Larry Graham & Graham Central Station"The Larry Graham & Graham Central Station Anthology"
( 2xLP Warner Archives Records, 2001 )
Catalog # 8122-78388-2
Tracklisting:
Disc: 1
01 - We've Been Waiting 0:58
02 - Hair 4:55
03 - Can You Handle It? 5:11
04 - People 4:31
05 - Ghetto 4:24
06 - Feel The Need 3:57
07 - Release Yourself 4:44
08 - 'Tis Your Kind Of Music 5:42
09 - Today 6:42
10 - The Jam 8:13
11 - It's Alright 3:50
12 - Your Love 3:20
13 - I Can't Stand The Rain 6:08
14 - Dear Prudence (Previously Unissued Outtake) 4:33
15 - Entrow 7:10
16 - Love (Covers A Multitude Of Sin) 4:11
Disc: 2
01 - Now Do-U-Wanta Dance 3:45
02 - Last Train 3:39
03 - Earthquake 6:41
04 - Stomped Beat-Up And Whooped 2:59
05 - My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me 4:00
06 - Is It Love? 6:39
07 - (You're A) Foxy Lady (Single Edit) 4:09
08 - Star Walk (Single Edit) 3:57
09 - One In A Million You 4:11
10 - When We Get Married 3:35
11 - I'm So Glad It's Summer Again (Previously Unissued Extended Version) 5:26
12 - Just Be My Lady 4:26
13 - Don't Stop When You're Hot 4:33
14 - Sooner Or Later 5:08
15 - I Never Forgot Your Eyes 4:03
16 - By Popular Demand 5:29
17 - I Want To Take You Higher (Live, 1992) 6:22
Review:
Much of former Sly & The Family Stone member Larry Graham (Central Station)'s first few albums picked up on the "take you higher" vibe of Sly's greatest music, with a run of energetic, bass-driven funk tracks...Larry and the Family Graham wouldn't be that inaccurate of an alternative title. To me, the peak came with the 1975-1977 tracks (THE JAM through EARTHQUAKE).
After that, somehow the funk seemed to get diluted in various trends of the day, from disco (STAR WALK) to pop/soul ballads (ONE IN A MILLION YOU), albeit I do appreciate the latter track more now than when it was first released. An indication how how times change is that on the early-1980s track SOONER OR LATER a synthesized bass is heard, not Larry's trademark plucking and popping.
The album ends with a faithful-to-the-original 1990's concert remake of Sly's HIGHER, which in a way brings it all back home. Overall, this is by far the GCS collection to own, even if the group's initial consistent vision gets obscured on parts of the second disc--five stars for half of the tracks here, three for the remainder.
Disc: 1
01 - We've Been Waiting 0:58
02 - Hair 4:55
03 - Can You Handle It? 5:11
04 - People 4:31
05 - Ghetto 4:24
06 - Feel The Need 3:57
07 - Release Yourself 4:44
08 - 'Tis Your Kind Of Music 5:42
09 - Today 6:42
10 - The Jam 8:13
11 - It's Alright 3:50
12 - Your Love 3:20
13 - I Can't Stand The Rain 6:08
14 - Dear Prudence (Previously Unissued Outtake) 4:33
15 - Entrow 7:10
16 - Love (Covers A Multitude Of Sin) 4:11
Disc: 2
01 - Now Do-U-Wanta Dance 3:45
02 - Last Train 3:39
03 - Earthquake 6:41
04 - Stomped Beat-Up And Whooped 2:59
05 - My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me 4:00
06 - Is It Love? 6:39
07 - (You're A) Foxy Lady (Single Edit) 4:09
08 - Star Walk (Single Edit) 3:57
09 - One In A Million You 4:11
10 - When We Get Married 3:35
11 - I'm So Glad It's Summer Again (Previously Unissued Extended Version) 5:26
12 - Just Be My Lady 4:26
13 - Don't Stop When You're Hot 4:33
14 - Sooner Or Later 5:08
15 - I Never Forgot Your Eyes 4:03
16 - By Popular Demand 5:29
17 - I Want To Take You Higher (Live, 1992) 6:22
Review:
Much of former Sly & The Family Stone member Larry Graham (Central Station)'s first few albums picked up on the "take you higher" vibe of Sly's greatest music, with a run of energetic, bass-driven funk tracks...Larry and the Family Graham wouldn't be that inaccurate of an alternative title. To me, the peak came with the 1975-1977 tracks (THE JAM through EARTHQUAKE).
After that, somehow the funk seemed to get diluted in various trends of the day, from disco (STAR WALK) to pop/soul ballads (ONE IN A MILLION YOU), albeit I do appreciate the latter track more now than when it was first released. An indication how how times change is that on the early-1980s track SOONER OR LATER a synthesized bass is heard, not Larry's trademark plucking and popping.
The album ends with a faithful-to-the-original 1990's concert remake of Sly's HIGHER, which in a way brings it all back home. Overall, this is by far the GCS collection to own, even if the group's initial consistent vision gets obscured on parts of the second disc--five stars for half of the tracks here, three for the remainder.
By Celo
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