ONE DOWN

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studio album
First released:
Jul 1 1993

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Release dates:
  • Jul 11 2006

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Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock, Ambient, Dance, Funk, Post-punk, Punk, Avant-Garde, Experimental, Free Jazz, Pop, Rock. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Laswell's Funkiest!
"Take A Chance",Let Me Have It All","Come Down" and the

utterly memorable "Busting Out" are the hallmarks of Material's

most commited foray into funk,a genre that the bands far reaching albums generally skimmed over.With guest vocalists like

Bernard Fowler and Nona Hendryx on board the sound is very much

tight,prototype electro-funk;hooks and melodies play a much bigger part in the sound of the music.The next album 'Memory

Serves' would only hint at a particular groove as it swung into

a m…
Written by Andre' S Grindle "Funk Meister"
3 stars Could have been so much better....
The absence of a change of tempo really brings this material down. I expected so much more given the nice stable of singers that were enlisted. It is sometimes hard to distinguish one tune from the next, and the substantial punch that is present in most other Laswell works is missing as well. To hear this approach done much better, try the CD "Soft Machine" by the Teddybears.
Written by collegemoney

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  1. performer

    1. Fred Frith [guitar]

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ONE DOWN 9 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Restless Records
release dates: Jul 1 1993
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ONE DOWN 9 tracks format: 1 x cassette
record label: Restless Records
release dates: Jul 1 1993
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