Monday, June 17, 2013

#913 Booker T. & the MGs - Melting Pot

Deeply, wildly funky; a twisty, rollicking album that never skips out of the groove. The first side is straight-up Meters/Sly funk, lead by the title track that mixes fun and full italics cool about as well as anything ever. Classic. That the band had just finished a switchedabout full-album cover of Abbey Road should come as no surprise - that kind of tunefulness is fully present on the second side, which also features a smattering of trippy lady-vocals and an outright Here Comes the Sun quote.

Together its the culmination of one of the finest backing bands around, a testament to their mighty musical breadth and depth 4.5/5

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