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Throw Down Your Arms is the seventh studio album by Sinéad O'Connor, also known as her 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. In her memoir Rememberings, O'Connor said that she felt so strongly about making Throw Down Your Arms that she personally paid $400,000 of her own money for the record's production. 10 per cent of the profits went to support Rastafari elders in Jamaica.
The album contains a cover of the Bob Marley song "War", which O'Connor famously performed on Saturday Night Live in 1992 while ripping up a photo of Pope John Paul II.
The cover art depicts a photograph of O'Connor in the dress and veil she wore at her First Holy Communion as a child.




Track listing



Note:

Sinéad O'Connor cover of "Downpressor Man" is closer to Peter Tosh recording made in 1977. But the song was previously recorded three other times by Peter Tosh with The Wailers: "Sinner Man" (1966, produced by Coxsone Dodd), "Downpresser" (1971, produced by Lee Perry) and "Oppressor Man" (1972, produced by Peter Tosh).
The cover of "Marcus Say Jah No Dead" is closer to Burning Spear's a cappella version featured on the Rockers soundtrack.
A few other reggae covers were done by Sinéad O'Connor when she was touring to promote the album, such as "Rivers Of Babylon" (by The Melodians), "None A Jah Jah Children No Cry" (by Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus), "Keep Cool Babylon" (by Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus), "Stepping Razor" and "Creation" (by Peter Tosh).




Personnel


Sinéad O'Connor – vocals, low whistle
Sly Dunbar – drums
Robbie Shakespeare – bass
Mikey Chung – lead guitar
Dalton Brownie – rhythm guitar
Glen Brownie – acoustic guitar on "Untold Stories"
Robbie Lyn – keyboards, Hammond organ
Carol "Bowie" McLaughlin – piano
Steven "Lenkky" Marsden – piano on "Curly Locks"
Uziah Thompson – percussion
Dean Fraser – saxophone
David Madden – trumpet
Pam Hall, Keisha Patterson, Katrina Harley – backing vocals




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External links


Throw Down Your Arms at Metacritic

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