"COLLECTION" WEEK (JUNE 4-10, 2012)
Not a great compilation from this fusion group. Yellowjackets are a good group, this just isn't a representative collection. Prior to this release, the group had recorded 11 albums. This compilation contains tracks taken from only 5 of those 11 releases. Granted, the first three albums were with another label, but that fact doesn't help the weakness of the compilation here. It's almost like an intern at GRP was given the task of putting this thing together.
Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart
Tracks: Of the CD's 11 tracks, 5 are from a live album, 1992's Live Wires. I bought this solely because it contained one of my favorite Yellowjackets tracks, And You Know That, from the 1986 album, Shades, which won the 1986 Grammy for "Best R&B Instrumental Performance." And You Know That is 80s synth-jazz in all its dated cheesy wonderfulness à la David Sanborn. Also good are Freedomland, Jacket Town, and Revelation; the latter features guest artists Take 6.
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: In the mid-90s, I bought this CD at a Sound Warehouse (the name had probably changed to Blockbuster Music by then) located in the Lincoln Heights shopping center in San Antonio. This store was an enormous place with at least ten listening stations. For a person like me, it was very welcoming, simultaneously exciting and relaxing. It is long gone. I prefer buying music online now because of the convenience, but I do miss visiting and browsing record/CD stores.
Previously revisited for the blog:
Politics (1988)
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