Search - Graham Central Station :: Release Yourself

Mighty,Mighty GCS!!!!

Andre' S Grindle | Bangor,ME. | 08/18/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I gave up after hearing this album-I mean about finding
anything funkier because honest to goodness "Release Yourself"
outfunk's even SLY's latest offering!Larry Graham introduces
the show with "GCS" on which he plays all the instruments himself.THEN you are subjected to the manic-tempo rockin' and
rollin' funk of the tital track-sorry but no place to hide from
that!After the deeply Sly inflected grooves of "Got To Get Through It To Get In It" and "I Believe In You" we come to the
epic "'Tis Your Kind Of Music",a Stevie Wonder-like keyboard
dominated numbers that KNOCKS DOWN THE HOUSE!!!!Then we have
yet to MORE monster grooves in "Hey Mr.Writer" and "Feel The Need" before we come to the end on "Today",the albums
slowest tune that's so soulful and gospel infused it knocks out the listener all the same.Whatch out-this should be avoided by anyone with heart conditions baught on by too much funk!"