Jimmy Cliff Summary

Critical Essay by Pete Welding [Struggling Man] is a very pleasant reggae outing that is most effective as a program of low-keyed, easy dance music. While nicely crafted, the songs are not all that d... Read more

Critical Essay by Stephen Davis Like rock and roll, reggae has both a light and a dark side. The light is perhaps personified by Jimmy Cliff…. Cliff's music, such as "Many Rivers... Read more

Critical Essay by John Morthland Since he electrified audiences in The Harder They Come, Jimmy Cliff has been his own worst enemy. His songs in that film bristled with passion, energy and conviction&... Read more

Critical Essay by Karl Dallas Jimmy Cliff's dilemma, more than amply illustrated by this well-planned double album ["The Best Of"], is that of the artist of ethnic origins who tr... Read more

Critical Essay by Vivien Goldman An unusually passionate lament, ["Many Rivers to Cross"] brings into focus what you could see as Cliff's artistic problem: on record, he sounds s... Read more

Critical Essay by Garaud Mactaggart How come when people think of reggae most people bow in the direction of Marley and the Wailers or some of the newer groups like Third World? While Cliff, who is d... Read more

Critical Essay by Charlie Gillett Put the needle on Jimmy Cliff's Unlimited and the grooves writhe like a poised snake, the record grows hot with anger, and the air fills with the pungent smel... Read more

Critical Essay by James Isaacs [Jimmy Cliff] has for the past 10 years been the most commercially celebrated artist performing the highly stylized Jamaican pop musical idiom known as reggae…. ... Read more

Critical Essay by Peter Reilly Of late there seems to be an awful lot of Jamaican reggae music, with its hypnotic, rock-influenced beat, around. Some of it is good, most of it bad, and so far I... Read more