Vivid

This album is like if Lenny Kravitz and Phil Collins’ music made a baby. It alternates between hard edged guitar music, and rocked up 80s pop fluidly. Absolutely no filler on this one- crazy good from top to bottom. A very complete album that stands the test of time, even if it gets a bit 80s at times. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Honestly didn't really listen to much rock before this. I'm not sure if this is something I would pick out to listen to in my leisure, but I definitely appreciated many elements of the compositions, and as a bass player, a lot of the bass parts. I didn't expect to hear slap bass in rock, but, then again, I don't listen to much rock.

(song 1) Sick cover art, and great start to the CD. Not too impressed with their centrist take on cults of personality, but hey, overall message is good.. so far. And the guitar is great! (song 2) God this sucks. What the hell happened x) Is this just tween reactionary pop rock? If so I dread the next 9 songs... (song 4) I like the energy and the music is far from repetitive , but it is not really grabbing me. The Guitar piques my ear on occasion and the guitar is still really impressive. (song 5) Good baseline, good message! Getting more experimental^^ (song 6) incredible sound. I love this one! (song 7) The album is really growing on me. I wasn't convinced at first, but the closer I get to the full picture, the more I'm convinced. This is a real album through and through. Great album experience! There were some bangers, some misses, but overall a solid, varied, and exciting album. I found myself stopping to actively listen many times, and the mix of genres and expression is really groovy, especially the mix of funk and heavy metal feels fun and impactful. I wish it was a bit more aggressive in advocacy and the metal heavy parts, but that's a personal preference.

The legendary song from GTA does not save this album from being boring. Cult of Personality is the clear standout, but the rest of the record stays light and never really takes off. The riffs and instruments are interesting at first, yet they quickly become repetitive. The themes are well chosen, but the lyrics stay weak and do not add much depth. The band can play. There is energy in the guitars and a solid funk-rock drive underneath a lot of the tracks. The problem is that most songs follow a similar pattern and rarely develop into something more memorable. After a while the album starts to feel like it is circling the same ideas without pushing them further. The production is clean and typical of late 80s rock. Everything sits clearly in the mix, the guitars have bite, and the sound is polished enough. It just cannot hide the fact that the material itself is uneven. Vivid has one big track and a few decent moments. The rest is light, repetitive and easy to forget.

++: Middle Man, Open Letter (To a Landlord), Glamour Boys, Which Way to America? +: Desperate People, Broken Hearts, What's Your Favorite Color? (Theme Song) +-: Cult of Personality, I Want to Know -: Memories Can't Wait --: Funny Vibe 4,6/10

Vivid is just such a fun album. I've never heard much off of this album except for Cult Of Personality and in general, i'm not too well aware of this band outside of their frontman providing guest vocals for some bands i listen to so i guess it's not surprising that i like this one. This album has a lot of the same energy as that Fishbone album i heard a while back with less ska elements which make me prefer this album as it does sound a bit less cheesy. However, the funk metal elements are still on full display and still sound as fun as they could possibly be and the melodies are so infections that it makes the songs very fun to bop around to. No complaints, just a very fun album. Best Song: Which Way to America Worst Song: Middle Man

Clunky

Much more than cult of personality. Great album

Unique sound, not my style and to funky.

I saw the band a couple of years ago, supporting Extreme. They were alright. This album features their most well known song plus a couple of other decent tracks. Its ok

Album #196: Vivid - Living Colour Genre (W): Hard rock, heavy metal, funk metal, alternative metal, funk rock Singles: Middle Man, Cult of Personality, Glamour Boys, Open Letter (To a Landlord), Funny Vibe Thoughts?: I thought the production and riffs were okay, but I didn’t like how overproduced everything seemed. It didn’t feel authentic to me, it just felt like mainstream stuff I’m trying to avoid. Favorite tracks: Cult of Personality, I Want to Know, Funny Vibe, What’s Your Favorite Color?

This sounds amazing, I mean the literal guitar and bass sounds are so sharp and lean and badass Mattias Eklundh lifted this sound wholesale for Freak Kitchen (which I strongly recommend you go check out if you enjoyed this)

Cult of personality is good... but the rest is pretty awful.

