{{Infobox album | name = Play the Game Right | type = Studio | artist = Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers | cover = ZMMM_PlaytheGame.jpg | alt = | released = 1985 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Tuff Gong Recording Studios, Kingston, Jamaica | genre = Reggae | length = | label = EMI Records<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARrDQKqFo7AC&dq=play+the+game+right+ziggy+marley+1985&pg=PA177|title=Reggae & Caribbean Music|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=November 15, 2002|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306557|via=Google Books}}</ref> | producer = Ashley "Grub" Cooper, David Marley, Richard Walters, Tyrone Downie<ref>{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=717}}</ref> | prev_title = Children Playing | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = Hey World! | next_year = 1986 }} {{album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/play-the-game-right-mw0000201961|title=Play the Game Right - Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers, Ziggy Marley | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref> |rev2 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' |rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=512}}</ref> }} '''''Play the Game Right''''' is the debut album by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, released in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ziggy-marley-the-melody-makers-mn0000600720/biography|title=Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2003-07-20-0307180622-story.html|title=ZIGGY MARLEY ROAMS BEYOND FAMILY TIES|website=Sun-Sentinel.com}}</ref> The album was executive produced by Rita Marley.
The album was nominated for a Grammy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-04-18-8803090711-story.html|title='ZIGGY' MARLEY FOLLOWS FATHER TO FOREFRONT OF REGGAE MUSIC|first=Chris|last=Heim|website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref>
==Critical reception== AllMusic called ''Play the Game Right'' "an excellent album, and a formidable debut," praising the "clean sound that balances a rootsy feel with a lilting poppy edge."<ref name="auto"/> ''Trouser Press'' called it "attractive and surprisingly accomplished for such young musicians."<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/ziggy-marley-and-the-melody-makers/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref>
==Track listing== All tracks composed by David "Ziggy" Marley; except where indicated #"Naah Leggo" #"What a Plot" #"Play the Game Right" #"Aiding and Abetting" #"Revelation" (Ziggy Marley, Richard Booker) #"Children Playing in the Streets" (Bob Marley) #"Reggae Is Now" (Live) #"Unuh Nuh Listen Yet" (Ziggy Marley, Constantine "Vision" Walker) #"Rising Sun" #"Natty Dread Rampage"
==Personnel== *Ziggy Marley - vocals, guitar, percussion *Chinna, Richard Walters, Steve Golding - acoustic guitar *Aston Barrett, Owen "Dreadie" Reid, Richard Walter - bass *Ashley "Grub" Cooper, Carlton Barrett - drums *Ashley "Grub" Cooper, Harry "T" Powell, Steve Golding, Sticky - percussion *"Wire" Lindo, Tyrone Downie - piano, organ *Ashey "Grub" Cooper, Dean Fraser, Glen DaCosta - saxophone *David Madden, Junior "Chico" Chin, Seymour Powell - trumpet *Calvin "Bubbles" Cameron, Everald Gayle, Ronald "Nambo" Robinson - trombone *Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley, Stephen Marley - backing vocals ;Technical *Rita Marley - executive producer *Errol Brown, Scientist - engineers
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Category:1985 debut albums Category:Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers albums Category:EMI Records albums