Brute Force

Brute Force

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 30, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 1970
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sepia Tone
• ASIN: B0001N6N8O
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #320,836 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Do It Right Now

2. Some Kind of Approval

3. Deacon

4. Right Direction

5. Monster

6. Ye-Le-Wa

7. Doubt

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brute Force - At Last!, April 16, 2007

By	Geoffrey N. Brown (Sugar Grove, Ohio) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've been searching for this on CD for years. I lived in Yellow Springs, Ohio (home of Antioch College - no,I wasn't a student) in the late 1960's and saw Brute Force in concert several times. They were mainly Dayton and Springfield, Ohio musicians - with Stan Strickland, the reed man as the driving force. Afro-jazz of the sort Alice Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders were doing at the time. Beautiful, magical music. The second side is more conventional, kind of funk. Sonny Sharock is a great addition, but that was laid on in the studio. To my knowledge, he never performed with the group. They opened in Cincinnati for Herbie Mann on his Memphis Underground tour and blew him away. Unhappily, after finally getting on with, I believe it was Atlantic, they soon broke up. Lost my LP long ago and I'm thrilled to finally have the CD.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For Sonny Sharrock Fans, September 29, 2004

By	T. Bombara (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is pretty amazing. Some fairly interesting Funk-Jazz from the late sixties. The jazz elements are cleary influenced by the New Thing players like Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders et al. What makes it special is that the guitar player listed as playing on three tracks is none other than the great Sonny Sharrock. The greatest guitarist of the era for my money, and there still, after all of these years, is not enough of him on disc for my tastes. To add to the delight, his playing is all over this record and not just on the three listed tracks. One of the great things about Sonny, there was no imitation, you will recognize his voice right away. If you too need more Sonny, grab this disc fast before it goes out of print.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Lost Gem, August 9, 2004

By	R. Toomey (Piscataway, NJ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a very misleading name for this band. The first time somene tells you about Brute Force you automatically think "Heavy Metal". But, when you see the cover of the CD you are quite puzzled and you can't help the temptation in buying it. This is a soul & funk band from the late 60's. Not to be confused with another 70's and 80's band of the same name. This group of six guys know how to jam and they definitely have the funk in them as well. This CD is a mix of vocal and instrumental tracks and is very heavy on horns. It starts off with a bang with "Do It Right Now". The lead singer sort of has a Jimi Hendrix sound to him. I'm sure he was an influence. If you like the obscure and "hard to find recently remastered" soul & funk then you definitely gotta give these guys a try.