{{Infobox album | name = More Family Time | type = studio | artist = Ziggy Marley | cover = More Family Time.jpg | alt = | released = 2020 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = | label = Tuff Gong | producer = | prev_title = Rebellion Rises | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = | next_year = }}
'''''More Family Time''''' is an album by Jamaican musician Ziggy Marley, released in 2020 and featuring numerous special guests including Alanis Morissette,<ref name="martoccio">{{cite magazine|last=Martoccio |first=Angie |title=Ziggy Marley Announces New LP Featuring Tom Morello, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ziggy-marley-play-with-sky-more-family-time-1033597/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 24, 2020|access-date=August 6, 2021}}</ref> Busta Rhymes,<ref name="doyle"/> Sheryl Crow,<ref name="martoccio"/> Lisa Loeb,<ref name="horn"/> Tom Morello,<ref name="sutton">{{cite web|last=Sutton|first=Larson|title=Ziggy Marley Makes 'More Family Time'|url=https://relix.com/articles/detail/ziggy-marley-makes-more-family-time/|work=Relix|date=September 24, 2020|access-date=August 6, 2021}}</ref> and Ben Harper.<ref name="relix1">{{cite web|title=Ben Harper Dedicates New Song with Ziggy Marley to the Memory of Juan Nelson|url=https://relix.com/news/detail/ben-harper-dedicates-new-song-with-ziggy-marley-to-the-memory-of-juan-nelson/|work=Relix|date=July 17, 2021|access-date=August 6, 2021}}</ref>
A portion of the proceeds from ''More Family Time'' will be given to Marley's 501(c)3 URGE.<ref name="martoccio"/><ref name="sutton"/>
==Production==
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Marley found himself preoccupied with family issues and homelife which led to writing a follow-up to his 2009 children's album ''Family Time''.<ref name="doyle">{{cite magazine|last=Doyle|first=Patrick|title=Why Ziggy Marley Made a Children's Album During Quarantine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ziggy-marley-childrens-album-more-family-time-interview-1065639/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 23, 2021|access-date=August 6, 2021}}</ref> Marley recorded the album in his home studio and then reached out to friends to add to the tracks.<ref name="doyle"/>
The album featured Marley's family<ref name="sutton"/> and was inspired by many of their activities.<ref name="horn">{{cite web|last=Horn|first=Mark C.|title=Ziggy Marley's New Children's Album Is a Family Affair |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/ziggy-marleys-new-childrens-album-more-family-time-is-an-exercise-in-unity-11504308|work=Phoenix New Times|date=October 20, 2020 |access-date=August 6, 2021}}</ref>
{{quote|We kind of adapted our lifestyle; we started doing things as a family we wouldn’t normally have done if the kids were in school," he explains. "We made up our own camp games, and did stuff outside, and everything we did at that time, outside of making that album, was part of the creative process.<ref name="horn"/>}}
One song, "My Dog Romero", is about the family dog, a lagotto Romagnolo,<ref>{{cite web|last=Polynn|first=Glenn|title=Dog Dad: Ziggy Marley on Responsible Pet Products|url=https://www.petage.com/dog-dad-ziggy-marley-responsible-pet-products-romeo-music-reggae/|work=Pet Age|date=August 1, 2021|access-date=August 6, 2021}}</ref> adopted shortly before the pandemic began.<ref name="doyle"/>
==Track listing== All songs written and produced by Ziggy Marley, except where noted.
{{Track listing | headline = ''More Family Time'' {{nobold|– Digital edition}} | extra_column = Writer(s) | total_length = 33:06 | title1 = Play with Sky | note1 = feat. Ben Harper | length1 = 2:33 | title2 = Everywhere You Go | note2 = feat. Sheryl Crow | length2 = 3:10 | title3 = Music Is in Everything | note3 = feat. Lisa Loeb | length3 = 3:24 | title4 = Move Your Body | note4 = feat. Tom Morello, Busta Rhymes and Isaiah Marley | length4 = 3:49 | title5 = Jambo | note5 = feat. Angelique Kidjo | writer5 = {{hlist|Edebe Kalambay|Russell Robinson|Teddy Kalanda Harrison|Marley}} | length5 = 4:19 | title6 = Please Excuse Me Thank You | note6 = feat. Alanis Morissette | length6 = 2:51 | title7 = Garden Song of Miracle | note7 = feat. Stephen Marley | length7 = 3:11 | title8 = Goo Goo Ga Ga | length8 = 3:13 | title9 = My Dog Romeo | length9 = 2:46 | title10 = Wonderful People | note10 = feat. Judah Marley, Gideon Marley & Abraham Marley |length10 = 3:47 }}
{{Track listing | headline = ''More Family Time'' {{nobold|– CD edition}} | title11 = Today I Feel Silly | note11 = feat. Jamie Lee Curtis reading her kids’ book }}
==Reviews== ''Rolling Stone'' gave the album 3/5 stars and called it "an ideal time filler for parents looking for something/anything to put on the stereo and get your kids shaking out the sillies between bouts of remote learning."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Dolan|first=Jon|title=Ziggy Marley's 'More Family Time' Is a Feelgood Party For the Kids |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/ziggy-marley-more-family-time-1062245/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 18, 2021|access-date=August 6, 2021}}</ref>
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Category:2020 albums Category:Children's music albums Category:Ziggy Marley albums