Throw Down Your Arms

For the Burning Spear album, see Dry & Heavy (album).
Throw Down Your Arms
Studio album by Sinéad O'Connor
Released 4 October 2005
Recorded 2004 at Tuff Gong Studios and Anchor Studios in Kingston, Jamaica
Genre Reggae
Length CD 1: 47:27
CD 2: 48:09
Label Chocolate and Vanilla
Producer Sly and Robbie
Sinéad O'Connor chronology
Collaborations
(2005)		 Throw Down Your Arms
(2005)		 Theology
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(69/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Blender[1]
Entertainment.ie[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[1]
The Guardian[4]
The Observer[5]
Paste(5/10)[1][6]
Pitchfork Media(6.8/10)[7]
Robert Christgau[8]
Rolling Stone[1]

Throw Down Your Arms is Sinéad O'Connor's seventh studio album, and her first reggae album. O'Connor sings cover versions of classic roots reggae songs, with production by Sly and Robbie.

The album was recorded in Kingston, Jamaica at Tuff Gong Studios and Anchor Studios in 2004 and released by Chocolate and Vanilla on 4 October 2005. It sold over 250,000 copies worldwide, with 10 per cent of the profits going to support Rastafari elders in Jamaica.[9]

Track listing

CD 1 (Original versions)
1. Jah Nuh Dead 3.20
2. Marcus Garvey 3.28
3. Door Peep 3.22
4. He Prayed 3.27
5. Y Mas Gan 3.49
6. Curly Locks 4.22
7. Vampire 4.02
8. Prophet Has Arise 4.26
9. Downpressor Man 5.08
10. Throw Down Your Arms 4.02
11. Untold Stories 3.40
12. War 4.04
CD 2 (Dub versions)
1. Micah 4:1-5 about the Kingdom come and "swords into plowshares"

with last line reading: "All the peoples walk each in the name of their Gods."

 0.57
2. Jah Nuh Dead 3.12
3. Marcus Garvey 3.29
4. Door Peep 3.19
5. He Prayed 3.28
6. Y Mas Gan 3.51
7. Curly Locks 4.17
8. Vampire 4.01
9. Prophet Has Arise 4.24
10. Downpressor Man 5.07
11. Throw Down Your Arms 4.12
12. Untold Stories 3.42
13. War 4.04

The original songs were recorded by the following Jamaican reggae artists:

  1. "Marcus Say Jah No Dead" (Burning Spear in 1978)
  2. "Marcus Garvey" (Burning Spear in 1975)
  3. "Door Peep" (Burning Spear in 1976)
  4. "He Prayed" (Burning Spear in 1973)
  5. "Y Mas Gan" (The Abyssinians in 1969)
  6. "Curly Locks" (Junior Byles in 1974)
  7. "Vampire" (Devon Irons in 1976)
  8. "Prophet Has Arise" (Israel Vibration in 1978)
  9. "Downpressor Man" (Peter Tosh in 1977*)
  10. "Throw Down Your Arms" (Burning Spear in 1977)
  11. "Untold Stories" (Buju Banton in 1995)
  12. "War" (Bob Marley & The Wailers in 1976)

The Japanese version of the CD also includes:

"Move Out Of Babylon" (Johnny Clarke in 1974)
"Abendigo" (The Abyssinians in 1969)
"Jah Can Count On I" (Little Roy in 1975).

Personnel

Charts

Country Date Position Certification
Republic of Ireland 6 October 2005 17[10] Gold[11]
Billboard Independent Albums 2005 36[12]  
Billboard Reggae Albums 2005 4[12]  
French Album Charts 2005 26  
Italian Album Charts 2005 73  
Polish Album Charts 2005 24  

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Entertainment.ie review
  4. ↑ The Guardian review
  5. ↑ The Observer review
  6. ↑ Paste review
  7. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  8. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Sinéad O'Connor". Robert Christgau.
  9. ↑ Sinéad O'Connor: Throw Down Your Arms, Discogs. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  10. ↑ ChartTrack.co.uk Irish album charts week 40, 2005 Accessed: 2 November 2006
  11. ↑ IrishCharts.ie Gold certifications Accessed: 2 November 2006
  12. 1 2 Billboard.com Sinead O'Connor album chart history Accessed: 3 December 2006
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