- Category: Music » R&B » Funk
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- Release Date: July 6, 2009
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Edsel
- UPC: 0740155103132
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113568376
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #57973 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #3239 in R&B (See Top 100 R&B Bestsellers)
- #166 in Funk (See Top 100 Funk Bestsellers)
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Product Description
More Albums by ParliamentRun a Quick Search on "Osmium" by Parliament to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Osmium"Browse more products related to "Parliament"Product notePersonnel: Grady Thomas, Raymond Davis, Calvin Simon (vocals); Eddie Hazel (guitar); Bernie Worrell (keyboards); Tyrone Lampkin (drums). Album DescriptionThe first Parliament album, OSMIUM, was a mixed-up mess of an affair, but would anyone expect anything less? The overall sound is much more Funkadelic than later Parliament, if with a somewhat more accessible feel. Things get going with an appropriately leering start, thanks to "I Call My Baby Pussycat," which makes something like "What's New, Pussycat?" seem like innocent, chaste conversation. After a stripped-down start, things explode into a full-on funk strut with heavy-duty guitar and slamming drums setting the way. The singers sound like they're tripping without losing the soul-sudden music dropouts, vocal cut-ins, volume level tweaks, and more add to the off-kilter feeling. OSMIUM's sound progresses from there--it's funk's fire combined with a studio freedom that feels like a blueprint for the future. Bernie Worrell's keyboard abilities are already clear, whether he's trying for hotel lounge jams or full freakiness; similarly, Eddie Hazel is clearly finding his own epic stoned zone to peel out some amazing solos at the drop of a hat. As for the subject matter and end results--who else but this crew could have come up with the trash-talking, yodeling twang of "Little Ole Country Boy" in 1970 and still made it funky with all the steel guitar? Other fun times include the piano and vocal-into-full-band goofy romantic romp of "My Automobile" and "Funky Woman," where over a heavy groove (and goofy Worrell break) the titular character lives with the consequence of her stank: "She hung them in the air/The air said this ain't fair!" Amidst all the nuttiness, there are some perhaps surprising depths--consider "Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer," which might almost be too pretty for its own good (Worrell's harpsichord almost verges on the sickly sweet) but still has some lovely gospel choir singing and heartfelt lyrics. If You Enjoy "Osmium (CD)", May We Also Recommend:
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