Another of the seemingly endless supply of must-hear 1969 albums.
Upbeat funk sounding roughly like Fresh and the great P-Funk albums, with an anthemic raveup streak on tracks like I Want to Take You Higher and Stand, irrepressible grooves like the Meters-covered Sing a Simple Song, uplifters like Everyday People and You Can Make it if you Try, and a legitimate 13+ minute jam in the form of Sex Machine. Pretty much everything you'd hope for from a funk album.
The organ is a real star here too, punching out slightly sloppy, wiry grooves.
Waaaaay back in the day I wondered why There's a Riot Goin' On, the album that followed this, was considered so dark. Didn't sound that dark to me then, but compared to this ray of sunshine its release must have been a sobering blow, with only the sneering, snaking Don't Call me Nigger, Whitey as a hint at what depths were to come 4/5
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