The veteran Jamaican-born vocalist/ songwriter, occasional actor Jimmy Cliff, owner of one of the sweetest voices in popular music, has enjoyed a long, meandering and absorbing career that has frequently embraced vertiginous heights as well as times of struggle and hardship.
We celebrate his remarkable talent here with this set of three albums originally released on the Columbia/ CBS record label – namely Special (1982), The Power and the Glory (1983) and Cliff Hanger (1985).
This triumvirate of titles reflect the breadth and quality of Cliff’s music, which can span the sunniest of positive vibes, whilst also being unafraid to reveal a vulnerable and all-too-human side to his muse that is compelling. Cliff was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.
TRACKS
CD1 - Special
1. Special
2. Love Is All
3. Peace Officer
4. Treat The Youths Right
5. Keep On Dancing
6. Rub - A - Dub Partners
7. Roots Radical
8. Love Heights
9. Originator
10. Rock Children
11. Where There Is Love
The Power And The Glory
12. Sunshine In The Music
13. Reggae Night
14. Piece Of The Pie
15. American Dream
CD2 - The Power And The Glory
1. Roots Woman
2. Love Solution
3. Power And The Glory
4. Journey
Cliff Hanger
5. Hitting With Music
6. American Sweet
7. Arrival
8. Brown Eyes
9. Reggae Street
10. Hot Shot
11. Sunrise
12. Dead And Awake
13. Now And Forever
14. Nuclear War