Cliff Hanger (album)

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.

  1. "Hitting with Music" – 4:15
  2. "American Sweet" (Bayyan, LaToya) –3:41
  3. "Arrival" – 4:07
  4. "Brown Eyes" (Bayyan, LaToya) –3:39
  5. "Reggae Street" – 3:29
  6. "Hot Shot" – 4:25
  7. "Sunrise" – 3:48
  8. "Dead and Awake" – 3:36
  9. "Now and Forever" – 4:55
  10. "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

  1. ^ "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. 
  2. ^ "Cliff Hanger". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/cliff-hanger-r103476. Retrieved November 14, 2010.