Best Ever Albums

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:47:43 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/15/2012 12:47

thejoj96 wrote:

The Congos

This.

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:47:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/15/2012 12:47

itsit wrote:

I think most people don't know where to go from after the obvious ones like marley and Cliff.

The Congos

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

alelsupreme — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:33:27 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 09/15/2012 12:33

lethalnezzle wrote:

Why is reggae largely ignored - or worse, still seen as a novelty genre - by large parts of this forum (and perhaps the wider Pitchfork-reading world)?

(not a dig at you Samurai in any way, but I remember Jhereko saying he hated it, and it rarely pops up in charts or in discussion)

Anyway, for an introduction into good reggae I wrote a list of great albums in Rikuff's 'Which Album to Buy' thread.

I think most people don't know where to go from after the obvious ones like marley and Cliff.

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 07:29:34 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/15/2012 11:29

Le_Samurai wrote:

One of the only reggae albums I've ever heard.

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

RFNAPLES — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:38:55 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 09/15/2012 00:38

Best track: The Harder They Come

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

Rikuff — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:09:20 GMT

Author: Rikuff

Posted: 09/14/2012 21:09

One of the best reggae album ever

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:38:28 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/14/2012 19:38

One of the only reggae albums I've ever heard. What I really like about it is that it really feels like a great blues album, like something Robert Johnson would have made. At once very aware of the despire and hopelessness in the word and yet also very hopeful. Classic. The only way this could be any better would if it had "Israelites", by Desmond Dekker (well, it was on the deluxe edition, but that doesn't' really count).

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:25:07 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/14/2012 19:25

Great

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

junodog4 — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:51:55 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 09/14/2012 17:51

...and the album cover kicks ass. Where was this in the tournament?

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

Facetious — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:54:37 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 09/14/2012 15:54

Mother Nature's Son wrote:

Would be nice if this WAotD feature showed the album's origin. But I sense that this is a Jamaican album!

Yeah, it could be useful for when you don't know but are too lazy to go to the artist's page.

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

Mother Nature's Son — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:45:20 GMT

Author: Mother Nature's Son

Posted: 09/14/2012 15:45

Would be nice if this WAotD feature showed the album's origin. But I sense that this is a Jamaican album!

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

alelsupreme — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:09:42 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 09/14/2012 15:09

Amazing album, some of the picks aren't too great but the Jimmy Cliff songs, river of babylon and Johnny Too Bad are great.

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

Facetious — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:08:02 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 09/14/2012 15:08

Mr. Shankly wrote:

Not only a soundtrack, but an outstanding sampling of some of the best Jamaican music (reggae, ska) out there.

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:27:03 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/14/2012 14:27

I've heard this album so many times that I physically can't listen to it anymore, but it is a truly great album.

Best song: Johnny Too Bad

Re: World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

Mr. Shankly — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:03:09 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 09/14/2012 14:03

Not only a soundtrack, but an outstanding sampling of some of the best Jamaican music (reggae, ska) out there.

World album of the day (#22): The Harder They Come

albummaster — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:00:36 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 09/14/2012 14:00

Today's world album of the day

The Harder They Come by Jimmy Cliff (View album)

Year: 1973.
Overall rank: 892.
Average rating: 79/100 (from 53 votes).

Thumbnail. Click to enlarge.

Tracks:
1. You Can Get It If You Really Want
2. Draw Your Breaks - Scotty
3. Rivers Of Babylon - The Melodians
4. Many Rivers To Cross
5. Sweet And Dandy - The Maytals
6. The Harder They Come
7. Johnny Too Bad - The Slickers
8. 007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker
9. Pressure Drop - The Maytals
10. Sitting In Limbo
11. You Can Get It If You Really Want
12. The Harder They Come

About world album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com world album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours, but not including albums from Australia, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom or United States. If an album has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety.