Reviews by bob_plisskin

Lots of reviews say this is funkadelic's best album. I disagree. Uncle Jam Wants You is better IMHO, but I grew up on that album.

Maggot Brain is listed as a bonus track. Always think of Ken's Show on WFMU when I hear.

has nothing to do with this album, but there's a Chicago Traffic Jam Band that plays on street corners in Chicago. stuff like cubs games. xylophone rush covers and such. good stuff.

This album reminded me of the band Chicago, so some search strings around the bands Chicago and Traffic lead me to CTJB.

though my problems are meaningless, that don't make them go away

I went to the market to realize my soul; what I need I just don't have

Had it been rainy when I listened, I'd give it five stars

the drummer goes by the name \"Twink.\" he converted to Islam later in life, changing his name to Mohammad Abdullah. though he still records under the name Twink

I'd like to know completely what others so discreetly talk about. . .

check out the song "Distortions" by Clinic

first time listening. great album!

To support this album's release, Radiohead had an inflight radio program on American Airlines. I heard it while flying from DFW to London. I listened the entire flight. The album dropped a month or two later (October), but it was near impossible to find stateside. I finally got a copy on Christmas that year (2000).

20+ years on and this album still blows me away like it did on that flight.

He held his breath . . .

weird the first song is just busta rhymes.

jeez it was a slog getting through this album

at about the 2:15 mark of the song \"Your Move\" the chorus of Lennon's song \"Give Peace a Chance\" is sung by the backing vocalists under the main melody.

\"all we are saying (big pause) is give peace a chance\"

it repeats till end of song

sounds like an album I'd have on a tape in the 80s. a copy of a copy from someone who recorded it off vinyl. likely by holding a tape recorder to a speaker. one side of a 90 minute cassette with some other band I never learned the name of on the other side.

here's a haiku about it:

plastic magnet sound
the jesus and mary chain
gray days with walkman

aka Peter Gabriel 1: Car

that solsbury hill song is popular. but it's rare that I want to groove in 7/4 time. rest of the album: meh. could have aged better; could have aged worse.

emotionally charged because this is his last album, but . . .ugh

always made fun, but never really listened. It's good. Can hear how groups like Belle and Sebastian were influenced.

good album, but it's kinda: \"shut up and play the hits. . or someone else's hits even, idc.\" but there was novelty to it at the time making it hugely popular to the mainstream. you had people who never before listened to johnny cash or NIN telling you how great it all was.

but that's not Johnny's fault. he just showed up and killed it, even at 900 years old.

fun facts!
Senegal is home to:
- a tiny car-free island made from seashells;
- seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites;
- Africa’s tallest statue;
- rivers with killer hippopotamuses;
- a pink lake.

There has been work done to build a "Great Green Wall" from Senegal's capital, Dakar, to Djibouti, Djibouti. The wall is made of trees and meant to hold back expansion of the Sahara.

soo boring. \"oh dope beat, I wonder where this song will go?\" Nowhere. The song will go nowhere. it's all style over substance; built to sell cars.