Before the Commodores started having major adult contemporary hits like "Three Times a Lady," "Easy," and "Still," they were happy to be a full-time funk/soul band. The Southerners became increasingly pop-minded in the late '70s, but when their debut album, Machine Gun, came out in 1974, their music was unapologetically gritty. This was, without question, a very promising debut -- Lionel Richie and his allies really hit the ground running on sweaty funk items like "Young Girls Are My Weakness," "The Bump," "Gonna Blow Your Mind," and the single "I Feel Sanctified." These songs aren't funk-pop or sophisticated funk -- they're hardcore funk. What you won't find on Machine Gun are a lot of sentimental love allads. In the late '70s, the Commodores became as famous for their allads as they were for their funk and dance material, but believe it or not, there are no allads to be found on this consistently funky, mostly up-tempo debut. As much as this LP has going for it, Machine Gun isn't the Commodores' best or most essential album. Machine Gun is rewarding, but their subsequent albums Caught in the Act (1975), Movin' On (1975), and Hot on the Tracks (1976) are even stronger.
...my HHT is bleeding right on over into my Friday funk feeling, so I'll slap this on right now...Long before Nicole came along, Lionel Richie and his boys were laying down "the real skinny" with tunes like this, the title track to the Commodores' first proper LP...initially this album got no play on pop radio (a good thing, hindsight 20/20) but was on heavy rotation over on the R&B side of the...
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...my HHT is bleeding right on over into my Friday funk feeling, so I'll slap this on right now...Long before Nicole came along, Lionel Richie and his boys were laying down "the real skinny" with tunes like this, the title track to the Commodores' first proper LP...initially this album got no play on pop radio (a good thing, hindsight 20/20) but was on heavy rotation over on the R&B side of the...
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 Machine Gun |
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| 2 Young Girls Are My Weakness |
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| 3 I Feel Sanctified |
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| 4 The Bump |
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| 5 Rapid Fire |
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| 6 The Assembly Line |
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| 7 The Zoo (The Human Zoo) |
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| 8 Gonna Blow Your Mind |
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| 9 There's a Song in My Heart |
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| 10 Superman |
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