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Two more well-known covers (both from the EP) also work beautifully. The pairing nails Cliff’s updated version of 1970s reggae singer Joe Higgs’ “World Upside Down” from the first clattering drumroll onward.īacked by a pumping organ riff and tightly rolling reggae rhythms, Cliff delivers the kind of nimble, expressive vocal performance that made “The Harder They Come” and “You Can Get It If You Really Want” so entrancing four decades ago. (The duo first joined forces for last year’s “Sacred Fire” EP, which contains three songs on the album.)Īrmstrong’s production fits Cliff’s straightforward, melodic vocal approach perfectly, and his musicians tackle reggae’s slinky rhythms with energy and finesse. The sweet-tenored Jamaican singer has teamed up with Rancid mainstay and longtime reggae enthusiast Tim Armstrong for “Rebirth,” his first album in seven years, due in stores Tuesday. So that said, this track is a delicious jewel.If Jimmy Cliff never did anything more than contribute four great songs and star in the 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” he still would deserve his status as one of reggae music’s biggest stars. Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alleyĪnd it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hardĬliff changes the blue-eyed son to a brown-eyed one. Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin' I heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin' I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin' I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
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I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin' Three of the tracks here including the dynamic "Guns of Brixton" & "Ruby Soho" appear on "Rebirth." "Ship Is Sailing" jumped out at me more here in the EP setting, mixing Jimmy Cliff reggae with a Jimmy Buffett island sensibility, "Our ship is sailing, there ain't no stopping." The Brixton Version is a tweaked "Guns of Brixton," a more experimental mix for the adventurous listener.īut the reason for popping for the EP is Cliff's reggae rock take on Bob Dylan's classic "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" where Cliff adapts the lovely melody to a relentlessly pumping beat as Dylan's literate lyrics are breathtakingly provocative:Īnd what did you hear, my darling young one? Jimmy Cliff's 5-track EP "Sacred Fire" was released in 2011 and followed by his full-length CD, the amazing Rebirth, a year later. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.
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