- Cliff Hanger (album)
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Cliff Hanger Studio album by Jimmy Cliff Released 1985 Genre Reggae Length 39:52 Label CBS Records Producer Jimmy Cliff, Amir-Salaam Bayyan, Paul Higgins, Rick Iantosca Cliff Hanger is an album by Jimmy Cliff, released in 1985 through CBS Records. In 1986, the album won Cliff the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording.[1]
Contents
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [2]
Track listing
All songs by Jimmy Cliff, unless noted otherwise.
- "Hitting with Music" – 4:15
- "American Sweet" (Bayyan, LaToya) –3:41
- "Arrival" – 4:07
- "Brown Eyes" (Bayyan, LaToya) –3:39
- "Reggae Street" – 3:29
- "Hot Shot" – 4:25
- "Sunrise" – 3:48
- "Dead and Awake" – 3:36
- "Now and Forever" – 4:55
- "Nuclear War" – 4:12
Personnel
- Jimmy Cliff – piano, vocals
- Jaco Pastorius – bass
- Ansel Collins – organ
- Amir-Salaam Bayyan – synthesizer, guitar
- Ronald Bell – keyboards, tenor saxophone
- Harold Butler – keyboards
- Wilburn Cole – drums
- Peter Duarte – horn
- Sly Dunbar – drums
- Gary Henry – keyboards
- Christopher Meredith – bass
- Kim Palumu – guitar
- Michael Ray – trumpet
- Robbie Shakespeare – bass
- Earl "Chinna" Smith – guitar
- Kendal Stubbs – bass
- Dennis White – horn
- Curtis "Fitz" Williams – saxophone
- Sidney Wolfe – percussion
- Fernando Luis – guitar
- Isidro Ross – percussion
- Rick Iantosca – guitar, keyboards
- Syd Judah – horn
- Cliff Adams – trombone
- Bertram "Ranchie" McLean – rhythm guitar
References
- ^ "We Are the Honored 1985". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc) 98: 5. March 15, 1986. http://books.google.com/books?id=oyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ^ "Cliff Hanger". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/cliff-hanger-r103476. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
Categories:- 1985 albums
- Jimmy Cliff albums
- Reggae albums
- CBS Records albums
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