Quite a fun funk/rock/metal album - good jams and Cult of Personality is a classic.

This album is more dull than vivid.

Kind of a jazzy 80s rock, but it isn't really a style I favor or one that stands out. It wasn't bad, it just feels forgettable to me.

This album blows its load too early with Cult of Personality, which is a generationally fantastic track featuring an iconic and timeless guitar riff. Each following track is good, but can't quite compare to the first, exemplifying the importance of an album's track sequencing. Nevertheless, all songs feature energetic vocals, strong guitar with just the right amount of distortion, and rhythmically funky basslines that make for a very enjoyable album.

Hmm. Scratchy scratch my stubble am thinky very hard about what genre of this album could be? 🤔🤔🤔🤔 I don't fucking know. The album cover certainly has an alternative, grungy look to it, though I think the design is much too busy for that to be the case. My second best guess would be synth pop, though 1988 would be much too late for that. I'll stick to my guns of an early alt. rock album. It makes too much sense. Here goes. Metal? That's a surprise. I suppose there haven't been very many 80s metal albums on the list, so I'm cool with hearing another. This was fine. "Cult of Personality created a very strong first impression with its snappy guitars and adept songwriting, though the rest of the album fell into mediocrity. It's still able to land with that distinctive, crunchy 80s rock sound, rhythmic chord progressions and thudding percussion, but it fails to capture that lighting in a bottle and animate me in the same way that the opener does. I'm not particularly animated by the vocals, either. They have that drawling sound which proved to be popular both at the time and in the years that would follow, but it just ain't my cup of tea. Overall, this album was competent, though I don't think it's aged too gracefully. Certainly not enough to wrench out three stars from me, though it does admittedly come close. Book time. The frontman of this group got his start in the New York underground circuit. "...a truly original recording, one that takes in thrash, hard rock, reggae, funk, and rap." Cult of Personality won a Grammy. Public Enemy cameo on "Funny Vibe". Wikipedia says this album was "...one of the most popular albums of 1988", apparently. Beloved by critics, with the album receiving enduring acclaim in the years following release. The album performed well in the six countries where it charted, notably peaking at No. 52 in Australia, No. 15 in Norway, No. 11 in Canada, No. 6 in the US and No. 2 in New Zealand. On the year-end charts for 1989, this album was the 26th best-selling album in New Zealand and the 6th in the US. Huh. A album on the list that didn't chart in the UK. I guess one of the rare American curators put this album up for nomination. There aren't too many 80s rock albums with this sound on the list, so I'm content with letting this one through. I cosign this inclusion.

Not metal

nice hard rock album

Damn son, that's some ugly ass artwork.

73

Liked this more than I thought I would. Barely hard rock, closer to pop.

Overall Rating - 3.50/5 (7.00/10). Solid, well constructed 80s hard rock.

8/10

Proto-Nu-Metal?!?

Perfectly listenable hard(ish) rock from the late 80s. Sounds a lot better than a lot of 80s music and I didn't mind it.

Very funky. Kind of like a Van Halen and Oingo Boingo lovechild abomination. A little corny in some areas (particularly "Open Letter (To a Landlord)", but still very fun. Fav Tracks: "I Want To Know", "Memories Can't Wait" and "Which Way to America".

Energetic guitars, strong but clear voice. A mixture of Metal and Prince.

Interesting band, I've only come across because of Cult of Personality. For some reason I thought Prince might of produced the track but it seems he didn't. Maybe it's that late 80s early 90s sound. It does take me back to that era, I can see this going well with the likes of Ugly Kid Joe et al. Some notable tracks outside of their hit like Desperate People. Great Riff, but that new wave of heavy rock love of long outros made me get board of it. Not sure I would put the album on again.

Yeah, cool! Weird hard rock with all kinds of vibes, interesting!

