CD

Life

Sly & The Family Stone

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MHCP1305
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1
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CD
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Limited (First Edition), Paper Sleeve, 4BonusTracks, Remaster

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Just a matter of months after Dance to the Music, Sly & the Family Stone turned around and delivered Life, a record that leapfrogged over its predecessor in terms of accomplishment and achievement. The most noteworthy difference is the heavier reliance on psychedelics and fuzz guitars, plus a sharpening of songcraft that extends to even throwaways like "Chicken." As it turns out, Life didn't have any hits — the double A-sided single "Life"/"M'Lady" barely cracked the Top 100 — yet this feels considerably more song-oriented than its predecessor, as each track is a concise slice of tightly wound dance-funk. All the more impressive is that the group is able to strut their stuff within this context, trading off vocals and blending into an unstoppable force where it's impossible to separate the instruments, even as they solo. The songwriting might still be perfunctory or derivative in spots — listen to how they appropriate "Eleanor Rigby" on "Plastic Jim" — but what's impressive is how even the borrowed or recycled moments sound fresh in context. And then there's the cuts that work on their own, whether it's the aforementioned double-sided single, "Fun," "Dynamite!," or several other cuts here — these are brilliant, intoxicating slices of funk-pop that get by as much on sound as song, and they're hard to resist ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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何でこのアルバムのレビュー無いのかね…(笑)個人...

投稿日:2009/01/26 (月)

何でこのアルバムのレビュー無いのかね…(笑)個人的には次作より断然好きだな。まだまだ粗削りで、色々な要素を詰め込もうと試みるも全然コントロールし切れてない暴走ぶりが実に格好いい。ロック的要素が強くギター・サウンドが際立つのも本作品の魅力!

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