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Syl Johnson's first album, Dresses Too Short, was fairly innocuous good-time soul, but he'd obviously been doing some thinking about the world around him in the interim between that and his second release. Is It Because I'm Black is characterized by socially conscious songwriting, especially in the seven-and-a-half-minute title track, an elongated, serious statement of black pride with a sad funk-blues groove. It wouldn't be fair to call Johnson a bandwagon jumper; this was before Sly Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On and Marvin Gaye's What's Going On had made realistic ghetto songs chic, and it was a fairly gutsy move for a minor soul singer such as Syl to put such material at the forefront. While nothing else here matches that lost mini-classic, there are some good cuts along similar lines in which Johnson pleads for tolerance and justice, including covers of jazzman Oscar Brown's "Black Balloons,"Joe South's "Walk a Mile in My Shoes," and, less successfully, the Beatles' "Come Together."
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Syl Johnson, Artist, MainArtist
2013 Numero Group 2013 High Tone Publishing, Dust Index, Syl-Zel Music (BMI)
Syl Johnson, Artist, MainArtist
2013 Numero Group 2013 Sony ATV (BMI)
Syl Johnson, Artist, MainArtist
2013 Numero Group 2013 Dust Index (BMI)
Syl Johnson, Artist, MainArtist
2013 Numero Group 2013 Hightone Publishing, Dust Index (BMI)
Syl Johnson, Artist, MainArtist
2013 Numero Group 2013 High John Music (BMI)
Syl Johnson, Artist, MainArtist
2013 Numero Group 2013 Sony/ATV Songs (BMI)
Syl Johnson, Artist, MainArtist
2013 Numero Group 2013 Dust Index (BMI)
Syl Johnson, Artist, MainArtist
2013 Numero Group 2013 Dust Index (BMI)
Presentación del Álbum
Syl Johnson's first album, Dresses Too Short, was fairly innocuous good-time soul, but he'd obviously been doing some thinking about the world around him in the interim between that and his second release. Is It Because I'm Black is characterized by socially conscious songwriting, especially in the seven-and-a-half-minute title track, an elongated, serious statement of black pride with a sad funk-blues groove. It wouldn't be fair to call Johnson a bandwagon jumper; this was before Sly Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On and Marvin Gaye's What's Going On had made realistic ghetto songs chic, and it was a fairly gutsy move for a minor soul singer such as Syl to put such material at the forefront. While nothing else here matches that lost mini-classic, there are some good cuts along similar lines in which Johnson pleads for tolerance and justice, including covers of jazzman Oscar Brown's "Black Balloons,"Joe South's "Walk a Mile in My Shoes," and, less successfully, the Beatles' "Come Together."
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
Acerca del álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 8 pista(s)
- Duración total: 00:32:24
- Artistas principales: Syl Johnson
- Sello: Numero Group
- Género Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
2013 Numero Group 2013 Numero Group
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