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Okay so I can't be certain but I think these guys might have just appeared in the 70's rock poll that just ended.
As I mentioned in that thread I've had Skin Tight, Fire and Honey for years but I've never bothered with the first few albums. I like Fire and Skin Tight but Honey is the only one I really love all the way through.
I've just finished going through Pain, Pleasure and Ecstasy thanks to Spotify with mixed results.
I started with Ecstasy as it's supposed to be the weakest of the three, to work my way up to the really great albums. By track two I was already thinking if this is the weakest just how good will the others be. Those first two songs are just excellent, You and Me is just so uplifting. Sadly the rest of the album didn't live up to these first two songs. Only Black Cat and Silly Billy really stood out. It's a good album but it's not a great one.
Next I went for Pain. Okay this is probably an upopular opinion but this album didn't do a lot for me. I quite enjoyed the title track but that was followed by Never Had a Dream which wasn't bad but is no way near as good as any of the ballads on Honey. The only song I really loved was I Wanna Hear it From You which is one of the best things I've heard by them yet. The last two songs I found really forgettable especially The Reds. I'm just not a big blues fan I guess.
Finally Pleasure. Okay, this album is fantastic. How have I lived my whole life without hearing a song called Funky Worm? That moment in Paint Me when he sings "Mr painter can you paint me into life" floored me. There is just not a bad moment on this album. It's so light and carefree all the way through until that devastating ballad right at the end. The band just sound incredible throughout It kind of reminded me of those great Isley Brothers albums from around the same time. I'm so happy I've found an album by them I love as much as Honey, maybe even more.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 07:14 (eleven years ago) link
Pleasure is usually everyone starts with as they know Funky Worm (it is indeed their best album) Honey is awesome tho.But all those albums that made the 70s poll were great.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 07:36 (eleven years ago) link
I had the opposite experience to KP. I checked out the westbound albums as well, but did it in the order they were ranked, and idg why people consistently rank pleasure above pain and ecstasy unless they're just voting for funky worm. Paint Me is pretty cool but the rest didn't do much for me. Ecstasy has some pretty funky tracks though. I think that one's a nice midpoint between their more unfocused earlier songs and the more slick disco stuff they did later.
― wk, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 07:48 (eleven years ago) link
It's too soon to say if I prefer it to Honey but it's close. Both albums don't seem to have any filler at all.
Can't believe I'd never heard Funky Worm before, just great stuff.
Are there any other good 70's funk/soul threads on ILM that cover this kind of stuff? Maybe I need to go check out that funk listening club thread again.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 07:56 (eleven years ago) link
I need to give Ecstasy another play. I did enjoy it but if felt like there was a fair amount of filler on it. I don't know, I was waiting for the filler to come on Pleasure but it just never came. It just seemed like a really tight album.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 08:02 (eleven years ago) link
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