Conversations (Gentleman and Ky-Mani Marley album)

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Conversations
Studio album by
Gentleman & Ky-Mani Marley
ReleasedJune 26, 2016 (2016-06-26)
Studio
  • Circle House Studios (Miami, FL)
  • Soulfood Studios
GenreReggae
Label
Producer
Gentleman chronology
New Day Dawn
(2013) 		Conversations
(2016) 		Blaue Stunde
(2020)
Ky-Mani Marley chronology
Maestro
(2015) 		Conversations
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
laut.de[1]

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".[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Signs of the Times"
3:47
2."Skit 1"  0:22
3."Tomorrow"
  • Otto
  • K. Marley
  • Everold "Daddy Rings" Dwyer
  • Ben Bazzazian
  • Gentleman
  • Ben Bazzazian
3:53
4."Questions"
  • Otto
  • K. Marley
  • Morrison
  • Gentleman
  • Clay
3:32
5."Skit 2"  0:29
6."Jah Guide Over Us"
4:09
7."Mama"
  • Otto
  • K. Marley
  • Dwyer
  • Chin-Quee
Supa Dups3:36
8."Simmer Down" (featuring Marcia Griffiths)
  • Gentleman
  • Clay
2:39
9."Red Town"
  • Otto
  • Morrison
  • Gentleman
  • Clay
3:42
10."Hey"K. MarleyKy-Mani Marley4:35
11."Skit 3"  0:33
12."Uprising"
  • Otto
  • K. Marley
  • Dwyer
  • Morrison
  • Gentleman
  • Clay
3:08
13."No Solidarity"
  • Otto
  • K. Marley
  • Dwyer
  • Bazzazian
  • Boris Rogowski
  • Ben Bazzazian
  • Boris Rogowski
3:24
14."Way Out"
  • Otto
  • K. Marley
  • Morrison
  • Gentleman
  • Clay
3:37
15."Skit 4"  0:21
16."How I Feel"
  • Otto
  • K. Marley
  • Dwyer
  • Bazzazian
  • Gentleman
  • Ben Bazzazian
3:47
17."Motivation"
  • Otto
  • K. Marley
  • Dwyer
  • Martin Peter Willumeit
  • Jonas Nikolaus Lang
  • Paul Philipp Spurny
  • Sahin Kablan
Jugglerz3:13
18."Quality of Life"
  • Otto
  • K. Marley
  • Morrison
  • Gentleman
  • Clay
3:09

Additional personnel[edit]

  • Rolf Radny – executive producer
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
  • Henning Brix – artwork
  • Pascal Bünning – photography

Charts[edit]

Chart (2016) Peak
position
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[edit]

  1. ^ Ehrhardt, Jan. "Ein Meisterwerk moderner Pop-Musik". laut.de (in German). Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  2. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Gentleman & Ky-Mani Marley – Conversations" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  3. ^ "Ultratop.be – Gentleman & Ky-Mani Marley – Conversations" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  4. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Gentleman & Ky-Mani Marley – Conversations" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Gentleman & Ky-Mani Marley – Conversations" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Gentleman & Ky-Mani Marley – Conversations". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "Ky-Mani Marley Chart History (Reggae Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 24, 2023.

External links[edit]

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