Conversations (Gentleman and Ky-Mani Marley album)

Conversations
Conversations
Studio album by Gentleman & Ky-Mani Marley
Released	June 26, 2016
Studio	Circle House Studios (Miami, FL); Soulfood Studios;
Genre	Reggae
Label	Island; Vertigo/Capitol;
Producer	Ben Bazzazian; Boris Rogowski; Clayton Morrison; Di Genius; Gentleman; Jugglerz; Ky-Mani Marley; Supa Dups;
Gentleman chronology
Ky-Mani Marley chronology

ReleasedJune 26, 2016

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Circle House Studios (Miami, FL)
Soulfood Studios

GenreReggae

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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.

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]}

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Signs of the Times"	Tilmann Otto Ky-Mani Marley Clayton Morrison	Gentleman Clay	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"	Otto K. Marley Dwayne Chin-Quee Stephen McGregor	Supa Dups Di Genius	4:09
7.	"Mama"	Otto K. Marley Dwyer Chin-Quee	Supa Dups	3:36
8.	"Simmer Down" (featuring Marcia Griffiths)	Bob Marley Otto Dwyer	Gentleman Clay	2:39
9.	"Red Town"	Otto Morrison	Gentleman Clay	3:42
10.	"Hey"	K. Marley	Ky-Mani Marley	4:35
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	Jugglerz	3:13
18.	"Quality of Life"	Otto K. Marley Morrison	Gentleman Clay	3:09

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

v t e Gentleman
Studio albums	Trodin On (1999) Journey to Jah (2002) Confidence (2004) Another Intensity (2007) Diversity (2010) Conversations (w/ Ky-Mani Marley) (2016) New Day Dawn (2013) Blaue Stunde (2021)
Live albums	Gentleman & The Far East Band Live (2003)
Featured singles	"Roots to Grow"

v t e Ky-Mani Marley
Studio albums	Like Father Like Son (1996) The Journey (2000) Many More Roads (2001) Milestone (2004) Radio (2007)
Collaborative studio albums	Conversations (2016)
Featured singles	"Royalty"
Related articles	Bob Marley

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