Hard Road to Travel

by Jimmy Cliff

Hard Road to Travel cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: Trojan
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Community rating: 3.3/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded during his pivotal creative residence in London, Jimmy Cliff's 'Hard Road to Travel' marks a crucial evolutionary phase bridging Jamaican rocksteady with early international reggae and soul. Working with producer Leslie Kong, Cliff infuses his powerful vocals with global pop ambitions while retaining deep island grooves. The record set the stage for his emergence as a defining global voice for Jamaican music.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. The Reward
  2. Let's Dance
  3. Can't Get Enough Of It
  4. I've Got A Feeling
  5. All I Know About You
  6. Give And Take
  7. Pride And Passion
  8. Searchin' For My Baby
  9. Hard Road To Travel
  10. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
  11. Call On Me
  12. Aim And Ambition

Credits

  • Jimmy Cliff - primary artist, performer
  • P.P. Arnold - background vocals vocal
  • Madeline Bell - background vocals vocal
  • Doris Troy - background vocals vocal

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