20 Jazz Funk Greats

Throbbing Gristle | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 2, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mute U.S.
• ASIN: B000003Z5E
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,345 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: THROBBING GRISTLE
Title: 20 JAZZ FUNK GREATS
Street Release Date: 11/29/1993
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the Place to Start, June 16, 2005

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J. Brady (PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 20 Jazz Funk Greats (Audio CD)

The best place to start, in my opinion, for the uninitiated but curious Throbbing Gristle listener. This is (slightly) more mainstream in approach - Cossi's "Hot on the Heels of Love" is a GREAT synth pop song and "Beachy Head" and "Exotica" are Eno-esque pieces of ambient sound washes - but many songs still maintain the unmistakable subversive lyrics and vocals of Genesis P Orridge ( I love the lyric about having a biscuit tin to keep panties in ). This doesn't have the chaotic, atonal sound of many of their earlier releases, and points to the more traditional approach of Chris and Cosey and Psychic TV, the two bands created in the aftermath of the breakup of Throbbing Gristle. Probably not my favourite of the TG releases ( that would be DoA - the Third and Final Report ) but essential nontheless as I think you really can't go wrong with any of their albums once you fully understand Throbbing Gristle, an aquired taste, to be sure.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hot On The Heels Of TG, January 18, 2006

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André Ming (Europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 20 Jazz Funk Greats (Audio CD)

The poppiest Throbbing Gristle release ever, this is enjoyable from start to finish. They kept their arty pose, their performance artists pedigree and their weird lunatic essence, but the tunes are more accessible and traditionally melodic in its minimal fashion. This time they decided to create a listenable record without losing their integrity and indie-industrial credibility, and we have to give them credits for achieving this purpose so successfully. After listening to ''Exotica'', both ''Disciplines'' and ''Hot In The Heels Of Love'', it's hard to swallow contemporary minimal acts with nothing new to add to this noisy way paved by its masters.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars still interesting, March 11, 2006

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Anthony S. Picco (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 20 Jazz Funk Greats (Audio CD)

I first heard this album years ago, but never got around to owning a copy. It is Throbbing Gristle at their most commerical, I guess... but still a faaaaar cry from being truly commercial.