Harder than the Rest [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Culture

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 3, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1978
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Frontline
• ASIN: B00004U8S4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,802 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
Digitally Remastered Reissue of Joseph Hill's First Recorded Work for the Front Line Label, Following their Stupendous Debut 'Two Sevens Clash'. Includes 'Holy Mt. Zion', 'Love Shine Bright' and 'Behold'. a Must for Any Fan of Great Reggae.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Back To The Roots, February 14, 2004

By	Gavin B. (St. Louis MO) - See all my reviews

Culture's lead singer, Joseph Hill is an unassuming, humble and friendly man, who is small in stature. Those who meet him are often unprepared for his tranformation onstage, when he sings with Culture. Somehow, Hill is tranformed into a towering giant, a lion, and avenger for the power of Rastafari when he picks up the microphone to sing. This kind of charisma that of a man who has rasta in his heart. To his credit, Joseph Hill has maintained a steady course, and both his Rastafarian philosophy and the music of Culture has remained with the roots of reggae music, despite over thirty years of strange mutations in Jamaican reggae music. "Harder Than the Rest" is exactly what the title purports it to be.... the hardest and most straight ahead collection of roots reggae when conscious music ruled, and Rastafari was the source of all reggae. Perhaps roots consciousness has fallen from fashion, but jah people will never forget how important Culture was and still is. I love Culture's "Two Sevens Clash" and "Baldhead Bridge" but this CD is truly harder than the rest and proves that reggae music neither began or ended with Bob Marley.

4.0 out of 5 stars solid, December 23, 2000

By	izibi (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

I like this record. Positive vibes, never that cheesy sound. Good, smooth, slightly wah wah rhythms, with 3 part harmonies that remind me a little of the Abyssinians. This album is full of slow, catchy hooks. Listen to the samples - nuff said.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wow!, April 2, 2001

By	Ben (London, England) - See all my reviews

I don't own this album (yet), but whenever I hear it it makes me want to rush out and buy it, only I can't find it anywhere. It's so beautiful all the way through, but "play skillfully" almost brings a tear to my eye. It's lyrical content, melody and harmonies are out-of-this-world. Buy this now.