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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers · 1977 · Track 8
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Duración5:46
ÁlbumExodus
Año1977
ISRCUSIR29905024
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The story behind
When you immerse yourself in *Turn Your Lights Down Low*, you encounter a piece that invites intimacy. The song's duration, 3:39, gives us space to get carried away by its atmosphere. What's interesting is that, within the album *Exodus*, this is the only B-side track that wasn't chosen to be released as a single at the time. However, its essence would endure, and years later, in 1999, a revised version with Lauryn Hill would give it new momentum, topping the charts in New Zealand and Romania, and earning a Grammy Awards nomination. This collaboration, which fuses the voice of Bob Marley with that of Lauryn Hill, is from the compilation album *Chant Down Babylon* (1999), a project that brought together reinterpretations of Marley's songs by contemporary artists.
The original recording of *Turn Your Lights Down Low* was conceived in the context of the album *Exodus*, released in June 1977. This work, the ninth studio album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, was produced by Bob Marley himself and the band, with the assistance of engineers such as Terry Barham, Guy Bidmead, and Karl Pitterson. The mixing involved Aston “Family Man” Barrett, Chris Blackwell, and Karl Pitterson. The album *Exodus* is characterized by a relaxed sound, with pulsating bass and a prominence of piano, trumpet, and guitar. Thematically, it moves away from complex narratives to explore ideas about change, religious politics, and sexuality, dividing into two parts: one focused on the political-religious and the other on love and faith. The recording context of *Exodus* was marked by personal events, as after an assassination attempt in December 1976, Bob Marley moved to London, where the album was completed.