Conscious Party

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Conscious Party is Ziggy Marley and 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 for Best Reggae Album in 1989.

The album saw the Melody Makers, the children of Bob Marley and Rita Marley- Ziggy, Stephen, Sharon and Cedella- who had been organised into a child band by their parents a decade earlier, step into global spotlight for their own talent- at the time public focus largely drawn towards band leader, lead vocalist and the album's chief composer Ziggy Marley.

Personnel

• Rita Marley - background vocals
• Jerry Harrison - Hammond organ
• Cedella Marley - background vocals
• Chris Frantz - producer
• Mulu Gessesse - guitar
• Zeleke Gessesse - bass
• Ziggy Marley - guitar, vocals, background vocals
• Stephen Marley - vocals, background vocals
• Dereje Makonnen - keyboards, composer
• Sharon Marley Pendergast - background vocals
• Lenny Pickett - clarinet, piccolo, saxophone, contrabass
• Gary Pozner - keyboards
• Melaku Retta - keyboards
• Keith Richards - lead guitar on "Lee and Molly"
• 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 "Bubbler" Waul - keyboards
• Laura Weymouth - background vocals
• Tina Weymouth - background vocals, producer

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (1988–89)	Peak position

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Position
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Singles

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	"Tumblin' Down"	Modern Rock Tracks	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
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