20 Jazz Funk Greats

Throbbing Gristle

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 2, 1993)
• Original Release Date: 1979
• 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 (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #34,093 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. 20 Jazz Funk Greats

2. Beachy Head

3. Still Walking

4. Tanith

5. Convincing People

6. Exotica

7. Hot on the Heels of Love

8. Persuasion

9. Walkabout

10. What a Day!

11. Six Six Sixties

12. Discipline (Berlin)

13. Discipline (Manchester)

Editorial Reviews

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The best English rock & roll has always been made by art students; this sometimes-pretentious, always-engaging foursome is no exception. Throbbing Gristle's unprecedented alignment of collage, propaganda, and noise even spawned an entire genre. This 1978 full-length (originally the third release on the group's Industrial label) was their uncharacteristically accessible electro-pop album. It's survived rather well--of note are the pleasantly monotonous, noisy synth-pop of "What a Day," the wholly improvised two-tracks of "Discipline," and the playful, ambient "Exotica," a tribute to Martin Denny that prefigures hipster cocktail culture by two decades. The group wasn't only boundary-pushing, they had a sense of humor (easily glimpsed in the cover art) that's sorely lacking in the industrial music created since Throbbing Gristle's demise in the late '70s. --Mike McGonigal

Product Description

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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

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	J. Brady (PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Anthony S. Picco (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	André Ming (Europe) - See all my reviews

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.