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Brand X | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Plate Caroline
• ASIN: B000000HRS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,644 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Make Waves

2. Dance of the Illegal Aliens

3. Soho

4. ...And So to F...

5. Algon (Where an Ordinary Cup of Drinking Chocolate Costs ...)

6. Rhesus Perplexus

7. Wal to Wal

8. Not Good Enough - See Me!

9. April

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mahavishnu, RTF and a bit of Monty Python, October 19, 2003

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Keijo Sandvik (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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Brand-X was/is a collective of highly talented players, producers and unmentionables who would get together when their individual schedules permitted and make extraordinary music.


Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return To Forever are definitely role models, however, with so many distinctive talents involved, Brand-X gains a personality all it's own.

Did someone say "chops?" "Chop-a-holics" will have kittens with this stuff. (No Chinese restaurant jokes, please).
"Product" was actually recorded at the same time as the follow up release "Do They Hurt?". The pool of players were divided up to form a "day" band and a "night" band, which accounts for the two bass players, drummers etc etc. Consequently, Startling Sound (Ringo Starr's studio) was rolling 24 hours a day for some three weeks to accomodate this onslaught of recording.
Compared to their predecessors, both albums contain a far more eclectic batch of compositions, ranging from trademark Brand-X fusion instrumentals to a couple of prog-rock laced actual songs. And with vocals at that! Good heavens!

Those who have formed religions around Unorthodox Behavior & Moroccan Roll may find this vocal thingie as "going a bit too far".
Personally, I don't find it distracting at all. To me, it keeps faith with the spirit by which the band was formed. That is, to play the music the band wanted and just have a good time. Fun, for heaven's sake! - with chops!

Ingore the last reviewer's comment. Percy Jones actually wrote and performs on three of the cuts, including a duet/duel with fellow bassist John Giblin.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of three top Brand X albums, May 23, 2004

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jalcruces (Las Cruces, NM) - See all my reviews

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I am a drummer. And therefore am a bit partial to drums. I prefer music that is mostly percussive. Fusion tends to be more percussive than most. But Brand X (with Phil Collins anyway) always delivers. First of all Phil Collins DOES play drums on ."..and so to f..." also my favorite song here. Phil wrote it, does some vocal rhythmic scatt type stuff on it,percussion, drums. Percy Jones is also on this recording. Sorry, I also like "Don't Make Waves" and "Soho", with Phil's vocals, as I like Genesis too. But they don't really sound like Genesis either. I would rate this as one of the top three Brand X recordings along with 'Unorthodox Behaviour" and "Moroccan Roll". Musicians appearing on this recording are: Mike Clarke (drums on two tracks), Phil Collins (drums on seven tracks), John Goodsall (guitars) John Giblin (Bass on seven tracks), Robin Lumley (keyboards, etc.), Morris Pert (percussion on two tracks), Peter Robinson (keyboards on two tracks), and Percy Jones (bass on three tracks - one of which also has Percy Jones on bass as well). This was basically recorded with two groups of musicians. One group playing "Dance of the Illegal Aliens" and "Not Good Enough", the other group playing the other seven songs. I am a bit partial to this recording however as it was also my first Brand X acquisition. It went very well with the water, sand and beach where I was vacationing at the time. I just enjoyed it very much.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz-rock Fusion outfit goes Progressive., May 7, 2000

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Unlike the previous four recordings this effort from the brilliant Brand X owes more to Prog-Rock than it does fusion. Drummer Phil Collins even sings two numbers. Both are unlike the Genesis music he was recording at that time. The compositions are inventive and creative. Percy Jones in particular offers some outstanding pieces. On this recording and the following Do They Hurt they established a unique sound unlike that anyone else was playing at the time. Well worth having...Simon