| Joy and Blues | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers |
| Cover: | Joy And Blues.jpg |
| Released: | 1993 |
| Genre: | Reggae |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Producer: | Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers |
| Prev Title: | Jahmekya |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | Free Like We Want 2 B |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
Joy and Blues is a studio album by the reggae band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, released in 1993 on Virgin Records.[1] [2] The first single was "Brothers and Sisters", which was promoted to modern rock radio.[3]
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Reggae Album" category.[4] It peaked at No. 178 on the Billboard 200.[5]
"There She Goes" is a version of Bob Marley's "Stand Alone".[6] "African Herbsman" is a cover of the Richie Havens song, which Bob had covered in the early 1970s.[7]
Trouser Press stated: "Whether it's the familiarity of the sound, the concentration of energy or the band's congenital fluency in their father's tongue, the album is a solid winner."[8] The Calgary Herald wrote that Marley is "great at putting an uptempo, sunny sound on a song that's got a serious, even threatening undertow."
AllMusic noted that "the arrangements are more subtle than in the past, quietly enhancing the songs' atmospheres and lyrics."