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Jimmy Cliff: Give the People What They Want

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Artist: Jimmy Cliff
Title: Give the People What They Want
Released: 1981
Label: WEA Records
Time: 37:01
Producer(s): Jimmy Cliff, Oneness
Appears with:
Category: Reggae
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2000.05.21
Price in €: 9,99
Web address: www.jimmycliff.com

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[1] Son of Man (J.Cliff) - 3:31
[2] Give the People What They Want (J.Cliff) - 3:49
[3] Experience (J.Cliff) - 4:01
[4] Shelter of Your Love (J.Cliff) - 3:30
[5] Majority Rule (J.Cliff) - 3:37
[6] Let's Turn the Tables (J.Cliff) - 3:38
[7] Material World (J.Cliff) - 3:33
[8] World in Trap (J.Cliff) - 3:15
[9] What Are You Doing with Your Life (J.Cliff) - 3:44
[10] My Philosophy (J.Cliff/C.Smith) - 3:55

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Jimmy Cliff - Vocals, Background Vocals, Producer, Mixing

Wally Badarou - Synthesizer
Ansel Collins - Organ, Piano, Keyboards
Headley Bennett - Saxophone
Radcliff Bryan - Guitar
Santa Davis - Drums
Sly Dunbar - Drums
Bobby Ellis - Trumpet
Dean Fraser - Saxophone
Harry T. Powell - Percussion
Jimmy "Senyah" Haynes - Bass
Bertram Ranchie McLean - Bass, Guitar, Mixing
Augustus Pablo - Piano, Keyboards
Michael Richards - Drums
Ronald "Nambo" Robinson - Trombone
Robbie Shakespeare - Bass
Earl "Chinna" Smith - Acoustic Guitar, Guitar
Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - Percussion
Sydney Wolfe - Percussion, Niah-Bingi Drums
Arnold Brekenridge - Trumpet

The Tamlins - Background Vocals
Barry Biggs - Background Vocals
Pam Hall - Background Vocals
Michael Rose - Background Vocals
Ducky Simpson - Background Vocals
Audrey Hall - Background Vocals

Steven Stanley - Mixing Assistant
Carlos Santana - Photography
Stephen Innocenzi - Digital Remastering
Lisa Tanner - Photography

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1981 LP MCA 820
1981 LP WEA 5153
1981 CS MCA MCAC-820

Digitally remastered pressing on WEA International of the reggae star's 1981 album for the conglomerate. 10 tracks, including 'Son Of Man', 'Experience' and the title cut.



One of the strongest albums that Jimmy Cliff recorded in the '80s was Give The People What They Want, which finds the reggae icon backed by such Jamaican heavyweights as guitarist Earl "Chinna" Smith and the team of drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare. Combine a rock-solid band with first-rate songwriting and charismatic, expressive vocals on Cliff's part, and you have an album that is a winner all the way around. There isn't a trace of filler on this LP; the romantic "Shelter of Your Love" is every bit as memorable as sociopolitical gems like "World in Trap," "Majority Rule" and "Material World." Many of the songs on Give The People What They Want are as spiritual as they are sociopolitical -- and while Cliff is a devout Muslim, he preaches a universal message while never coming across as sectarian. In fact, Cliff has a lot of Rastafarian and Christian fans who can easily relate to his lyrics. Give The People What They Want is enthusiastically recommended to reggae lovers.

Alex Henderson, All-Music Guide
 

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