The only song I known from them is "Cult of Personality" and that song rocks so hard I am surprised I never tried to listen to any of their other stuff. "Cult of Personality": This has always been a playlist song. It rips and even to this day we are still living in the era of cults of personality. + "I Want to Know": A lot more pop-centric than the previous song. Love the chunky bass and guitar solo + "Middle Man": Great riffs, great groove. It had me moving. + "Desperate People": This one is a bit long but still a great song about the down side of drugs and the party life. + "Open Letter (To a Landlord): Soulful and funky song about the gentrification and treatment of lower class neighborhoods + "Funny Vibe": Public Enemy sighting? The funny vibe I get is this is a fun song. + "Memories Can't Wait": Some good parts, some unenjoyable parts. A lot of genre shifting in this one. - "Broken Hearts": A solid ballad + "Glamour Boys": A island-tinged pop song with heavy riffs in the chorus. Didn't care for this one. - "What's Your Favorite Color?" So funky, so good + "Which Way to America": A driving closer about American consumerism. Banger + Songs added to playlist: All of them except Memories Can't Wait and Glamour Boys. I feel like an idiot that it took me nearly 40 years to listen to this album. I enjoyed it immensely from start to finish with only a couple tracks I didn't enjoy but don't degrade the quality of enjoyment I got from the listen. A lot of the social commentary still lands today. This is my first 5 star album.

saw these guys at the first lollapalooza when it was about 110 in the shade and thought dude was gonna die up there in that spring suit

1 - Cult of Personality - great start - that guitar - he shreds it! 2 - I want to know - eh. 3 - Middle Man - let it play to hear some more of that guitar! 4 - Desperate People - no, goes on too long 5 - and - I'm not doing this. I was going to try and give some kind of review for each song, but it goes on way too long. Songs start sounding the same. Throw in some smoking guitar here and there - but I'm not going to add this to my list. Give it 3 starts for the guitarist.

Probably still going to settle on the four for this one, but it has aged quite a bit. Too much 80s funk/metal and 80's production. But fuck Cult of Personality is an absolute ripper of a song. Honestly more familiar with the Guitar Hero 3 version that they re-recorded to license for the game cheaper. But the original solo rips just as much. Gotta imagine this album hit like a fucking truck when it came out.

One of my all-time favorites. They were, hands down, the best hard rock band of their era. And this is up there with the best debuts in history. I mean, to come out of the gate with "Cult of Personality"...and then song after song without any duds in the bunch. They had a social and racial justice bent ("Open Letter (to a Landlord,)" "Funny Vibe," "Which Way to America?") that is just as relevant today as when it came out. Their songs were melodic and, holy shit, could they play, led by Vernon Reid's monstrous guitar, the tight rhythm section, and Corey Glover's perfect voice for their music. They never again were quite this good but this album was what most bands spent their career trying to achieve.

You know after hearing that opening riff that this is a great one. These guys all kill it, Vernon Reid is easily one of the best guitarists to ever do it, love Corey Glover's vocals, the funky bass from Muzz Skillings. Wide range of influences, from funk and metal to hip hop with the Public Enemy feature. They chose the perfect Talking Heads song to cover for their sound. Lyrically it's pretty strong too, opening and closing with politically charged tracks. Big fan of this one, need to dive deeper on their discography

Solid rock record. A bit one note and feels very of its time. Good listen overall but won't be revisiting much outside of the opener.

Unique sound at the time, slicing guitar, distinct vocals, social commentary. Hard not to like this one.

Not-very-good funk-rock-metal. I guess what is remarkable is that these guys are all black, which goes to show black guys can be just as uncool as any white guys. Moderate interest in the later tracks, they sound a lot more modern than 1988, like Red Hot Chili Peppers, or Tool or something. I still don't like this music, but, you know, that's a little bit interesting.

Cool vibe but a tad one-note

cult of personality carries insanely hard but the rest is solid

Not for me.

if these guys were white, they would call them the fathers of nu metal

A fun rock album. Almost feels like it’s from a different timeline where Black rock was more of a thing. Really enjoyed the variation, the guitar was excellent. Just nice finding a new band.

ok beat

This sounds like generic 80s metal/rock to me. TIL that Geri Allen played with them? That's something I would have liked to hear. This album gets more interesting after the first few tracks. Definitely bumped from a two to a three because of it.

