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Shade
Rock · 2017 · 13 tracks · 48m

Shade

Living Colour

A heavy, blues-soaked exploration of the Black American experience. Gritty guitar textures meet elastic funk grooves and sharp social commentary.

September 8, 2017 · Warp Records

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A heavy, blues-drenched meditation on social justice and historical echoes.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 48m
01
Freedom of Expression (F.O.X.)
2:54
02
Preachin’ Blues
4:20
03
Come On
3:22
04
Program
4:43
05
Who Shot Ya
3:38
06
Always Wrong
4:04
07
Blak Out
2:29
08
Pattern in Time
2:56
09
Who’s That
4:10
10
Glass Teeth
2:59
11
Invisible
3:44
12
Inner City Blues
4:00
13
Two Sides
5:11
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring transition from the delta-blues slide intro to the massive industrial crunch of Preachin' Blues.
The haunting, slowed-down reimagining of Biggie Smalls' Who Shot Ya which transforms a rap classic into a somber social critique.
Vernon Reid's chaotic, chromatic solo on Freedom of Expression that sounds like a machine breaking in real time.
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How does Shade sound next to the rest of Living Colour's catalogue?

Layered Dense+0.8σ

The production is pushed a touch harder into layered dense than this artist usually allows.

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