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20 Jazz Funk Greats
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
20 Jazz Funk Greats · This third album, released in December 1979 on Industrial Records, was Throbbing Gristle's first full studio record. Earlier albums also contained live recordings. The group recorded it at their own Death Factory in Hackney, on a 16-track recorder that had been borrowed from Paul McCartney via Peter Christopherson. Many of the electronic instruments and effects came from Roland and Boss, and some had been designed or modified by the band themselves.
The title and the cover are a joke. The photograph was taken at Beachy Head, a notorious suicide spot. The design imitated the supermarket bargain bin, to mislead buyers. The music hides the band's noise inside electronic rhythms, with influences of exotica and disco. According to one critic, Hot on Heels of Love is convincing disco in the style of Moroder. Fact called it the best record of the 1970s, Pitchfork the best industrial record ever.
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Track list
- 120 Jazz Funk Greats2:44Apple Music ↗
- 2Beachy Head3:37Apple Music ↗
- 3Still Walking4:49Apple Music ↗
- 4Tanith2:11Apple Music ↗
- 5Convincing People4:49Apple Music ↗
- 6Exotica2:51Apple Music ↗
- 7Hot on Heels of Love4:21Apple Music ↗
- 8Persuasion6:33Apple Music ↗
- 9Walkabout2:00Apple Music ↗
- 10What a Day4:35Apple Music ↗
- 11Six Six Sixties2:05Apple Music ↗
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