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Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk Audio CD

A fair review of the Grand Funk Railroad "Grand Funk" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Grand Funk Railroad reviews here, or go back to the Grand Funk Railroad tabs.

Grand Funk Railroad Band: Grand Funk Railroad
Title: Grand Funk
Rating:
Release Date: 2002-08-27
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Got This Thing On The Move 2: Please Don't Worry 3: High Falootin' Woman 4: Mr. Limousine Driver 5: In Need 6: Winter And My Soul 7: Paranoid 8: Inside Looking Out 9: Nothing Is The Same (Demo) 10: Mr. Limousine Driver (Extended Version)

just rocks
I LOVE those two songs. "Get This Thing on the Move" and "Please Don't Worry" are solid proof Grand Funk Railroad had some talent, despite some people who like to constantly put the band down for being inferior copycats of other bands. Also I believe "Paranoid" has some memorable guitar solos and the final track which is nearly 10 minutes long is a MASTERPIECE ("nah nah no no no no no NOOOOO!!!!"). I love that part.

Some may even claim this is the ultimate Grand Funk album because it sounds so much like a garage rock album with a muddy, old and dated sound thanks to the way the album was recorded. It never fails to amaze me how a muddy-sounding rock album from the late 60's can have SO much personality, and I believe this may be why Grand Funk could be considered the best album they ever made.

It's hard for me personally to decide which of the bands albums is their very best, but I have to tip my hat to a really solid straight-up rock album the band made with THIS one.


One of the Best Ever Hard Rock Albums
In high school, nearly 40 years ago I was in a band that covered this album and loved it. This ranks right up there with the likes of Beatles - Abbey Road, Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II, Black Sabbath - Paranoid, Deep Purple - Machine Head, Alice Cooper - Love it to Death, and other late 60s early 70s great albums when Rock music was at it's absolute finest. Grand Funk was also an awesome stage show - check out "Inside Looking Out" live on YouTube. This music is great listening and much fun to perform as well. Mel Schacher's driving bass, Mark Farner's overdriven lead and awesome vocals were part of the forefront of the beginning of hard driving rock that began at the end of the 1960s. In my opinion, this is by far the very best album ever by Grand Funk Railroad. If you like hard rock and you don't have this - buy it!.


One kick butt rock album....
GFR (in the early days anyway) was always about one thing--rockin' out--which they do at their best on this album. I've been a fan of this album a LONG time--since i was about 12(I'm 50 now) and I don't find it dated at all(great music is never dated). "High Falutin Woman", "Mister Limousine Driver", "Got This Thing On the Move"--all great tunes. This is my favorite Funk album overall.


Grand Funk
This power trio never got the respect they were due except for the generation that grew up with them. This album was certainly a pinnacle of sorts for Grand Funk; it's energetic, raw, &, perhaps, one of their more consistent albums. This was their second studio album & it peaked at #11 on the album charts. The only single from the album to chart was "Mr. Limousine Driver", it barely made the Top 100 peaking at #97.

The album opens with on of Grand Funk's best songs, "Got This Thing on the Move", one of their best rockers with a driving bass line, the song fizzles a little toward the end but still great. "Please Don't Worry" is only average. "High Falootin' Woman" is all right, it's typical Funk boogie rock. It;s hard to believe that "Mr. Limousine Driver" was released as a single, it's easily the weakest song on the album. "In Need" is next & completely refocuses the album back to the opening potential of the first song. "In Need" is one of their very best songs & they really stretch it out. It features some more riffs from Schacter who never got the credit he deserved. Farner shines once again on harmonica which most people don't talk about much, it might've been his strongest instrument. "Winter and My Soul" slows it down a little but isn't a bad song. "Paranoid" opens with voices, an air raid siren & a baby crying before getting into the actual song. This was one of their better songs. The original album closed with the incredible "Inside - Lookin' Out", arguably the best song in their repertoire. The Animals were the first to record this song; this is one of those few times that the cover version was an improvement.

The album has two bonus tracks: the demo version of "Nothing Is the Same" which would be on their next studio album & an extended version of "Mr. Limousine Driver". These are okay but there's nothing revelatory. For Grand Funk fans this is one of the three albums to get, the other two being E Pluribus Funk & We're an American Band. Grand Funk is so raw & powerful, it's hard to ignore them. But if you listen carefully you can tell that they weren't a tight group but, of course, bands in those days didn't have much time to record. This album, along with just about all their contemporaries, was typically recorded in about a week. So mistakes, many times, were left in the final product. B ut that's okay, too, they represented a lot of the views of young Americans at that time in history. They were a blue collar band & they worked long & hard in order to become successful. I still enjoy their music.


Terrible
Totally uncreative songs, vocals and solos. Comparing this group and album to Cream? Are you kidding? I listened to this album
recently for the first time in over 25 years, and if I hear it again in the next 25 years, it
will be too soon. Headache- inducing at any
volume level. Groups like this give rock music a bad name.


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