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 ▐▓███▀░        DATE.RiPPED...: Nov-19-2003                             ▀████▌
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    █ 01  We've Been Waiting                                        00:55 █
    █ 02  It Ain't No Fun to Me                                     05:01 █
    █ 03  Hair                                                      04:48 █
    █ 04  We Be's Gettin Down                                       04:32 █
    █ 05  Tell Me What it is                                        04:47 █
    █ 06  Can You Handle it                                         05:03 █
    █ 07  People                                                    04:24 █
    █ 08  Why                                                       03:28 █
    █ 09  Ghetto                                                    04:13 █
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    ▓        This promising 1973 album represents bass wizard             ▓
    ▓        Larry Graham's first post-Sly and the Family Stone           ▓
    ▓        work. Much like his previous band, Graham Central            ▓
    ▓        Station was a multiracial unit that blended soul             ▓
    ▓        grooves and pop hooks to create an exuberant hybrid.         ▓
    ▓        However, Graham Central Station gives Graham's bass          ▓
    ▓        work a more upfront role in the sound and adds               ▓
    ▓        further layers of rhythms with drum machines and             ▓
    ▓        rhythmic-sounding keyboards like the clavinet. The           ▓
    ▓        result is a disc that is equal parts pop-soul ("Ain't        ▓
    ▓        No Fun to Me") and funk ("We Be Gettin' Down"). The          ▓
    ▓        blend isn't as seamless as one might hope, songs are         ▓
    ▓        stronger on groove then they are on melody: "Tell Me         ▓
    ▓        What It Is" has a great groove built on a seamless           ▓
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    ▓        lacks the melodic hooks necessary to make it a truly         ▓
    ▓        memorable song. Another problem is that the lyrics           ▓
    ▓        are underdeveloped in places: "People" rails against         ▓
    ▓        injustice but fails to point the finger at a specific        ▓
    ▓        cause, and "Why?" treads on too-familiar love lament         ▓
    ▓        territory. Despite these problems, Graham Central            ▓
    ▓        Station remains an engaging listen thanks to fine            ▓
    ▓        musicianship; even when the songs are lacking in             ▓
    ▓        hooks, there is an abundance of cool riffs and               ▓
    ▓        stellar vocal harmonies that will make funk fans             ▓
    ▓        smile. When this musicianship is applied to the right        ▓
    ▓        songs, the results are pure magic: "Hair" wraps a            ▓
    ▓        clever lyric about tolerance around a huge groove            ▓
    ▓        driven by one of Graham's serpentine bass lines, and         ▓
    ▓        "Can You Handle It?" effectively fuses a pop melody          ▓
    ▓        built on a sing-along chorus to a propulsive                 ▓
    ▓        bass/keyboard groove (it also became the group's             ▓
    ▓        first chart hit). In short, casual listeners may want        ▓
    ▓        to pick up this album's highlights on a compilation,         ▓
    ▓        but funk lovers will find plenty to enjoy on Graham          ▓
    ▓        Central Station.                                             ▓
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