Some nice instrumental moments, and strong vocals, but the songs in general are quite simple with the exception of the opening track. I like my metal to have a bit more substance.

3.5

It had some good tracks then others just kind of bled together.

Everything blended together

Really fell off hard after first couple songs. Kinda disappointed.

Cult of Personality & Open Letter are two really great tracks. Lyrics are thoughtful & have depth, and the sound is excellent. Then there are several other tracks that just fall into the late 80’s pop metal blah

Didn't hate this, some of it was quite samey but it had some good tunes on it. Bonus points for Cult of Personality (being a WWE fan)

Pretty disappointing after cult of personality. Cheesy 80s rock mostly, with some occasional cool parts Standout songs: Cult of personality Memories Cant Wait

Honestly this album never belonged on the list. While I acknowledge Vernon Reid’s vocals are excellent and Cult of Personality is a good song, this is really an average pop metal album. It’s got that 80s guitar sound with pretty good distortion but not enough Fuzz or reverb for my liking. There should be some rough edges on albums. The secret to greatness is not about perfection but it is the imperfections, this happy accidents that create emotions and subconsciously allow us to connect with the music. It’s why we want to see things live and it’s rarely interesting to hear songs played exactly as on the album. Such is the case here where I bet the live versions were killer. So, where does this album live when the album comes off as a little cliched. Time has not been kind to the production either. This frankly, is an era I hope never to see return. 2/5

It was ok, but would only listen to cult of personality again (which is really fucking excellent)

Excited for this one - I'm very familiar with Cult of Personality but never listened to the whole album. I really enjoyed it and will listen again.

Its like the guys wanted to show they can play like whities, and they can. And its awful. Black American answer Jon Bon Jovi. Disingenuous empty noise

A solid listen

Bezveze album, baš ništa posebno, zaboravila bih ga dok trepnem. 1/5, 1/10

Favorite songs: Cult of Personality, I Want to Know, Open Letter (To a Landlord), Broken Hearts, Glamour Boys

Pretty solid album. I’ve listened to Time Up’s and found this to be on the same level. It’s interesting at times but not all my cup of tea.

Quite fun

Despite knowing and regularly jamming to some Living Colour songs (such as Love Rears its Ugly Head, Who Shot Ya and Cult of Personnality), it's my first full listen of their most critically acclaimed album, Vivid, which was exactly what I was expecting.

Incredible musicianship. Lost me after cult of personality until the middle of side b. At times it felt intangible but I love the funky moments blended with the metal core influences and the at times math rocky riffs. Like, it’s good. Not something I’d return to besides maybe a fave song here and there and I’m not dying to listen to the rest of the discography, but it’s cool.

I know this is late 80s, but this sounds so quintessentially early 90s to me (complimentary). Really only knew Cult of Personality, but I loved this entire album.

Remember when this came out. Surprised to see this today, not because of merit or anything just surprised. It for me holds up better because the fusion is more the "other" than the rock. As a youth and liking rock at the time I now really struggle with that 80s heavy rock sound. This was ok today, enough variation I the playing. 3 Star . 3 Star

Gotta say I'm a bit disappointed. It's fine, listenable late 80s hard rock. That's really all it is. The uniqueness of it being played by an all black band doesn't change that fact.

Heard it once, never again.

Yuck.

Oh I know this one. Cult of Personality has some fantastic guitar work. But I think I only heard thie rest once before. Cult of Personality is such a huge opener. The rest of the album is pretty decent, exactly what I expected it to be. Some great guitar melodies and drum beats and not a lot else. And tbh the quality continues throughout. That fucking guitar is nasty AF. Incredible. Vernon Reid has done a fantastic job here. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sweaty

627/1089 - It's decent hard rock with a bit of funk sometimes.

There’s some highlight tracks in here (obviously the first one but also both side’s closers at least), and I can understand the historical importance to it as a recognition of black rock bands and a stepping stone along the way to some other even further politically minded acts like RATM and helping bring a bit more funk and soul to other rock bands besides. But a lot of it just feels very jumbled as to what they want to do - sort of a jack of all trades of influences rather than nailing a sound down - and a lot of that then doesn’t feel like it pays off well. The fact that the band are good also gets buried a bit between that and the production just sort of flattening things down. A disappointment as a whole album, but at least that single is killer.

