Throw Down Your Arms is Sinéad O'Connor's seventh studio album, and her first reggae album. O'Connor sings cover versions of classic roots reggae songs, with production by Sly and Robbie.
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. It sold over 250,000 copies worldwide, with 10 per cent of the profits going to support Rastafari elders in Jamaica.
The original songs were recorded by the following Jamaican reggae artists:
Dry & Heavy is an album by reggae artist Burning Spear. It was released in 1977 on Island Records.
Throwdown or Throw Down may refer to:
Throw Down (simplified Chinese: 柔道龙虎榜; traditional Chinese: 柔道龍虎榜) is a 2004 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Johnnie To and starring Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying and Tony Leung Ka-fai. Director To dedicated the film, one of his most personal films to date, to the late Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. (cf Sanshiro Sugata) It premiered at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.
Throw Down is the debut studio album by Canadian country music artist Tim Hicks. It was released on August 27, 2013 via RGK Entertainment Group/Open Road Recordings. It debuted at number 16 on the Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for the week of September 14, 2013.
Throw Down was nominated for Country Album of the Year at the 2014 Juno Awards.
Kayla Tinson of Top Country gave the album four stars out of five, writing that it is "aptly named, packed full of fun-inducing party songs you’ll want to listen to again and again."
Until the philosophy,
which holds one race superior
and another inferior,
is finally and permanently
discredited and abandoned,
everywhere is war.
Until there is no longer first class
or second class citizens of any nation.
Until the color of a mans skin,
is of no more significance then
the color of his eyes,
Ive got to say