Jimmy Cliff: 'Struggling Man'

Some late-night observations about Jimmy Cliff's "Struggling Man.

• I think "Struggling Man" is Cliff's second-best album, topped only by "Wonderful World, Beautiful People." "The Harder They Come" doesn't really count because it's a soundtrack that includes cuts from several artists.
• The album doesn't include any classic songs, perhaps, but I don't care because Toots Hibbert's the only reggae singer with a voice anywhere near as soulful as Cliff's.
• Favorite tracks on the album: "Struggling Man," "When You're Young," "Sooner or Later."
• Cliff turns Dave Mason's "Can't Stop Worrying, Can't Stop Loving You" into a gospel-drenched soul burner that would fit right in on a Solomon Burke album.
• "Come on People" sounds like an Up With People song gone awry. I don't like "Can't Live Without You" much better.
• I should probably play "When You're Young" for my college journalism students. The song might inspire them to set their dreams high and to try to change the world.