The Harder They Come |  | Creators: Desmond Dekker, Jimmy Cliff, The Slickers
Label: Island
Category: Music
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Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 9450
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 586158
UPC: 731458615828
EAN: 0731458615828
ASIN: B00005LZWR
Release Date: June 26, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | You Can Get It If You Really Want | | • | Draw Your Breaks - Scotty | | • | Rivers of Babylon - The Melodians | | • | Many Rivers to Cross | | • | Sweet and Dandy - The Maytals | | • | Harder They Come | | • | Johnny Too Bad - The Slickers | | • | Shanty Town - Desmond Dekker | | • | Pressure Drop - The Maytals | | • | Sitting in Limbo | | • | You Can Get It If You Really Want | | • | Harder They Come |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Jamaican filmmaker Perry Henzell made reggae an integral player in his gritty 1973 saga of a renegade Kingston singer who becomes a modern Robin Hood, casting one of the style's earliest stars, Jimmy Cliff, in the lead, and filling this soundtrack--here presented in a remastered version--with classics from Toots & the Maytals ("Pressure Drop," "Sweet and Dandy"), Desmond Dekker ("Shanty Town"), the Melodians ("Rivers of Babylon"), and the Slickers ("Johnny Too Bad"). Cliff himself gets pole position, however, getting in the first ("You Can Get It If You Really Want") and last ("The Harder They Come") words in this first-rate reggae primer, which also features Cliff's enduring "Many Rivers to Cross." --Sam Sutherland
Album Description
Japanese digitally remastered reissue of 1973 soundtrack, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Featuring music mostly performed by Jimmy Cliff but also including tracks from Melodians, Maytals, The Slickers & Desmond Dekker.
Album Details
Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Not Roots Reggae But Good For What It Is May 5, 2009
Chris Luallen (Nashville, Tennessee)
Many people associate Jimmy Cliff with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. They were all early stars of reggae. But Cliff's music is actually quite different. It has less of the heavy bass and drums sound of the Wailers, with more influence from pop, soul and R&B. Cliff's lyrics are very personal and perhaps his greatest strength as an artist. I especially like his song "Sitting In Limbo", which Jerry Garcia and David Grisman do an excellent version of on one of their albums. The Melodians' "Rivers Of Babylon" and the Maytals' "Pressure Drop are two of the other cuts I most enjoyed.
This is distinctively Jamaican music. But drawn more from the ska and rocky steady eras. If you want the heavy duty roots reggae I would instead recommend artists like Peter Tosh and Burning Spear. But this is still good for what it is.
Classic August 27, 2008
Alexander Dannenbaum (Alameda, CA)
I bought the record when it first came out almost 35 years ago. I had long since sold off the album. I ordered the CD recently and it arrived on my birthday. At my party, I played the album, and it was the most popular of the evening collectively by young and old alike. This is really a reggae classic.
An Essential August 8, 2008
Denise Hamilton (Maine)
If you like reggae, I dare say this is the essential album, except for perhaps To Catch a Fire.
A lot of fun February 26, 2008
J. Carpenter (Lewes, DE USA)
I had this LP years ago, and loved it. Now without a turntable, I was so happy to find it re-released as a disc. It is very different, and a lot of fun to listen to. Real toe-tappers. A good one to play while cleaning the house....full of energy.
Some of the best pre - bob marley reggae January 11, 2008
S. Ferguson
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was reggae before Bob Marley. Jimmy Cliff was its king and the major exporter of the music, primarily to England. This recording is timeless. A lot of gems from a variety of artists featured.
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