Funkadelic – Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow
118,00 lei
Label: Westbound Records – SEWA 012
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold
Country: UK
Genre: Rock, Funk / Soul
Style: P.Funk, Psychedelic Rock
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Free Your Mind… and Your Ass Will Follow is the second studio album by American funk rock band Funkadelic, released in July 1970 by Westbound Records.
Background
The album was recorded at United Sound Studios, Audio Graphic Services, and G-M Recording Studios in Detroit. The inspiration for this album was, according to George Clinton, an attempt to “see if we can cut a whole album while we’re all tripping on acid.”
The album’s gatefold cover forms something of a visual pun, echoing the sentiments of the album title. The woman holding her arms towards heaven in an ecstatic pose is found to be nude upon opening the sleeve.
The original 1970 issue’s artwork featured the woman facing downward, and the “Free Your Mind…” title in brown. Reissues beginning in 1990 reversed the woman’s direction (substituting an alternate photograph where her head is more inclined and her fingers are more widely fanned), and have varied the placement and color of text elements.
Music and lyrics
The album and its title track, a feedback-drenched number taking a third of the album’s length, introduces the subversion of Christian themes explored on later songs, describing a mystical approach to salvation in which “the Kingdom of Heaven is within” and achievable through freeing one’s mind, after which one’s “ass” will follow. Many of the songs (such as the title track and “Eulogy and Light”) subvert Christian themes, including the Lord’s Prayer and the 23rd Psalm.
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