This is an interesting, if not entirely successful detour into funk-metal for the band that pioneered Rastafarian hard-core punk. Everything is slowed down here, and the sonic textures have thickened considerably. Drummer Earl Hudson delivers both ponderous, stomping metal rhythms and funked-up grooves, while Dr. Know gets to show off his chops a bit more than he has in the past. The religious messages have, if anything, gotten more mystical and less coherent -- song titles like "Soul Craft," "Voyage into Infinity," and "Messengers" give you an idea of what to expect. "Don't Blow Bubbles" may or may not be a slightly homophobic cautionary tale for the age of AIDS, and "Sheba" appears to be a paean to King Solomon's wife (a perennial favorite subject for reggae musicians). As on I Against I, reggae is given short shrift on this album. In fact, the only reggae rhythm to be found at all is on "The Prophet's Eye," an awkward tune that feels tacked onto the album's end. Fans will defend it, and Quickness is by no means a failure, but it's also far from being Bad Brains' best work.
...Years ago when I worked as a cook at Bridgetown Grill in Little Five Points Atlanta, my mornings started early as in 7AM; the cooks would get in there, bleary eyed (we'd be hungover from sucking down pitchers at the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club the previous evening 90% of the time) to start prepping everything that needed prepping which entailed doing a grip of slicing and dicing (this was a Jam...
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...Years ago when I worked as a cook at Bridgetown Grill in Little Five Points Atlanta, my mornings started early as in 7AM; the cooks would get in there, bleary eyed (we'd be hungover from sucking down pitchers at the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club the previous evening 90% of the time) to start prepping everything that needed prepping which entailed doing a grip of slicing and dicing (this was a Jam...
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 Soul Craft |
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| 2 Voyage into Infinity |
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| 3 The Messengers |
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| 4 With the Quickness |
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| 5 Gene Machine/Don't Bother Me |
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| 6 Don't Blow Bubbles |
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| 7 Sheba |
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| 8 Yout' Juice |
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| 9 No Conditions |
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| 10 Silent Tears |
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| 11 The Prophets Eye |
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| 12 Endtro |
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