I enjoyed most of it, some of the tracks were a little bit more boring than I hoped, cult personality is one of the best of all time. But in all right album otherwise, three stars.

Bon, comment dire que c’est de la merde sans brusquer les quelques fans qui pourraient encore en 2026 pointer le bout de leur nez ? Et bien en le disant tout simplement, c’est de la merde. Voilà, c’est lâché, le mot est posé, le décapant industriel est étalé bien large sur la table d'autopsie et on peut enfin respirer deux secondes avant de commencer à attaquer la bête. Parce que oui, comme je sais aligner plus de deux mots les uns derrière les autres, je vais argumenter un minimum car il est hors de question qu'on me reproche d’exécuter froidement un album sans lui accorder un semblant de procès en bonne et due forme. Alors déjà, pour évacuer immédiatement le sujet qui fâche et fixer les règles du jeu une bonne fois pour toutes : je n’ai absolument jamais aimé les Red Hot Chili Peppers. Pas une seconde, pas un quart de mesure, pas un refrain braillé torse nu, pas une foutue ligne de basse slappée avec des chaussettes sur les parties génitales. Je pense très sincèrement et très humblement que c’est une raison largement suffisante pour aborder ce genre de disque avec des gants de boucher, des pincettes rouillées et un masque à gaz étanche. Ce funk-rock bavard, baveux, hystérique et arrogant a le don quasi surnaturel de me crisper l’échine en moins de temps qu’il n’en faut pour allumer un ampli. Mais ici, mes chers amis, avec Vivid, on plonge encore un cran plus profond dans le supplice acoustique et l'embarras sonore le plus complet. Ensuite ça sonne exactement comme du très mauvais Huey Lewis qui se serait accouplé avec un très mauvais groupe de heavy metal, qui lui-même aurait fricoté au fond d’un parking de supermarché mal éclairé avec un très mauvais groupe de funk. De cet accouplement déjouant les lois de la nature, en résulte une chimère grotesque, bâtarde et stérile, qui n’a réussi l'exploit d'extirper de ses géniteurs que la lourdeur d’enclume du hard FM le plus daté et les tics les plus indigestes du funk synthétique calibré pour les spots publicitaires de la grande distribution. Une véritable soupe tiède, surproduite à l'extrême, qui prétend secouer les foules alors qu'elle ne fait qu'agresser les tympans. Musicalement, soyons honnêtes et ayons le courage de regarder le problème en face : on est tout simplement proche du néant absolu. Et pourtant, Dieu sait que le néant, en tant qu’amateur exigeant de dark folk, de clair-obscur, de textures dépouillées, d’ombres acoustiques étirées et de silences abyssaux, c’est quelque chose qui devrait me parler intimement. Le vide, je sais pertinemment l'accueillir et l'aimer d'amour quand il est habité par la poussière des cordes, la mélancolie pure, l'angoisse sincère ou la désolation brute. Mais pas ici, pas ce putain de vide, car ici c’est un vide criard, clinquant, un néant fluorescent en spandex bariolé qui tape sur le système nerveux à grands coups de saturations sans âme et d'effets périmés. C’est de la bouillie pour les rotations en boucle sur MTV entre deux réclames pour du soda, balançant de la gymnastique de manche stérile pour masquer l'absence criante d'écriture, de souffle mélodique et de dynamique humaine. Ce qui me rend véritablement dingue avec un tel naufrage, c’est cette manie exaspérante de vouloir absolument cocher toutes les foutues cases du cahier des charges de la fin des années quatre-vingt pour planquer sous le tapis le vide sidéral de la composition. On nous empile de la technicité démonstrative, des solos chirurgicaux qui défilent à la vitesse de l'éclair sans raconter le moindre début d'histoire, une basse qui claque bêtement sur le bitume en croyant réinventer la poudre et le groove, et des refrains braillés qui singent l’efficacité FM la plus usée sans jamais en trouver la grâce populaire. Au final et à force de vouloir tout faire en même temps sans idée précise, l'album n'aboutit à rien de sérieux et le groupe donne l'impression de brasser du vent. Et puis, cerise moisie sur ce gâteau déjà particulièrement indigeste, je me demande encore très sérieusement ce que Mick Jagger est venu foutre dans cette galère à jouer les parrains bienveillants et à poser de l'harmonica sur deux titres. Le vieux devait sans doute s’ennuyer à crever en 1988, cherchant désespérément à s’acheter une caution branchée pour prouver aux patrons de studios new-yorkais qu’il comprenait toujours ce qui bougeait sur le pavé urbain. Grand bien lui fasse, mais le résultat est sans appel... Ça reste de la merde et quoi qu'on dise on ne fera jamais du chocolat avec de la merde. Au bout du compte, ce Vivid n’est qu’un gigantesque trompe l'oeil que seule une nostalgie mal placée pour les vestes à motifs criards et la fusion survoltée tente encore de réhabiliter aujourd'hui. Un album usé, insipide, qui a vieilli à une vitesse supersonique. C'est gonflant, c'est pénible, c'est chiant, ça n'a plus rien à dire depuis des décennies. Un bon gros 1 sur 5 assumé jusqu'au bout, et sans l'ombre d'un remords.

