Tower Of Power - Back On The Streets (1979) {Columbia}
EAC 0.99pb4 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 247MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 85MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz-Funk, Funk, Soul
EAC 0.99pb4 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 247MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 85MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz-Funk, Funk, Soul
Their last LP for Columbia, 1979's Back on the Streets, found Tower of Power once again a disappointment to their fans. After two albums of desultory balladeering, the band still refused to return to their blistering funk roots, choosing instead what they hoped would be a more commercially viable wade into the oceans of disco. It didn't work. With a slick production that's so predictable it's horizontally boring, Tower of Power limped into the R&B charts with the mini-hit "Rock Baby" in August. And it really doesn't get any better from there. Across a batch of mediocre and uneven disco numbers, replete with strings and "sexy" backing vocalists, the band wandered across the absolutely MOR ballad "Heaven Must Have Made You" and the "Chuck E.'s in Love"-esque "And You Know It." It's only when they reach "Nowhere to Run" and the more funk-fueled "Something Calls Me" and "Just Make a Move (And Be Yourself)" that they show any glimmers of their earlier, powerful prowess. Ultimately, crippled by the rotating roster of players, producers, and hangers-on, Tower of Power just doesn't pull through — at all. Back on the Streets put the band straight on the back burner, where, at the time, most people felt they belonged.Track List
01. Rock Baby 4:48
02. Our Love 3:34
03. Heaven Must Have Made You 3:33
04. And You Know It 3:02
05. Nowhere To Run 4:35
06. Something Calls Me 4:24
07. It Takes Two (To Make It Happen) 3:37
08. In Due Time 4:11
09. Just Make A Move (And Be Yourself) 5:10
musicians
Michael Jeffries - lead vocals, background vocals
Lenny Pickett - 1st tenor sax, alto sax, soprano sax, synthesizer, background vocals
Emilio Castillo - 2nd tenor sax, background vocals
Steven Kupka - baritone sax, background vocals
Mic Gillette - trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn, bass trombone, background vocals
Greg Adams - trumpet, flugelhorn, background vocals
Chester Thompson - organ, clavinet, Mini-Moog, Fender Rhodes piano, acoustic piano, background vocals
Danny Hoefer - guitar
Vito San Filippo - bass, background vocals
David Garibaldi - drums, syndrums
Produced by McKinley Jackson, Richard Evans, Emilio Castillo and Tower Of Power
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008
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Tower Of Power / Back On The Streets
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Track 1
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