Wonderful World Beautiful People - Jimmy Cliff

Advantages: Massively melodic and hugely energetic and entertaining music.
Disadvantages: I fail to think of any.

...Jimmy Eat World formed way back in 1993, however it was not until some years later that they'd become the household name that they are today. They started out small, releasing their first album in 1994 through Wooden Blue Records; it was aptly titled simply 'Jimmy Eat World'. Doesn't appear as though they were awfully creative in their early days then but there you go, they were shortly after snapped up by Capitol and in 1996 released their first album through them, 'Static Prevails'. 'Futures' was their fifth studio album and was released in the year 2004, it has to date sold over 607 000 copies in the U.S. alone and has therefore secured 'Gold' status. 'Pain' was the single chosen to lead this album and also released were the tracks 'Work' and 'Futures'. 'Futures' is perhaps the weakest of those chosen to be singles and proved... Read review

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Advantages: Good playing, some okay stuff
Disadvantages: Not Jackson's style

...Joe Jackson started to cop for some criticism after his second album. Because he was feeling increasingly at odds with the rock world, he turned to reggae, releasing a cover version of Jimmy Cliff’s The Harder They Come in 1980, and playing keyboards for reggae band The Rasses on three tracks of their Natural Wild album. His own band's next album, Beat Crazy, released in October 1980, also reflected his interest in reggae; highly rhythmic and percussive, it took critics off guard and, perhaps not surprisingly, was not as successful as the previous offerings. The album reflected Jackson’s uneasiness with conventional pop music and his disillusionment with rock - his liner notes read: “... we knew it was destined to failure ... why did we try?” It was an odd album and an odd time in Jackson’s career. It was instantly forgettable... Read review

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Advantages: Big hit singles
Disadvantages: A few average tracks

...can relate to (though I'm not so old I can remember trams!). Apparently Jimmy was a bit hesistant about using the line "that was when coal was king" in case people thought he meant footballer Andy Cole! I'm sure nobody did though especially as Jimmy's throaty voice almost wails "this was a big river, I want you all to know". A beautiful wistful ballad. I'm a bit disappointed that "Laura" and "Beautiful" aren't on this album. The only other big hit single that seems to here is "Calling Out Your Name" which again, is a country-tinged track. It's much more "rocky" than the previous country ballads though. "Absent Friends" contains the brilliant Gary Moore on guitar and "Black And White" features reggae artiste Rankin' Roger. Like most good artistes, Jimmy likes to span different genres. Here is the full track listing. 1. Love Don... Read review

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