Not too bad. I had higher expectations I guess -- I would certainly not describe this as metal. Much softer than that. Actually almost cringe or cheesy at times. But, it's still a very cool group making good music. The 80s-isms bring it down a bit once again, but on the whole I'm a fan. Fave tracks: - Cult of Personality - Middle Man - Desperate People - Open Letter (To A Landlord) - Funny Vibe - Memories Can't Wait - Which Way to America

Vivid Living Colour 1988 Genres: Metal, Rock Styles: Hard Rock, Funk Metal 1. Cult of Personality (★★★★★) -Contexto: Trata sobre el carisma y la devoción hacia líderes. Según Reid, el tema menciona a Gandhi y a Stalin en el mismo aliento porque el fenómeno "trasciende lo bueno y lo malo": la gente puede dar la vida por una causa justa (cita el movimiento por los derechos civiles) o seguir a alguien destructivo. Reid dice que una de las cosas más subversivas que hicieron fue lograr que la radio masiva pasara la voz de Malcolm X. -Fav 2. I Want to Know (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Según Reid, es "angustia no correspondida": el deseo y la obsesión por alguien que te atrae. Él mismo dice que hoy, con otra sensibilidad, hay cosas de la letra que son discutibles (menciona la imagen de estar "en las sombras") y que la editaría en retrospectiva. 3. Middle Man (★★★★★) -Contexto: Fue la primera colaboración de Reid y Corey Glover. Reid cuenta que se basó en parte en una nota de suicidio que Corey había escrito de más joven, algo que él supo mucho después. Para Reid es una celebración de la actitud de "no tengo que ser el número uno": rechaza la mentalidad de aplastar a todos para llegar arriba y se lee como un himno del trabajador de oficina. -Fav 4. Desperate People (★★★★★) -Contexto: Según Reid trata de la adicción y también de quienes la facilitan: los que están felices de alentarte a destruirte, y la gente desesperada que se junta a acompañarse. Aclara que no es un dedo acusador ni habla del consumo recreativo, sino de cuando la vida se sale de control. 5. Open Letter (To a Landlord) (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Nació de pensar en el parque cerca de la casa de los padres de Reid (jugaban al básquet, una vez apareció un Harlem Globetrotter) y en qué pasaría si lo cerraran. Eso lo llevó a la idea de barrios que cambian y recién llegados a los que no les importan la comunidad ni sus tradiciones. Es una carta contra la gentrificación. 6. Funny Vibe (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Reid cuenta que, de muy buen humor, entró a una tienda y en el ascensor una señora blanca se aferró a su cartera con miedo. La mirada de desprecio fue "la gota que rebalsó el vaso" y de esa bronca salió la canción. Trata sobre el racismo cotidiano y la sospecha automática hacia los negros. Según los créditos del disco, colaboran Chuck D y Flavor Flav (Public Enemy). 7. Memories Can't Wait (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Versión de un tema de Talking Heads. Reid dice que era fan del post-punk, que Talking Heads estaban ligados a CBGB (el club donde Living Colour se formó como banda) y que sintió que la canción tenía una onda con la que podían hacer algo propio. No hay declaración de la banda sobre la letra; el clima es oscuro y nervioso. 8. Broken Hearts (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Según Reid, es "una canción de amor directa" y un intento de mezclar country blues con hip-hop, algo que compara con lo que años después hizo "Old Town Road". Dice que ambos géneros comparten el formato de contar historias. 9. Glamour Boys (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Reid dice que surgió de entrar a una tienda y ser completamente ignorado, y de la superficialidad que había en la vida nocturna y la moda de Nueva York en esa época: los "fabulosamente vestidos" y vacíos. Es una crítica a la apariencia por encima de la sustancia. 10. What's Your Favorite Color? (Theme Song) (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Según Reid, es irónica ("tongue-in-cheek") y quería tener una canción-tema como las de Chic o Bad Company. Lo define como "una diversión inofensiva" al hacer esa pregunta. 11. Which Way to America? (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Reid dice que habla de la distancia entre la América idealizada del hogar y la vida real en la calle: dónde está el camino que lleva a los símbolos de haber "llegado", atados a productos y consumo. Es una canción sobre la brecha entre quienes tienen y quienes no, y sobre divisiones raciales. -TOTAL = ★★★⯨☆ (3,91)

