Kaya (album)

Kaya
Studio album by Bob Marley & the Wailers
Publication (s)	March 23, 1978
Label (s)	Tuff Gong / Island Records
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	reggae
Title (number)	10
running time	36:59
occupation	Vocals / rhythm guitar / percussion : Bob Marley Bass / Percussion : Aston Barrett Drums / Percussion : Carlton Barrett Keyboard / percussion : Tyrone Downie Percussion : Alvin Patterson Lead guitar : Junior Marvin Drums : Winston Grennan Trumpet : Glen DaCosta Trumpet : David Madden Saxophone : Vin Gordon Backing vocals : The I-Threes
production	Bob Marley & the Wailers
Studio (s)	Island Studios in London
chronology Exodus (1977) Kaya Babylon by Bus (1978)

Kaya is the title of an album by Jamaican reggae musicians Bob Marley & The Wailers and was released on March 23, 1978. Kaya is a word from the Jamaican patois and means something like "grass" or " hemp ".

The songs on the album were written in England at the end of 1976 during the same recording sessions as those on the album Exodus , but overall they are far less combative. They are mostly love songs and tributes to the power of marijuana . The songs Is This Love? and Sun Is Shining .

The album received a rather negative review due to its commercial orientation and the sometimes very simply rhyming lyrics. The Rolling Stone Magazine called lyrics like I wanna love you, and treat you right, I wanna love you, every day and every night as from the rhyming dictionary quotes .

The back of the record cover featured a drawing (by Neville Garrick) of a burning joint. In Japan, the album was released with a different cover due to concerns about this drawing.

The CD contains the bonus track Smile Jamaica , which was originally released as the back of Satisfy my Soul and did not appear on the LP.

Track list

1. Easy Skanking - 2:53
2. Kaya - 3:15
3. Is This Love? - 5:01
4. Sun Is Shining (Version '77) - 4:58
5. Satisfy My Soul - 4:30
6. She's Gone - 2:25
7. Misty Morning - 3:32
8. Crisis - 3:43
9. Running Away - 4:15
10. Time Will Tell - 3:25
11. Smile Jamaica - 4:42

Web links

• Review at Rolling Stone
• Review at Popmatters

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1. ↑ http://niceup.com/patois.txt
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bobmarley/albums/album/93541/review/6067629/kaya
4. ↑ http://www.joewein.de/kaya.htm
5. ↑ Review at Allmusic