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Pride (Living Colour Album)
''Pride'' is a compilation album by the American musical group Living Colour, released in 1995. In addition to some of their most commercially successful songs, the album includes four rare tracks recorded for the follow-up to their third album, ''Stain''. The collection is out of print; problems with the rights ownership make a reissue unlikely. Critical reception ''Entertainment Weekly'' wrote that "singles like 'Type' and 'Glamour Boys', and Vernon Reid’s dive-bomber guitar, amount to one mighty legacy." ''The Commercial Appeal'' opined: "Much of the ''Pride'' collection is just depressing, documenting the death of a promising band. So, unless you're a devoted fan, skip this one and use the bucks to replace your scarred copy of ''Vivid.''" Track listing *Tracks 2–4 and 6 are previously unreleased. *Tracks 8, 9, 11, 12, and 17 are from ''Vivid''. *Tracks 1, 13, 15, and 16 are from '' Time's Up''. *Tracks 10 and 14 are from ''Stain''. *Track 7 is from '' Biscuits EP''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living Colour
Living Colour is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1984. The band currently consists of guitarist Vernon Reid, lead vocalist Corey Glover, drummer Will Calhoun and bassist Doug Wimbish (who replaced Muzz Skillings in 1992). Stylistically, their music is a creative fusion influenced by heavy metal, funk, jazz, hip hop, punk, and alternative rock. The band's lyrics range from the personal to the political, including social commentary on racism in the United States. Living Colour has released six studio albums so far. The band rose to fame with their debut album ''Vivid'' in 1988. Although they scored a number of hits, Living Colour is best known for their signature anthem "Cult of Personality", which won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1990. They were also named Best New Artist at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards and won their second Grammy Award for their follow-up album '' Time's Up'' (1990). Their third album, ''Stain'' (1993), was also wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cult Of Personality (song)
"Cult of Personality" is a song by American rock band Living Colour, featured as the opening track and second single from their debut studio album ''Vivid'' (1988). The song was released on July 14, 1988, and reached 13 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks chart. It won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards. Its music video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video and MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. The band's guitarist and founder, Vernon Reid, described the song as very special for the band not just for its commercial success but because it was essentially written in just one rehearsal session. The riff was stumbled upon while practicing something else and by the end of the session they had written what was to become their best known song. The title comes from a psychological phenomenon called cult of personality, and the lyrics contain many political references. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biscuits (EP)
''Biscuits'' was an EP of live and unreleased cuts by Living Colour, released on July 16, 1991. The Sony Music Japan edition of this disc had nine extra tracks not available on the international editions, making ''Biscuits'' a compilation album. This is the final Living Colour release to feature bassist Muzz Skillings. Track listing (EP) # "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" (James Brown, Bobby Byrd) - 4:02 #* Previously unreleased, recorded in New York City in May 1991. # "Desperate People" (Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Skillings) - 5:34 #* Recorded live at CBGB in New York City on December 18, 1989. # "Love and Happiness" (Green, Hodges) - 5:07 #* Previously unreleased, recorded in April 1990 during the sessions of the '' Time's Up'' album. # "Memories Can't Wait" (Byrne, Harrison) - 5:06 #* Recorded live at the Ritz in New York City on April 22, 1989. # "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" (Jimi Hendrix) - 5:30 #* Previously unreleased, recorded in New York City in May 1991. # "Money Talks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time's Up (Living Colour Album)
''Time's Up'' is the second studio album by the band Living Colour, released on August 28, 1990 through Epic Records. It was the follow-up to their successful 1988 album ''Vivid''. ''Time's Up'' features a wide range of genres and also includes cameo appearances by Queen Latifah, Little Richard, Doug E. Fresh, Maceo Parker and James Earl Jones. The album reached gold status, peaking at #13 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. It is the final album to feature Muzz Skillings on bass, though it was not his last release with the band (as he appeared on the ''Biscuits'' EP). In late February 2014, the album was reissued in Europe by Music On CD and is available once again. Music ''Time's Up'' has been described as a hard rock and funk metal album, with elements of hip hop, jazz, funk, jazz fusion, Delta blues, soul, heavy metal, punk rock, and art rock. Critical reception In ''The Village Voice''s annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll for the ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivid (Living Colour Album)
''Vivid'' is the debut studio album by American band Living Colour, released on May 3, 1988, through Epic Records. It was one of the most popular albums of 1988, peaking at number six on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart and being certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Music ''Vivid'' has been described as a hard rock, funk metal, alternative metal, and heavy metal album, with elements of funk, soul, jazz, avant-garde jazz, pop, arena rock, punk rock, and rap. Critical reception In ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', Ken Tucker commented that Living Colour "defies musical stereotypes by evincing influences that include Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jimi Hendrix, Roxy Music and Sly Stone to yield a fierce, funny album." Mark Sinker of ''NME'' likewise highlighted the band's diversity of influences, including their embrace of older musical styles "that even metal heads haven't taken seriously", and concluded that ''Vivid'' "lives up, simultaneously, to the pin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pere Ubu (band)
