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Music : Harder They Come (Deluxe Edition)
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Harder They Come (Deluxe Edition) from: Hip-O Records List Price: $29.98 CD-Charts Price: $21.97 You Save: $8.01 (27%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0044006949529 Format: Original recording remastered, Soundtrack Label: Hip-O Records Manufacturer: Hip-O Records Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Hip-O Records Release Date: August 05, 2003 Studio: Hip-O Records Sales Rank: 22726 MPN: 069495 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: 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 Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Poor qualityFor those who heard about the movie and its music but have neither seen or listened to it, the story is very simple. The protagonist with a Russian name, Ivan (probably because the filmmakers were Communists), comes to the big city and finds himself useless. Hi singing career goes nowhere as soon as he realises the real rules of the game of life. Then he gets - of course! - selling drugs and even here he becomes a loser. Finally he gets hold of a Smith&Wesson, becomes a sort of Robin Hood in the true Jamaican way, i.e. nothing for his own people, but everything for himself, with flashy cars and gold chains. Eventually government soldiers take him down. It's a story of desperation, if you please, or how tough a black's life was in Jamaica 35 ... Read More: Rating:  - Foundational reggae from one of the all time classicsGet this reworked version of the all time reggae classic songs from the golden era. Only album every that can rank alongside the best of Marley. Rating: - the original album is one of my all-time favorites.this album holds its own against the very greatest albums of any genre. even if you are not a fan of reggae, i can't imagine you not loving this cd. there is so much joy, energy, passion and soul bursting from this music that it uplifts me each time i hear it, still fresh sounding to the ears 22 years after first finding it. jimmy cliff's vocals, in particular, are amazing. the songs which he performs on this album, "you can get it if you really want," "many rivers to cross," "the harder they come," and "sitting in limbo," are amongst the finest in the whole canon of reggae. each tune included here is a gem. don't let life go by without having this music in it. Rating: - Double the reggae essentialnessThe original version of this film soundtrack is the single most influential reggae album in the genre's history, and the most listenable reggae record from beginning to end. That's always been a bit surprising, given that the film's director selected the tracks in a harried weekend of picking-and-choosing among songs that struck a personal resonance. It's doubly amazing that the songs fit the film so perfectly, and that Chris Blackwell was able to weave the tracks from various artists into such a perfect, cohesive album. This is the essential introduction to reggae music, and a collection whose spirit and musicality simply never ceases to amaze. Hip-O's 2-CD deluxe reissue couldn't really double the magic of the album's original ... Read More: Rating:  - How jamaica is The thing that I didn't like abut the movie was that how the people talk and the jobs they had selling drugs and also where they live. The thing that I like about the movie was the music they have and how Jamaica is.-- Christina--- . |
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