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Curtis (Remaster) (CD)

By: Curtis Mayfield (Artist)

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Curtis Mayfield Artist Snapshot:

After leaving his position as leader of the Impressions, one of the most successful black vocal groups of the 1960s, Curtis Mayfield made progressive and highly influential funk/R&B records, most notably the soundtrack to the cult movie SUPERFLY. His unique, simultaneous rhythm/lead guitar style and fragile falsetto vocals have been much imitated but never duplicated. In 1990, Mayfield was the victim of an onstage accident that made him a quadriplegic, but it didn't stop him from making music. He released an album of new material in '96, though he would pass away three years later.

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DISC 1 for Curtis (Remaster) (CD) Album By Curtis Mayfield (Artist)
1   If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go, (Don't Worry)
2   Other Side Of Town, The
3   Makings Of You, The
4   We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue
5   Move On Up
6   Miss Black America
7   Wild And Free
8   Give It Up
9   Power To The People - (demo)
10   Underground - (demo)
11   Ghetto Child - (demo)
12   Readings In Astrology - (demo)
13   Suffer - (demo)
14   Miss Black America - (demo)
15   Makings Of You, The - (back tracks)
16   If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go, (Don't Worry) - (backing tracks)
17   If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go, (Don't Worry) - (single version)
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (2/3/00, p.53) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Cut for cut, Mayfield's solo debut is stronger than SUPERFLY....Rare items: the achingly empathetic 'Other Side of Town' and 'Miss Black America,' featuring one of his many children."
Q (12/00, p.144) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...It wedded the big issues of the day to peerless songwriting that yielded such enduring classics as 'Move On Up'..."

Title Note

Recorded at RCA Studios, Chicago, Illinois. Includes liner notes by David Nathan.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

CURTIS is the first solo album by R&B/soul legend Curtis Mayfield. After leaving the Impressions, Mayfield began to write lyrics that were more politically charged. With the 1970 release of CURTIS, he became one of the most important socially conscious artists of his generation. The album's opener, "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go" uses racial epithets openly, as Mayfield asserts the shiftlessness of America. Set to a funky groove, with smart horn arrangements and wah-wah guitar, this song is a brazen attack on social mores, racism, the Vietnam War, religious impropriety, and Nixon-era politics.

"We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue" is another track that poignantly examines the race and class struggles of urban America. This song is made up of more than just a static groove; its tempos shift midway through and powerful brass figures, timpani punctuations, and harp glissandos soon dominate the mix. Also featuring the powerful "Move On Up," CURTIS is a classic soul record, and its relevance is amplified by its quest for racial harmony and its bold anti-establishment stance. (Note: The 2000 reissue of CURTIS features nine bonus tracks.)

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