Like Maggot Brain, this album passes through a schizophrenic number of musical styles. Moreover, the album is even more schizophrenic lyrically. Half the tunes ("You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure", "Let's Make It Last", "This Broken Heart", and "Can't Stand The Strain") are more-or-less traditional soul tunes, with Parliament-like lead vocal swapping, harmonies and typical R & B love themes. They're all done extremely well, and each has a twist: odd production values, loopy keyboards (Bernie Worrell is truly the star of this album), or weird little raps. The other songs are extremely heavy, dealing with drugs, Vietnam, prostitution and casual sex. This album featured fewer players than any P.Funk project before or since, and the tightness of the band really helps bring it through. That, and the expert direction of Bernie Worrell.
11.10.2006
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop (1973)
Like Maggot Brain, this album passes through a schizophrenic number of musical styles. Moreover, the album is even more schizophrenic lyrically. Half the tunes ("You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure", "Let's Make It Last", "This Broken Heart", and "Can't Stand The Strain") are more-or-less traditional soul tunes, with Parliament-like lead vocal swapping, harmonies and typical R & B love themes. They're all done extremely well, and each has a twist: odd production values, loopy keyboards (Bernie Worrell is truly the star of this album), or weird little raps. The other songs are extremely heavy, dealing with drugs, Vietnam, prostitution and casual sex. This album featured fewer players than any P.Funk project before or since, and the tightness of the band really helps bring it through. That, and the expert direction of Bernie Worrell.
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