart	Highest Chart Position
1988	Top R&B Albums	#26
1988	Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	#23
1989	Billboard 200	#23
1989	Top R&B Albums	#26

Year	Single	Chart	Highest Chart Position
1988	"Tomorrow People"	Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	#39
1988	"Tumblin' Down"	Modern Rock Tracks	#5
1988	"Tumblin' Down"	Hot R&B Singles & Tracks	#1
1988	"Tumblin' Down"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#28
1988	"Tumblin' Down"	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	#1
1988	"Tomorrow People"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	#16