JIMMY CLIFF – The Harder They Come – South African DVD *New*

He contributes three excellent songs: the hymnal “Many Rivers to Cross”, “You Can Get it if You Really Want”, and “The Harder They Come” (the latter two are repeated at the end of the album, but you probably wanted to hear them again anyway).

Interestingly, the better production values of his songs actually seems to detract from them when compared to the rougher, but less sanitized, mixes of the other tracks.  All the songs on this collection are excellent, but som truly stand out.  Toots & The Mayals deliver two high energy songs with “Sweet and Dandy” and “Pressure Drops” (covered by the Clash among others).  Scotty develops a mellow, loing groove on “Stop That Train” (not the same as the Wailers song by the same name) and the Slickers prove on “Johnny Too Bad” that you don’t have to spout profanity or graphic violence to convey danger.

The Harder They Come is strongly recommended both for the casual listener interested in getting a sense of reggae music and the more serious enthusiast. Collections don’t come much better then this.  Toby Ball, All Music Guide.

1. You Can Get It If You Really Want
2. Draw Your Breaks
3. Rivers of Babylon
4. Many Rivers to Cross
5. Sweet and Dandy
6. The Harder They Come
7. Johny Too Bad
8. Shanty Town
9. Pressure Drop
10. Sitting in Limbo
11. You Can Get it if you Really Want
12. The Harder They Come

Starring:

Jimmy Cliff
Carl Bradshaw
Basil Keane
Janet Bartley
Winston Stona
Bobby Charlton

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