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20 Jazz Funk Greats
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0024596109527
Label: Mute U.S.
Manufacturer: Mute U.S.
MPN: 1095
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Mute U.S.
Release Date: December 02, 1993
Studio: Mute U.S.
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Editorial Review:
The best English rock & roll has always been made by art students; this sometimes-pretentious, always-engaging foursome is no exception. Throbbing Gristle's unprecedented alignment of collage, propaganda, and noise even spawned an entire genre. This 1978 full-length (originally the third release on the group's Industrial label) was their uncharacteristically accessible electro-pop album. It's survived rather well--of note are the pleasantly monotonous, noisy synth-pop of "What a Day," the wholly improvised two-tracks of "Discipline," and the playful, ambient "Exotica," a tribute to Martin Denny that prefigures hipster cocktail culture by two decades. The group wasn't only boundary-pushing, they had a sense of humor (easily glimpsed in the cover art) that's sorely lacking in the industrial music created since Throbbing Gristle's demise in the late '70s. --Mike McGonigal
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Jazz funk, nice-guy outifts, sheep clothing!
Luis Mejia (son) - unexplaining every irregularity, that's Throbbing Gristle style. Tell the legend that Genesis P-Orridge was told by his mother why he had never done anything nice, and so, he came up with the idea of a farse of an album, by calling with a pretty name and go out dressed as good, catholic boys, but, have you seen where they are standing? England's favourite suicide spot! and the back cover appears the same just with a dead man on front of them... Anyways, for new listeners this is ... Read More
Rating: - The core document of Throbbing Gristle's 1st incarnation
This is Industrial Music, pure and simple. This is what people generally think of when they refer to Throbbing Gristle. The misleading cover, the Martin Denny references, the conflict between beauty, ugliness, decay, and free construction. It's as good as it gets.
Start here and continue your Throbbing Gristle habit with 2nd Annual Report, and one of the live disks, I'd recommend Mission of Dead Souls, but Heathen Earth is good as well.
Rating: - Just sit back and relax
Of TGs works, this is easily one of a select few that really feels like an album of music, rather than something you have to strap yourself in for. It's far more polished than their earlier albums. While not representative of their more nightmarish soundscapes from earlier years, it's something you can casually throw on and enjoy without having to commit yourself to the "experience" of something such as Second Annual Report or CD1, and unlike D.O.A, none of the tracks really feel like throwaways.
Rating: - Totally bizarre
I'm not sure whether I like or dislike this...the music is incredibly strange, it makes no sense really. Not what I expected from a band in the industrial genre. The album goes from sounding like 70's psychadelic ambient to on the verge of unlistenable noise on the last two (live?) tracks. "we need discepline in here!!" ...What the hell?
If you're into strange stuff, or the 'avant garde', give them a try.
Rating: - we need some discipline in here...
you can't go wrong with this album...very accessible, good place to start if you're new to Throbbing Gristle.
Mainstream music has nothing to offer. Listen to Throbbing Gristle.
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