On the Rise

S.O.S. Band (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000DS04
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #284,810 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Revolutionary Masterpiece, June 5, 2004

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Tall Paul (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On the Rise (Audio CD)

One of the greatest albums I ever owned. Great musicianship, songwriting and production from Jimmy Jam & Lewis. Incredible lyrics from Terry Lewis. When this came out in 1983 it was light years ahead of its time. The album is also engineered and mixed with such realness and clarity. The engineer was Steve Hodge (who also did all the engineering for Solar Records). Remember, this was a time before samplers and sequencers so Jimmy actually played the bass line on "Just Be Good To Me" on synthesizer through the whole 9 minute song! Wow! Doing that now by any artist would be unheard of. ALSO probably the highest point on this album is the slowing down of "Tell Me If You Still Care". After the bridge, they gradually slowed down the master tape during mixing until the end of the song. That gave the song more depth and a dreamlike floating effect.
There hasn't been an artist yet to do that!!
Jam & Lewis are pure geniuses.
This album still sounds great even after over 20 years.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Roots Are Strong!, April 1, 2004

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Andre' S Grindle "Funk Meister" (Bangor,ME.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Rise (Audio CD)

Way back in 1983 Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were perfecting
their production style with the S.O.S Band.For the band they had already made better records but mabye the pair just didn't
know if uptempo synth pop/funk like the dencely layored "Just Be
Good To Me","I'm Not Runnin'","Tell Me If You Still Care" and the title cut would be well liked enough.Janet Jackson liked it-
four years later she and the same producers would pull a huge,
double platinum rabbit out of their hats with "Control",an
album whose music,production and arrangments can trace their
roots to THIS album.They'd get even closer on the S.O.S. Band's
next two albums but the future starts HERE 'on the rise'!!!!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent album..., December 16, 2005

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D. S. HARDEN "a movie fan" (L.A.,CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Rise (Audio CD)

I bought this album back in the early 90's for $11.99 at Tower Records. Then, it just disappeared from the shelves.

Believe me,there was plenty of stock available at that time.

Had I known that people would shell out (or even consider shelling out) the money that some individuals are trying to get for their 'used' copies today, I would have snapped all the copies up and become (almost) rich selling them!

The album itself, is nothing short of outstanding! Modern R&B perfection! However, keep your hard-earned money in your pocket and don't even consider paying over $40.00 (US) for it! It's not that I'm against a person in a capitalistic society trying to get "whatever the market will bear." We've seen enough of that with gasoline prices lately. Just be patient, and hope that a re-release of the album will come out at a reasonable price! Five stars!