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Jimmy Cliff
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (June 16, 2009)
  • Original Release Date: August 24, 2004
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Spv
  • ASIN: B0002EWVU6
  • In-Print Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #419,735 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. I Want I Do I Get
2. People (featuring Sting)
3. Jamaica Time
4. Dance (featuring Wyclef)
5. Fantastic Plastic People
6. Love Comes (featuring Annie Lennox)
7. Black Magic
8. . The World is Yours (Positive Mind)
9. Terror
10. Over the Border (featuring Joe Strummer)
11. War In Jerusalem
12. (OOh, La, La, La) Let's Go Dancin'
13. The City
14. Take Your Time (featuring Yannick Noah)
15. No Problem Only Solutions
16. Good Life

Editorial Reviews

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You might be tempted to buy Black Magic because it's a big-name affair, bursting at the seams with non-reggae heavy-hitters Annie Lennox, Sting, Wyclef, Kool & the Gang, and Joe Strummer, but pop giants aside, this is strictly Cliff's album--from the scratch- and funk-ified riddims of "Fantastic Plastic People" to the Jah-infused, Marley-reminiscent "Terror (September 11)." That is not to take away from the collaborators--Wyclef and Kool & the Gang bring the party to the streets with steady rockers "Dance" and the '70s band's fringe-of-memory chestnut "(Ooh La, La, La) Let's Go Dancin,'" and Strummer's contribution, one of his last, sticks around for its lyrical substance and light-touch genre fusing. Producer Dave Stewart, Lennox's Eurythmics partner, zigs and zags the album stylistically, but that seems to suit the reggae legend. He's equally at home sending sunny shout-outs home to Jamaica and rejiggering the old get up, stand up sensibility through songs like "War in Jerusalem." Closing track "Good Life" caps the prevailing mood, though: The harder and more varied the music that comes, the better it gets for Cliff. --Tammy La Gorce


Product Description

Ori. Release '04. Produced by Dave Stewart & includes appearances from Annie Lennox Sting Jools Holland Kool & The Gang Wyclef Jean Yanick Noah & one of the last ever recordings from Joe Strummer.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Solid Masterpiece, November 29, 2004
Jimmy Cliff is one of the world's legendary reggae artists, and in my opinion, is only surpassed by Bob Marley & the Wailers and Peter Tosh. The "Black Magic" album seems to almost "rival" Toots & the Maytals' "True Love" album also released this year, showing the star with a slew of duets with the likes of Sting, Joe Strummer, Annie Lennox, and Dave Stewart.

While it could be argued that Cliff's best work dates back to his early years from 1967-1975, this album is a solid, sound masterpiece showing that he still has that spark to create beautiful music. While Cliff has moved more towards a Pop-reggae style instead of a traditional One Drop style since the 80's, his music has been solid for both hardcore and casual reggae fans with it danceable beats and political or spiritual overtones. The diversity of musical styles here only serves to lift the album's charm, ranging from more traditional-esque songs like "The City," to his famous Pop-reggae style with songs like the title track "Black Magic," and even to new-age Dancehall in his duet with the legendary Bounty Killer on "(Ooh La, La, La) Let's Go Dancing".

One of the album's most promising tracks is his duet with Punk Rock legend Joe Strummer, "Over the Boarder," as well as one of his solo pieces, "Good Life" and the uplifting "Jamaica Time". I can promise that if you purchase this album, you'll be pleasently surprised with Cliff's still-extraordinary work.
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3.0 out of 5 stars From A Jimmy Cliff Fan, October 21, 2004
By Sean King (Hartford, Connecticut) - See all my reviews
Jimmy Cliff's new album (Black Magic) is shrouded with some mystery. A majority of these songs (if not all of them) were released (around Summer 2003 and only within Europe) under the title: "Fantastic Plastic People". This album also featured a different cover and the song "Dreams" in addition to all the songs now found on the American released "Black Magic".

Another bizarre observation is that many (if not all) of the same songs with the same titles have been completely reworked so much that they almost sound like a different set of songs. If I had a choice as to which album I'd prefer it would have to be the original: "Fantastic Plastic People" release.

The reason I mention all this is that the original songs of the original European album are much more "fuller" and natural sounding with actual drums and guitars rather than Jimmy's electronica hyped "Black Magic" version of the same songs.
There is quite a difference between these two albums!!

I have been a Jimmy Cliff fan for 20 yrs and have seen him in concert. Do you yourself a favor and find a copy of "Fantastic Plastic People". "Black Magic" is not worthy of your purchase.

On a lighter note:"In Jamaician Time" is by far one of the best tracks on this album. "Over The Border" with the late Joe Strummer from The Clash is not a bad tune, (within the exception that I think Jimmy should have allowed Joe more access to the verses).

"No Problems, Only Solutions" also a good tune. The song with Eurthymics founder Annie Lennox was a bit disapponting, since Annie's vocal was reduced to a dismal winey background chorus. Jimmy should have thought that song through a little better. As with the Strummer tune Jimmy should have let Annie have a better crack at the lyrics/chorus.

3 decent songs, deserves 3 stars. You can jump on E-Bay and probably find yourself a copy of the original: "Fantastic Plastic People" versions of these songs. Its worth the search. I wonder what Jimmy was thinking when he gutted his own finely crafted tunes and put them out under the guise of "Black Magic" here in the states?!

One can only speculate.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Plastic People without the reggae, January 10, 2006
By Bob Smith (Tulsa, OK USA) - See all my reviews
This album is an inferior repackaging of "Fantastic Plastic People," an album released for free on the Internet and on CD in the UK a year before this. Fantastic Plastic People was an amazing album, possibly even better than The Harder They Come, previously my favorite reggae album. But for some reason he redid these songs in a way that made them sound a lot more like pop and techno than like reggae. It boggles the mind why he would release one of the greatest reggae albums ever, only to repackage it in an inferior fashion. I hope in the future that Jimmy returns to the roots, because he's an amazingly talented musician.
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