Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
In The Jungle Babe (1969) / Express Yourself (1970)
Жанр: Funk, Soul
Год издания: 1997
Аудиокодек: MP3
Тип рипа: tracks
Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps
Продолжительность: 72:37
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да
Треклист:
In The Jungle, Babe (1969)
01. Till You Get Enough
(5:09)
02. I'm A Midnight Mover
(2:13)
03. Light My Fire
(3:41)
04. Comment (If All Men Are Truly Brothers)
(5:57)
05. Everyday People
(2:33)
06. Must Be Your Thing
(3:41)
07. Love Land
(3:05)
08. Oh Happy Gabe (Sometimes Blue)
(2:54)
09. Twenty-Five Miles
(3:07)
10. The Joker (On A Trip Through The Jungle)
(3:05)
Express Yourself (1970)
11. Road Without An End
(3:10)
12. I Got Love
(3:39)
13. Slice 1
(7:25)
14. Express Yourself
(3:53)
15. I'm Aware
(3:47)
16. Tell Me What You Want Me To Do
(5:47)
17. Slice 2
(9:30)
Об альбоме (сборнике)
In The Jungle Babe/Express Yourself is the 1997 CD by Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band. It combines two albums originally released on Warner Bros., The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band's In The Jungle, Babe and Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band*'s Express Yourself. This CD was released by the Warner Bros.' Black Music Ol' Skool division.
Released in 1997, this two-fer collects Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band's third and fourth records, 1969's In the Jungle, Babe and the following year's Express Yourself. A transitional work, In the Jungle, Babe captures a group struggling to find its own identity; for every superb workout like the shimmering "Love Land" or the propulsive "I'm a Midnight Mover," there's a redundant cover of the Doors' "Light My Fire" or Sly and the Family Stone's "Everyday People" which falls flat on its face. Express Yourself, on the other hand, is the group's masterpiece, a remarkable fusion of funk attitude and soul conviction. Highlighted by the classic title hit – one of the most powerful declarations of independence in the canon, as well as one of the most sampled records of all time – Express Yourself is a whirlwind tour through the spectrum of R&B; from the poignance of the Otis Redding-worthy ballad "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" (arguably Wright's best vocal turn ever) to the supple funk-jazz jam session "High as Apple Pie, Slice I and II," the record is assured and muscular, a primal blast of soul power.
