At 12:18 AM -0700 4/20/00, Elson Trinidad wrote:
>I haven't heard the entire album, but I've heard quite a few tracks...
>
>
>I might be wrong, but so far most every song I've heard off the album
>sounds like a carbon copy of each other. Loud, tight drums, soulful - but
>very low-mixed vocals, and only when vocal harmonies kick in does it stand
>out in the mix. There's bass and chords in there somewhere, but it's kind
>of burind somewhere underneath the beat.
>
Just got this album, & haven't even listened all the way through
twice yet, but so far I think it's excellent. Whoever said it's more
of a "modal" album than a chord-progression album hit the nail on the
head.
It's kind of funny how the above critiques could also, say, be
applied to _There's a Riot Goin' On_-- the comparison has been made
before & not w/o validity.
I can tell all the songs apart though-- the instrumentation is really
similar from track to track, but that just makes the odd little
elements stand out more when you listen a little more & they start to
bubble up from under the surface. The bass is right there tied to
the drums; as any funk fan knows, everything else is icing! And
subtlety is the key here.
I forget what album had the "play twice before listening" disclaimer
on it, but I suspect that might be good advice for folks not
instantly taken in by _Voodoo_ (as I was). It simmers, it's sultry,
& it's deeper than the surface at first lets on.
--Jason Witherspoon ICQ #62837760
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