Got kind of bored with it. 2.5/5

Ts so ass😭

Interesting

This sounds quite dated and is definitely a fair bit underwhelming, almost like none of the songs ever really get going.

At worst it's a little knockoff Motley Crue but some really good fast guitar riffs and great bass parts. Don't love the singer. The Talking Heads cover is fun it's like what if David Byrne wasn't so trapped by being David Byrne.

Um no

- 5 because Vernon Reid is the shit .... he's one of the only reasons to stay on xitter (follow him). -

Often busy, sometimes fun. Two.

Schlocky and kitsch 80s hard rock, kinda fun but nothing special and not really for me

Better with age

a lot of times, lyrics just flow through one ear right out the other for me. man i hope that was the case for this album. maybe this is a generational difference, but this feels like an amazing groove rock album marred by childishly surface level lyricism. cult of personality is still a banger.

Ach, immer diese furchtbare blecherne hallige 80s-Snair Drum. Nervt ab Minute 1 und klopft sich dann penetrant auf jede 2 und 4 durchs ganze Album. Wenn ich versuche die Snair auszublenden, ist das Album ein eher fader Mix von Funk und Hard Rock. In der zweiten Hälfte kommt endlich mal etwas mehr Abwechslung rein, vor allem weil der Funk mehr aufgedreht wird. Aber mir fehlt die Tiefe und Komplexität. (Nichts gegen Alben, die einfach nur Spaß machen sollen, aber das hier macht mir persönlich kaum Spaß.) 2/5 - unterdurchschnittlich

There were a couple of years back in the '80s/'90s when we were really into this band. At the time it was a fresh, new, exciting sound. I remember we went to see them in Bristol, Bad Brains opened for them and were a bit crap. It's been about 30 years since I listened to this but it's still a cracking rock album, even if it sounds a little dated now. 'Cult of personality' 'Open Letter (To A Landlord) and 'Funny Vibe' are some real bangers.

It’s alright. Personality and the Talking Heads cover are sick.

I liked this one well enough, but it only has 1 or 2 songs that I'd consider very memorable.

5/10 - quite an interesting sound, starts of pretty heavy rock then the elements of hip hop can be heard now and again

Good song with incredible guitar riffs

Hey Kids! Earnest 80's rock can't hate it.

This blended so many genres. Obviously rock. Cult of Personality was a ton of fun. There were bass lines on here that ranged from funk to disco. I really enjoyed it.

Bof

Мне сильно понравился, куча фанка, рок н ролла, все быстро и мощно 💪