Madhouse 8 Rapidshare

Tracklisting: 1. Eight Source: CD Format: VBR V0 MP3 [View Comments To Listen] A faceless group playing jazzy music, curious song titles, a beautiful woman on the cover that makes you wonder from whence she came to be known, and it’s released on the Paisley Park imprint? Of course it’s That Guy From Minneapolis. While this music may not sound extremely radical to jazz connoisseurs, for That Guy, it certainly marked a tonal shift and change of direction. Credits for this record are scarce, although it is generally known that That Guy, Eric Leeds, and a couple of others are involved. An amusing note in “Four” is that well-known fan and archivist of That Guy, namely the Roots’?uestlove, totally lifted it for one of The Roots songs (“Africa” by D’Angelo had a similar lifting).

Anyone who is familiar with The Roots’ back catalogue will be able to spot it on first listen. This album and its sequel serve as some of the most compelling and interesting chapters in the saga of That Guy; though, his penchant for hiding his musical meanderings under different labels and outfits (there was a performance group associated with Madhouse, including the woman on the cover) seemed to backfire in this regard. By the way, the woman on the cover’s name is Maneca Lightner.

Recorded in less than five days in the fall of 1986, was 's first foray into jazz fusion, a natural progression from the sophisticated, horn-spiked funk of. As with his numerous other side projects, like and early, took pains to disguise his involvement, making woodwind player the spokesman for. In fact, wrote and laid down all eight tracks before calling on -- who was reportedly being rewarded for his loyalty -- to add overdubs on sax and flute. Soal Ujian Nasional Sastra Indonesia Program Bahasa. The results, titled only by number, are more impressive when considered in light of how many other musical balls had in the air at the time: 's third effort, the beginnings of, and his own epic Dream Factory (which would later mutate into the two-disc ), among others. But on their own merits, the songs aren't bad, either, with the instrumental format offering and a chance to indulge in more complex melodic and harmonic ideas than often appeared on record.

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In that sense, has more in common with 's legendary live shows of this period, which often featured such extended jams. The best song, however, is the simple single '6,' a throwback to the foot-stomping '60s soul-jazz of artists like, updated with an explosive '80s backbeat. Not an essential item in the canon, this is still miles ahead of the sort of fuzak and (who would end up in 's band, years later) were taking straight to the bank at about the same time.