Express Yourself＜限定盤＞

サンプリングネタとして名高い「Express Yourself」収録の1970年作がカラーヴァイナルでリイシュー!!

CHARLES WRIGHT & THE WATTS 103RD STREET RHYTHM BANDの1970年にリリースした代表作にして最高傑作。特にタイトル・トラック「Express Yourself」は、N.W.A.、KURTIS BLOW、FU-SCHNICKENSなどにサンプリングされたレアグルーヴ・クラシック。その他にもチャートインした感涙もののミドル・チューン「Love Land」も収録されるなど、後世に聴き続けられるべき名盤です。限定750部プレス。

The quintessential Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band record, Express Yourself displays the purposefully loose rhythms and shout vocals that would make this band a legend in soul circles. Every track on this album is a classic, from the oft-sampled and high-charting pop single "Express Yourself" to the first of many readings of "I Got Love" that would appear on the band's records -- and even Wright's solo works for years to come. The aching balladry of "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" and the complex compositions "High as Apple Pie -- Slice 1" and "High as Apple Pie -- Slice 2" showcase a versatility found in other West Coast collectives such as War. Perhaps the treasure of this album is the opener, "Road Without an End," a charming, stepping groover punctuated by choppy horns and snapping drums that blend beautifully with one of Wright's best vocals of his career, all accented by sweeping strings. Express Yourself is '70s soul at its most creative and satisfying. ~ Douglas Siwek