1974-1980 Chronicles Tear The Roof Off

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Author: Parliament

Format: Import

PartNumber: 514 417-2

Release Date: 18-05-1993

Details: Amazon.ca »We shall overcome! We got to shoot them with the Bop Gun! » The Parliament end of George Clinton’s 1970s empire provided him with a wide screen on which to purvey a vision so, well, visionary, that the use of 3-D sunglasses was practically mandatory. Preaching free thought, warning against the effects of thePlacebo Syndrome, hijacking NASA concepts in the interest of black empowerment, and alluding to T.S. Eliot before Marvin Gaye’sLet’s Get It On inner-sleeve quote (« Once I was a hollow man, in which a lonely heart did dwell »), the crew did it all with a musical panache that included jazzy horns, layered vocal harmonies, and, of course, beats at once hefty and bouncy.Tear the Roof Off condenses nine albums into a rich two-and-a-half-hour ride to a spiritualChocolate City.–Rickey Wright

UPC: 731451441721

EAN: 0731451441721

Model: 514 417-2

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood