Cliff Hanger (album)

Cliff Hanger
Studio album by Jimmy Cliff
Released	1985
Recorded	1985
Studio	Unique Recording Studios, New York City
Genre	Reggae
Length	39:52
Label	CBS Records
Producer	Jimmy Cliff, La Toya Jackson, Amir-Salaam Bayyan, Paul Higgins, Rick Iantosca
Jimmy Cliff chronology
The Power and the Glory (1983) Cliff Hanger (1985)

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Cliff Hanger is an album by Jimmy Cliff, released in 1985 through CBS Records. In 1986, the album won Cliff the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording.

The album featured collaborations with members of Kool and the Gang and included two songs co-written by La Toya Jackson.

Track listing

All songs by Jimmy Cliff, unless noted otherwise#

1. "Hitting with Music" – 4:15
2. "American Sweet" (Bayyan, La Toya Jackson) –3:41
3. "Arrival" – 4:07
4. "Brown Eyes" (Bayyan, La Toya Jackson) –3:39
5. "Reggae Street" – 3:29
6. "Hot Shot" – 4:25
7. "Sunrise" – 3:48
8. "Dead and Awake" – 3:36
9. "Now and Forever" – 4:55
10. "Nuclear War" – 4:12

Personnel

• Jimmy Cliff – piano, vocals
• Jaco Pastorius – bass (on "Brown Eyes")
• Ansel Collins – organ
• La Toya Jackson - writer, arranger
• Amir-Salaam Bayyan – synthesizer, guitar
• Ronald Bell – keyboards, tenor saxophone
• Harold Butler – keyboards
• Wilburn Cole – drums
• Peter Duarte – horn
• Sly Dunbar – drums
• Gary Henry – keyboards
• Christopher Meredith – bass
• Kim Palumu – guitar
• Michael Ray – trumpet
• Robbie Shakespeare – bass
• Earl "Chinna" Smith – guitar
• Kendal Stubbs – bass
• Dennis White – horn
• Curtis "Fitz" Williams – saxophone
• Sidney Wolfe – percussion
• Fernando Luis – guitar
• Isidro Ross – percussion
• Rick Iantosca – guitar, keyboards
• Syd Judah – horn
• Cliff Adams – trombone
• Bertram "Ranchie" McLean – rhythm guitar