Pere Ubu is an American rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. The band had a variety of long-term and recurring band members, with singer David Thomas being the only member staying throughout the band's lifetime. They released their debut album ''The Modern Dance'' in 1978 and followed with several more LPs before disbanding in 1982. Thomas reformed the group in 1987, continuing to record and tour. Describing their sound as "avant-garage," Pere Ubu's work drew inspiration from sources such as musique concrète, 60s rock, performance art, and the industrial environments of the American Midwest. While the band achieved little commercial success, they have exerted a wide influence on subsequent underground music. History 1970s Rocket from the Tombs was a Cleveland-based group that eventually fragmented: some members formed the Dead Boys, and others The Saucers, while David Thomas and guitarist Peter Laughner joined with guitarist Tom Herman, bass guitarist Tim Wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine Of Your Love
"Sunshine of Your Love" is a 1967 song by the British rock band Cream. With elements of hard rock, psychedelia, and pop, it is one of Cream's best known and most popular songs. Cream bassist and vocalist Jack Bruce based it on a distinctive bass riff he developed after attending a Jimi Hendrix concert. Guitarist Eric Clapton and lyricist Pete Brown later contributed to the song and drummer Ginger Baker plays a distinctive tom-tom drum rhythm. The song was included on Cream's best-selling second album ''Disraeli Gears'' in November 1967. Atco Records, the group's American label, was initially unsure of the song's potential. After recommendations by other label-affiliated artists, it released an edited single version in December 1967. The song became Cream's first and highest charting American single and one of the most popular singles of 1968. In September 1968, it became a modest chart hit after being released in the UK. Cream performed "Sunshine of Your Love" regularly in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ausländer (Living Colour Song)
"Ausländer" is a song by American rock band Living Colour, recorded for their third album, ''Stain A stain is a discoloration that can be clearly distinguished from the surface, material, or medium it is found upon. They are caused by the chemical or physical interaction of two dissimilar materials. Accidental staining may make materials app ...'' (1993), and released as its second single in April 1993. The term means ''foreigner(s)'' in German. Charts References Living Colour songs 1993 songs 1993 singles Epic Records singles Protest songs Songs against racism and xenophobia Songs written by Corey Glover Songs written by Doug Wimbish Songs written by Vernon Reid Songs written by Will Calhoun {{metal-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
"Burning of the Midnight Lamp" is a song recorded by English-American rock trio the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Written by frontman Jimi Hendrix and produced by band manager Chas Chandler, it features Rhythm and blues, R&B group Sweet Inspirations on backing vocals. The song was released in August 1967 as the group's fourth single in the United Kingdom and later included on the 1968 British edition of their compilation, ''Smash Hits (The Jimi Hendrix Experience album), Smash Hits''. In the United States, it first appeared as the B-side of "All Along the Watchtower#The Jimi Hendrix Experience version, All Along the Watchtower". The song was added to both US and UK editions of ''Electric Ladyland'' (1968). Recording and production Work on "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" began in May 1967, when the band recorded four demo takes of the skeletal song at London's Olympic Studios, Olympic Sound Studios during writing and recording sessions for ''Axis: Bold as Love''. Progress was slow howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type (song)
"Type" is the first single from Living Colour's second album '' Time's Up'' released in 1990. Music video Type's music video is set in a run down junkyard styled setting outside of New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ... where the band is playing. Throughout the video, images reflect technology, corporate greed, fundamentalist Christianity via televangelism, politics, and poverty have become the norm. It also reflects how regular people are trying so hard to get what they can't have, but the rich can easily obtain. Charts References Living Colour songs 1990 singles Songs written by Vernon Reid Song recordings produced by Ed Stasium 1990 songs Epic Records singles Songs about the media {{metal-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothingness (song)
"Nothingness" is a song by Living Colour and the third single off their third studio album, ''Stain''. The ballad reached #17 on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1993. It was later included on two greatest hits compilations, ''Pride'' (1995) and '' Everything Is Possible: The Very Best of Living Colour'' (2006). An acoustic version, allegedly intended for Dutch radio, was also included on 1994's Japan-exclusive ''Dread'' compilation. WARR.org. Retrieved on 1-07-09. This particularly moody track serves as a break from the more upbeat songs on the album. It opens with chirping and a -like gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solace Of You
"Solace of You" is a song by the funk metal band Living Colour Living Colour is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1984. The band currently consists of guitarist Vernon Reid, lead vocalist Corey Glover, drummer Will Calhoun and bassist Doug Wimbish (who replaced Muzz Skillings in 1992). S ... from their album '' Time's Up'' released in 1990. Charts References Living Colour songs 1990 singles Songs written by Vernon Reid Songs written by Corey Glover Song recordings produced by Ed Stasium 1990 songs Epic Records singles Calypso songs {{metal-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
