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Superfly (Sdtk) (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 Superfly (Sdtk) (Remaster) (CD) Album By Curtis Mayfield (Artist)
1   Little Child Runnin' Wild
2   Pusherman
3   Freddie's Dead
4   Junkie Chase - (TRUE instrumental)
5   Give Me Your Love (Love Song)
6   Eddie You Should Know Better
7   No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song)
8   Think - (TRUE instrumental)
9   Superfly
10   Freddie's Dead - (single mix, bonus track, from "Theme Superfly")
11   Superfly - (single mix, bonus track)
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.114) - Ranked #69 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...An astonishing album, marrying lush string parts to funky bass grooves and lots of wah-wah guitar..."
Rolling Stone (2/3/00, p.53) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...this is the seminal blaxploitation soundtrack....And it's history."
Spin (p.122) - "This definitive blaxplotiation-flick soundtrack spiked his do-right nature with just the right amount of baaaaddness."
Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.28) - Ranked #6 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks" - "...A testament to the powers of a musician at the top of his game..."
Q (9/94, p.128) - 5 Stars - Indispensable
Vibe (12/99, p.164) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Mojo (Publisher) (6/02, p.66) - Included in Mojo's "100 Coolest Movie Soundtracks".
Mojo (Publisher) (11/99, p.133) - "One of the few essential blaxploitation soundtracks...more renowned for its Curtis Mayfield score than its on-screen content..."

Title Note

Recording information: RCA Studios, Chicago, Illinois; Bell Sound Studios, New York, New York.

With his socially conscious messages and positive, pro-active stance, Curtis Mayfield seemed an unlikely candidate to score a blaxploitation film. That SUPERFLY resulted not only in an excellent soundtrack for the film, but in one of Mayfield's best albums, is all the more surprising. In fact, Mayfield's forward-thinking philosophy added a layer of depth to the movie, painting its realistic urban scenes through song in ways that comment on socio-economic hardships and the plight of many African Americans. He is especially skilled at character sketches, as on the driving "Freddie's Dead," and writing from particular points of view, as on the sly, slinky "Pusherman."

Along with Isaac Hayes's SHAFT, SUPERFLY wrote the book on blaxploitation music, pioneering sounds, themes, and moods that would be indelibly associated--thanks in part to the films they accompanied--with black inner-city life in the '70s. Mayfield achieves this with an array of lean funk grooves punctuated by brass arrangements, interlocking percussion, wah-wah guitar, and his wispy, soulful tenor. The title track, which closes out the set, is one of Mayfield's signature tunes, and still stands among the most recognizable, and pleasurable, musical emblems of the era.

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5 out of 5 stars This is the album that made him famous!, May 7, 2008
By Curtis Fan 2000
Classic Piece from integral blaxpotation movie. This is the album that made him famous!

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