Caught In The Act

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Total Tracks: 10   Total Length: 38:12

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When Commodores Were Funk!!!!!

isaacmusicman

I wish the "Machine Gun" album was here, but "Caught In The Act" still qualify as "The Commodores" at their funky best! Yes, before they caught the Pop bug, they were a pure funk band. Songs like "Slippery When Wet", "The Bump" and "Look What You've Done To Me"(I have this one on 45 with its popin' and static!)proves that the group could get down with some of the top funk bands at that time. The unsung on here is "You Don't Know That I Know." You might say, "Hey! they copied the "Ohio Players" here!", and you might be right, but who cares! It still sounds great, and it was the perfect album closer. Worth the downloads!!!!

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The sophomore slump wasn’t a problem for the Commodores. The band’s first album, Machine Gun, was quite promising, but its sophomore album, Caught in the Act, is even stronger. This superb 1975 LP, which the Commodores produced and arranged with James Carmichael, is more diverse than its mostly up-tempo predecessor. There are plenty of up-tempo funk gems; anyone with a taste for hard, sweaty 1970s funk won’t be disappointed by “Look What You’ve Done to Me,” “Wide Open,” or the hit “Slippery When Wet,” which soared to number one on Billboard’s R&B singles chart and urges unfaithful husbands to give up their adulterous ways. But Caught in the Act, unlike Machine Gun, doesn’t neglect slower material; “You Don’t Know That I Know” and “This Is Your Life” are first-rate soul ballads. Excellent from start to finish, Caught in the Act is among the Commodores’ finest albums. – Alex Henderson

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