One Bright Day is the fourth album by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, released in 1989. It won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1990.[2]

One Bright Day
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 25, 1989
StudioCompass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
GenreReggae
Length54:38
LabelVirgin
ProducerChris Frantz, Glenn Rosenstein, Tina Weymouth, Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers chronology
Conscious Party
(1988)
One Bright Day
(1989)
Jahmekya
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Black My Story (Not History)"
4:16
2."One Bright Day"Ziggy Marley4:12
3."Who Will Be There"
  • Ziggy Marley
  • Stephen Marley
4:10
4."When the Lights Gone Out"Ziggy Marley4:09
5."All Love"Ziggy Marley4:39
6."Look Who's Dancing"
  • Ziggy Marley
  • Stephen Marley
5:00
7."Justice"Ziggy Marley4:12
8."Love Is the Only Law"
4:07
9."Pains of Life"Ziggy Marley3:46
10."Urb-an Music"Ziggy Marley2:54
11."Problems"4:02
12."All You Got"
  • Ziggy Marley
  • Stephen Marley
4:19
13."When the Lights Gone Out (Jamaican Stylee)""Ziggy Marley4:52
Total length:54:38

Charts edit

Chart (1989) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[3] 26
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4] 43

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ Promis, Jose F.. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. ^ Sherry Paprocki; Sean Dolan (1 January 2009). Bob Marley: Musician. Infobase Publishing. pp. 89–. ISBN 978-1-4381-0072-2. The next album, Conscious Party, won a Grammy Award for best reggae recording after being released in 1988. Several other albums followed, including the Grammy winners One Bright Day in 1989 and Fallen Is Babylon in 1997. Members of ...
  3. ^ "Ziggy Marley Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  4. ^ "Ziggy Marley Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  5. ^ "American album certifications – Ziggy Marley & Melody Makers – One Bright Day". Recording Industry Association of America.