Throw Down Your Arms
| Throw Down Your Arms | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 4 October 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Studio | Tuff Gong Studios and Anchor Studios in Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 95:36 | |||
| Label | Chocolate and Vanilla | |||
| Producer | Sly and Robbie | |||
| Sinéad O'Connor chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Blender | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| The Guardian | |
| Mojo | |
| Paste | 5/10 |
| Pitchfork | 6.8/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Uncut | |
| Under the Radar | 6/10 |
Throw Down Your Arms is the seventh studio album by Sinéad O'Connor, also known as her 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. In her memoir Rememberings, O'Connor said that she felt so strongly about making Throw Down Your Arms that she personally paid $400,000 of her own money for the record's production. 10 per cent of the profits went to support Rastafari elders in Jamaica.
The album contains a cover of the Bob Marley song "War", which O'Connor famously performed on Saturday Night Live in 1992 while ripping up a photo of Pope John Paul II.
The cover art depicts a photograph of O'Connor in the dress and veil she wore at her First Holy Communion as a child.