Blam [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Brothers Johnson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000002GAG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #371,487 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ain't We Funkin' Now

2. So Won't You Stay

3. Blam!!

4. Rocket Countdown/Blastoff

5. Ride-O-Rocket

6. Mista' Cool

7. It's You Girl

8. Streetwave

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get the Japanese import for $29.99, January 9, 2010

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Dr. Michael J. Smith "On the Nite Flite" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blam (Audio CD)

My 3 paragraph tirade against the music industry inspired by the $80+ USED price of this cd here was deleted. I was probably way too bitter. That said there are more fair prices for Blam! if you look around. This is a perfect cd & equal to EWF's All-N-All, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Pink Floyd's Animals, Parliament's Funkentelechy all rock-n-roll classics from of 1977-1978 time period. Read the other reviews for track-to-track breakdowns. What I want to do is encourage you to look for the Japanese reissues from 2008 which have better sound quality and are less than $30. I purchased one of these and am ecstatic. Someone is selling this classic for $225! Don't succomb to pure greed look for the Japanese reissues & enjoy this classic and not feel like you've been slimed.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tight Funk, May 29, 2000

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A customer "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blam (Audio CD)

The Brothers Johnson Never Let up on this Great Album.The Production&Musicianship are Tight all the way through.The Brothers Johnson Glide thru Many Styles With Ease.Very Essential Music that is Timeless TOO THE FUNK.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock and Funk fans: check this one out., November 6, 2003

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B. Lynch "the_onewhoknows" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blam (Audio CD)

I am not a huge R & B or ''soul music'' fan, but this CD is a keeper. It's funk with lots of rock and blues influences in the mix. The energy level is cranked up to about 10, and the production is first rate.

Recorded in 1978, and produced by Quincy Jones, I wonder if BLAM! was the real inspiration for the best material on Michael Jackson's "THRILLER" LP, form 1981 (also produced by Quincy Jones). The only thing this one lacked was a high profile star to sell the product. I think that this CD also suffered because it came out at the height of the "disco craze", when 'Studio 54' style music was ruling the airwaves. As black performers who did funk and rock, The Brothers Johnson did't fit the industry's molds, so this album was ignored.

The Brothers had hits with Strawberry Letter 23 and other more pop-sounding tunes, but for my money BLAM! is their strongest work.

Ranks right up with "3 + 3" (ISLEY BROTHERS), "Maggot Brain" or "Electric Spanking of War babies" or "One Nation Under a Groove" (FUNKADELIC), and the best JAMES BROWN or Motown material.