Joy and Blues by Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers

Joy and Blues, the 1993 Virgin Records album from Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, came along a few years after Conscious Party and One Bright Day had pushed the Marley kids into the mainstream on their own terms. It's still a family business: Ziggy singing lead, with Stephen, Sharon and Cedella alongside him, the children of Bob and Rita Marley carrying reggae into the '90s with a lighter, poppier step.

The title splits the difference between sunshine and sorrow, and the record swings between the two. Lead single "Brothers and Sisters" got pitched straight at modern rock radio, a nod to the alternative crowd rather than just the reggae faithful, and it's the song from here that the countdowns remember. The album barely scraped onto the Billboard 200, but it earned a Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Album.

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