The Harder They Come (soundtrack)

The Harder They Come
Soundtrack album by
Jimmy Cliff
ReleasedJuly 7, 1972
Recorded1967–1972
GenreRocksteady, ska, reggae
Length39:55
LabelIsland
ProducerVarious
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide[4]

The Harder They Come is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 1972 in the United Kingdom as Island Records ILPS 9202. It was issued in February 1973 in North America as Mango Records SMAS-7400.[5] It peaked at No. 140 on the Billboard 200. In 2021, the album was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry.[6]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. 569.
  5. ^ The Harder They Come. UMG 440 089 495-2, 2003, liner notes, p. 26.
  6. ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (March 24, 2021). "Janet Jackson and Kermit the Frog Added to National Recording Registry". The New York Times. Retrieved March 24, 2021.