The Harder They Come [LP]

The Harder They Come [LP]

• The breakthrough album that (in conjunction with the film of the same name) burst reggae into the mainstream with its initial U

The breakthrough album that-in conjunction with the film of the same title-burst reggae through into the mainstream with its release in England in summer 1972 and in the US, on Island's newly inaugurated reggae specialist imprint Mango, in spring 1973.As film director and co-writer Perry Henzell said of the film, "There is no impact you will ever have greater than the impact of showing a society itself on the screen for the first time.