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Artist: Grand Funk RailroadEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-08-27
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Got This Thing On The Move
- Please Don't Worry
- High Falootin' Woman
- Mr. Limousine Driver
- In Need
- Winter And My Soul
- Paranoid
- Inside Looking Out
- Nothing Is The Same (Demo)
- Mr. Limousine Driver (Extended Version)
Free Music Notes for Grand Funk
Free Music Review: Simply the Best
Hit: 5 Stars
Never a fan of 80s Heavy Metal, new music, or really anything that is just plain loud in the arena of rock, I was quite surprised when I first discovered Grand Funk Railroad on a local classic rock station, since they were basically a compilation (albiet an extremely talented one) of all those things I just mentioned. Of course I first heard We're an American Band, then the Locomotion, Some Kind of Wonderful, and finally heard I'm Your Captain, and realized with that ten minute opus, I just had to find more stuff by this group.
After discovering MurrayTheCat's Top 400 Rock "So you'd like to..." guides, I chose get myself their quasi-self-titled second album, and could not have been in for more of a surprise.
While the lyrics of songs like I'm Your Captain may be missing, and the high quality production of later albums is also gone from the fold, this power trio, with emphasis on power, is remarkably different from their radio-friendly tunes. This just happens to be a good thing.
From the first drum whacks of Got This Thing on the Move, to the cacophonous finale of Inside Looking Out, this is the most delicious hard rock album I have had the joy of listening to outside of Captain Beyond's first album.
You get the pounding of Got This, to the fun, rollicking High Falootin' Woman (with a tasty keyboard part that sounds like a harpsicord towards the middle), to the mind-boggling guitar "thing" at the end of In Need, to the most passionate vocals from Mark in Inside Looking Out, this album will tickle your fancy from start to finish.
I don't think most people associate this type of music with much talent, just look at 80s heavy metal for proof; but these guys are anything but untalented. The fact that these three guys can put out so much energy into their music and still be able to hold themselves together better than groups like the Faces, and sound just as great live, is quite an amazing feat. Mel's bass parts are always intense, but never so in your face that you forget the rest of the band. Don's drumming is also brash, reckless, and played with abandon, but never draws attention to himself, or causes the band to fall apart, in fact, he does an amazing job holding everything together. And Mark's guitar playing is totally unique to him. I've never heard anything like it before or since. He knows when to back off and let the others share the spotlight, how to play intelligent licks and riffs, but still can blow your pants off with an amazing solo, whether on guitar or harmonica (if that's him on the harp, I don't really know.)
PS: If that really is a harpsicord on High Falootin' Woman, then slap me silly, because to not only hear it on a rock album, but this particular album, and not sound out of place, is just amazing.
Also, if you are looking for more similar to this, and new to the group, check out their more 60s sounding On Time, and the more finely tuned E Pluribus Funk, you will not regret it. Turn those amps to eleven.
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24-bit digitally remastered reissue of their sophomore album (1969). Includes the hit Mr. Limousine Driver. 2 previously unreleased bonus tracks, 'Nothing Is the Same' (Demo) & 'Mr. Limousine Driver' (Extended). Capitol Records. 2002.Classic Rock Music CDs
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