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.
Throw Down Your Arms | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 4 October 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2004 | |||
Studio | Tuff Gong Studios and Anchor Studios in Kingston, Jamaica | |||
Genre | Reggae | |||
Length | 95:36 | |||
Label | Chocolate and Vanilla | |||
Producer | Sly and Robbie | |||
Sinéad O'Connor chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 69/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Blender | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B[4] |
The Guardian | [5] |
Mojo | [6] |
Paste | 5/10[7] |
Pitchfork | 6.8/10[8] |
Rolling Stone | [9] |
Uncut | [10] |
Under the Radar | 6/10[11] |
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. Sinead O'Connor says in her book Rememberings, that she felt so strongly about making "Throw Down Your Arms", she personally paid $400,000 of her own money for the record's production. Which actually contains the Bob Marley War song she narrated on Saturday Live, before ripping up a photo of the Pope. 10 per cent of the profits went to support Rastafari elders in Jamaica.
CD 1 (Original versions) | ||
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1. | "Jah Nuh Dead" | 3:20 |
2. | "Marcus Garvey" | 3:28 |
3. | "Door Peep" | 3:22 |
4. | "He Prayed" | 3:27 |
5. | "Y Mas Gan" | 3:49 |
6. | "Curly Locks" | 4:22 |
7. | "Vampire" | 4:02 |
8. | "Prophet Has Arise" | 4:26 |
9. | "Downpressor Man" | 5:08 |
10. | "Throw Down Your Arms" | 4:02 |
11. | "Untold Stories" | 3:40 |
12. | "War" | 4:04 |
Total length | 47:27 |
CD 2 (Dub versions) | ||
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1. | Micah 4:1-5 about the Kingdom come and "swords into plowshares" with last line reading: "All the peoples walk each in the name of their Gods." |
0:57 |
2. | "Jah Nuh Dead" | 3:12 |
3. | "Marcus Garvey" | 3:29 |
4. | "Door Peep" | 3:19 |
5. | "He Prayed" | 3:28 |
6. | "Y Mas Gan" | 3:51 |
7. | "Curly Locks" | 4:17 |
8. | "Vampire" | 4:01 |
9. | "Prophet Has Arise" | 4:24 |
10. | "Downpressor Man" | 5:07 |
11. | "Throw Down Your Arms" | 4:12 |
12. | "Untold Stories" | 3:42 |
13. | "War" | 4:04 |
Total length | 48:09 |
The original songs were recorded by the following Jamaican reggae artists:
The Japanese version of the CD also includes:
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] | 200 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] | 67 |
French Albums (SNEP)[14] | 26 |
Irish Albums (IRMA)[15] | 17 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[16] | 73 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[17] | 36 |
US Reggae Albums (Billboard)[18] | 4 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Ireland (IRMA)[19] | Gold | 7,500^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |