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Grace Slick
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Date release:1984
Vinyl Rip_Cool Edit in wet
Encoder: Eac_MonkeyAudio 3.97
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Cover and Back cover of original LP
Unavailable in cd

CD 5 clicks

This fourth solo album from Grace Slick is a very real treat for fans. Far removed from The Great Society demos on Sundazed and her Jefferson Airplane work, "Call It Right Call It Wrong" is Grace Slick and her co-songwriter, '80s producer Peter Wolf (not to be confused with the singer of the J. Geils Band), presenting very contemporary pop tunes that are enough to the left to keep this vision hip, but removed enough from Jefferson Starship to be considered adventurous. The bottom line is that this is highly entertaining. "Me and Me" is Grace Slick being schizophrenic, and asking her date to do the same -- unless she's splitting herself into quad. She has made a profession of introducing the concept of paradox to the mainstream. "All the Machines" is a wonderful echno mantra. It is amazing when one considers her star power at this point in time -- overshadowing all members of Jefferson Starship from Paul Kantner to Mickey Thomas -- that a quirky song like "All The Machines" didn't become a novelty hit. Also noteworthy that college radio should have embraced this bold move -- but that dichotomy of a mainstream artist working with mainstream producers like Peter Wolf and Ron Nevison doing truly alternative material, well, it may have been viewed as calculated. But it isn't as calculating as it is wonderfully arrogant. More palatable than Paul Kantner's excesses, Grace Slick's distinguished vocals add a depth to "Fox Face" that few could pull off, taking an overwordy composition with its dirge vibe and transforming it into some echno epic. Although Ron Nevison is a superstar producer with credentials all over the ock universe, he was not known for creating an identity as Jimmy Miller, David Foster, George Martin, and other legends did so well. This is one of the finest, if not the finest, recordings by Ron Nevison. Maybe it is the laid-back atmosphere allowing the cast and crew to take a song like Peter Beckett's "Through the Window," the only non-Grace Slick/Peter Wolf composition on this album, and hit a home run with it. This is real modern rock stuff, a glossier version of what Boston's November Group were doing, Grace Slick's voice a not so delicate monotone. This is as much a Peter Wolf solo album with Grace Slick doing vocals as it is another chapter in her illustrious career. The cover is fantastic, the artist's chest a computer world with mixmaster, a starship, speedboat, and other items, all next to an electrical outlet glowing pink. The back cover has her on a floppy disk being inserted into the wall. Very innovative for its time, "It Just Won't Stop" continuing the keyboard onslaught. Even Peter Maunu's guitar appears invisible, sounding like keyboards. The keyboard bass everywhere takes this so far away from the music we are used to hearing Grace Slick sing to. The backing vocals by Paul Kantner, Mickey Thomas, wife of Peter Wolf Ina Wolf, and others all slip into the sheen of the music, five steps away from Human League. Ron Nevison gets a cleaner sound than Martin Rushent in this world; maybe it's a good break for him away from albums by Ozzy Osbourne and Heart. "Habits" is a reading and emotive vocal wrapped into one, changing the mood before "Rearrange My Face," another schizo introspective number. A shrink could have a field day with the superstar on this album, wondering if the stream of consciousness lyrics might be revealing another side of Grace Slick. "Whenever someone sees my face/they always have to call me Grace Slick" -- bolstered by Peter Wolf's keyboard vibes and the Harry Belafonte style backing vocals. "Bikini Atoll" is a really lovely love song featuring Dale Strumpel's sound effects, very close to "Lather" by Jefferson Airplane, maybe a subconscious sequel to her past life. For all the side projects members of the Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship contingent have released, this is one of the most cohesive, and enjoyable. Joe Viglione

Tracks:
1- Call It Right Call It Wrong 3:47
2- Me And Me 3:52
3- All The Machines 4:47
4- Fox Face 4:54
5- Through The Window 3:32
6- It Just Won't Stop 4:05
7- Habits 3:50
8- Rearrange My Face 3:25
9- Bikini Atoll 4:52

Album credits:
Brian MacLeod Drums
Ron Nevison Vocals, Vocals (Background), Producer
Michael Spiro Percussion
Dale Strumpel Sound Effects, Special Effects
Ina Wolf Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Peter Wolf Keyboards, Programming, Synthesizer, Bass
Paul Kantner Vocals, Guitar
Mickey Thomas Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Brett Bloomfield Bass
Johnny Colla Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Sean Hopper Vocals
Peter Maunu Guitar
Grace Slick Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Main Performer, Guitar



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This post has been edited by javirunner on 04-12-2004, 22:39