Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (CD)

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• Release Date: October 18, 2005
• Label: Westbound (USA)
• UPC: 723485710010
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105770866
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #64713 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #3290 in R&B (See Top 100 R&B Bestsellers)
• #187 in Funk (See Top 100 Funk Bestsellers)

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Funkadelic: Eddie Hazel , Gary Shider (vocals, guitar); Bernie Worrell (vocals, keyboards); "Boogie" C. Mosson (vocals, bass instrument); Calvin Simon (vocals, congas); Tiki Fulwood (vocals, percussion); Fuzzy Haskins, George Clinton , Grady Thomas, Raymond Davis (vocals); Ron Brykowski (guitar).

Additional personnel: Leon Patillo (piano); Jimmy Calhoun (bass instrument); Gary Bronson (drums); Tyrone Lampkin (percussion).

Recording information: Manta Eastern Studios, Toronto, Canada; Hollywood Sound Studios, Hollywood, California; Crystal Studios, Hollywood, California; United Sound, Detroit, Michigan.

Funkadelic's 1974 release STANDING ON THE VERGE OF GETTING IT ON proved to be a continuation of the more consolidated direction laid down on its predecessor, COSMIC SLOP. But STANDING is the better and stronger album, and easily Funkadelic's most consistent work since the classic MAGGOT BRAIN. Even though the band's members were, at the time, doing double duty in the more commercially oriented Parliament, Funkadelic maintained its complete allegiance here to wildly experimental, rock-influenced music.

The album begins with a lighthearted poem read by two band members, their voices sped up to sound like The Chipmunks. This leads directly into the vicious funk-rock of "Red Hot Mama" and the absolutely raging rocker, "Alice In My Fantasies." The mood calms down briefly for the soulful "I'll Stay" and the playful pop of "Sexy Ways." There are jazzy moments ("Jimmy's Got A Little Bit Of Bitch In Him"), and meditative instrumentals ("Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts"), but the topper is the title track, a manically exuberant jam that still ranks among P-funk's greatest moments.

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