Shake Off the Dust... Arise

Shake Off the Dust... Arise is the first album by Matisyahu, was released on October 28, 2004, by JDub Records. It fell out of print following his move to Epic Records and remained a collector's item until it was remastered and reissued in October 2010, sold exclusively through his official website.[3] The album is now widely available as a digital download through standard retailers, albeit with modified cover art.[4]

Shake Off the Dust... Arise
Studio album by
Matisyahu
ReleasedOctober 12, 2004
Recorded12 Tribe Sound
GenreReggae
Length63:39
LabelJDub Records
ProducerDaniel Seliger
Alon Cohan
Matisyahu chronology
Shake Off the Dust... Arise
(2004)		 Live at Stubb's
(2005)
Matisyahu studio chronology
Shake Off the Dust.. Arise
(2004)		 Youth
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Sputnikmusic[2]

The album's name comes from the Hebrew liturgical poem "Lekhah Dodi" which is sung by most Jewish denominations in order to welcome the holy Sabbath, which in the poem is referred to as a bride.

Track listing
  1. "Chop 'em Down" – 5:45
  2. "Tzama L'Chol Nafshi (Psalm 63:2-3)" – 1:50
  3. "Got No Water" – 5:54
  4. "King Without a Crown" – 5:19
  5. "Interlude" – 0:54
  6. "Father in the Forest" – 4:59
  7. "Interlude" – 0:17
  8. "Aish Tamid" – 6:48
  9. "Short Nigun" – 1:46
  10. "Candle" – 6:22
  11. "Close My Eyes" – 4:55
  12. "Interlude" – 0:17
  13. "Exaltation" – 5:04
  14. "Refuge" – 3:28
  15. "Interlude" – 0:23
  16. "Warrior" – 7:23
  17. "Outro" – 2:15

Reissue

In 2010, the album was remastered and reissued with a new cover with a detailed pencil portrait of Matisyahu (real name: Matthew Miller), drawn by Diane Russell, overlaid on a Star of David.[5]

Personnel
  • Matisyahu Miller – vocals
  • Aaron Dugan – guitar (tracks 3, 8 & 11)
  • Josh Werner – bass guitar, keyboards, steel-string guitar (tracks 10 & 14)
  • Jonah David – drums (tracks 1, 3, 8, 10 & 11), percussion (tracks 4)
  • Marlon "Moshe" Sobol – melodica (tracks 3 & 8)
  • Yerachmiel Altizio – guitar (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 16)
  • Alon Cohan – drums (tracks 9 & 16), percussion (tracks 2, 3 & 13)
  • Rea Mochiach – drums (tracks 4 & 5)
  • Tom Mochiach – guitar (tracks 3, 4 & 10)
  • Lior Rachmany – guitar (tracks 13)
  • Pieter Woudt – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 & 16)
  • Rabbi Wircberg – spoken voice (tracks 5 & 15)
  • Rabbi Goldberg – spoken voice (tracks 17)

Produced and arranged by Alon Cohen Recorded and mixed by Alon Cohen

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Sputnikmusic review
  3. "shake off the dust... ARISE". Matisyahu World. Matisyahu. Archived from the original on October 15, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  4. "News & Press". Matisyahu World. Matisyahu. Archived from the original on October 26, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
  5. Diane Russell (October 12, 2010). "Matisyahu "Shake Off The Dust" CD Cover Art". Retrieved August 16, 2021.


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