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One Down by Material

One Down

Release Date: 10/6/1992

Recording Date: 1/1982

Tracks: 9

Length: 00:45:53 Hrs

Label: Restless Records

Type: CD,CS

Genre/Styles:
Funk, Ambient, Prog-Rock, Experimental, Post-Punk, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Electronic, R&B, Dance-Rock, Art Rock

Album Tracks (9)

Song Title
Length
1.
Take a Chance
04:32
2.
I'm the One
05:28
3.
Time Out
04:58
4.
Let Me Have It All
05:26
5.
Come Down
04:45
6.
Holding On
04:46
7.
Memories
04:03
8.
Don't Lose Control
04:22
9.
Bustin' Out
08:03

What the Critics Say

One Down marked a distinct shift in sound for Material, the avant-garde downtown pickup group organized around bassist Bill Laswell and keyboardist Michael Beinhorn. The edgy experimentalism that characterized earlier efforts like Temporary Music and Memory Serves is downplayed here in favor of funk and disco tunes delivered with a minimum of weirdness. Sure, it sounds dated but that doesn't make it less attractive. Laswell is a master of funk bass, and with guests like drummer Yogi Horton, guitarist Nile Rodgers and singers Nona Hendryx and Whitney Houston (just before she became a superstar on her own), he didn't really have much chance to go wrong. Highlights include"Take a Chance" and the strutting "I'm the One"; if you want something a little more challenging, check out Archie Shepp's squalling sax solo on the Houston vehicle "Memories." This is straight-ahead turn-of-the-80s funk at its old-fashioned best from the folks you'd have least suspected of harboring such sympathies. ~ Rick Anderson, Rovi

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