- Audio CD (19 Nov 2007)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording remastered
- Label: Rhino
- ASIN: B000WC4ACU
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 138,775 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Road Without An End |
| 2. I Got Love |
| 3. High As Apple Pie-Slice I |
| 4. Express Yourself (Remastered Version) |
| 5. I'm Aware |
| 6. Tell Me What You Want Me To Do |
| 7. High As Apple Pie-Slice II |
| 8. Radio Spot |
| 9. Radio Spot |
| 10. Express Yourself |
| 11. Living On Borrowed Time |
| 12. Solution For Pollution |
| 13. High As Apple Pie |
| 14. Everything's Gonna Be Alright |
| 15. Jam #4 |
| 16. Love Land |
| 17. Road Without An End |
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Format:Audio CD
I had only heard a couple of tracks by Charles Wright & The 103rd before I bought this, and was
totally blown away on the first listen. As everybody else I'd heard "Express yourself"(one lazy
mama of a funk song!), but I didn't know what to expect from the rest of the album.
You'll find some AMAZING songs here: "I got love" is a supercool mellow groove.
"High as a apple pie slice II" clocks in at over 17 minutes, and I have never heard anything quite
like it. It's deeply rooted in the gospel, experimental, loose and spaced out. It won't be anybodys
bag though, and I guess some folks found this track pretty strange back in the day.
There are a lot of other good songs on it. It's not easy to nail down the groove they bring, it's a
mixed bag, but a lot of it is uplifting stuff, with nice horn arrangements and highly original songwriting.
"Jam no.4", one of the bonus tracks, is FANTASTIC!
Fat and smoking guitardriven funk, with tight drums and organ! A stone cold classic! Dynamite!
I've been listening to A LOT of funk lately(The compilations: King Funk, Texas Funk, Florida Funk,
Funky 16 corners and the box-set What it is)and this song rates among the funkiest!
B-B-B-B-Bad! What a groove!
If they are capable of getting into grooves as smoking fat as this one, I hope some of their other
albums comes with the same flavour, because now I'm gettin' everything by Charles & the 103rd!
There are some tracks that don't do nothing for me, and on the whole the album is more of a solid 4 star
affair, it's a bit uneven, but for me the highlites carry so much weight that I got to give the 103rd
an extra star just for the shine of it!
PS! This is written about a year later, and in the meantime I have bought everything by Charles Wright
and The Watts 103rd, so if you dig this album you should definately buy "Puckey Puckey - Jams and
outtakes 1970 - 71". It's basically the band jamming in studio, and it got some fantastic songs on
it. Somebody once branded their music "Stonerfunk", and I think that's a pretty accurate description.
totally blown away on the first listen. As everybody else I'd heard "Express yourself"(one lazy
mama of a funk song!), but I didn't know what to expect from the rest of the album.
You'll find some AMAZING songs here: "I got love" is a supercool mellow groove.
"High as a apple pie slice II" clocks in at over 17 minutes, and I have never heard anything quite
like it. It's deeply rooted in the gospel, experimental, loose and spaced out. It won't be anybodys
bag though, and I guess some folks found this track pretty strange back in the day.
There are a lot of other good songs on it. It's not easy to nail down the groove they bring, it's a
mixed bag, but a lot of it is uplifting stuff, with nice horn arrangements and highly original songwriting.
"Jam no.4", one of the bonus tracks, is FANTASTIC!
Fat and smoking guitardriven funk, with tight drums and organ! A stone cold classic! Dynamite!
I've been listening to A LOT of funk lately(The compilations: King Funk, Texas Funk, Florida Funk,
Funky 16 corners and the box-set What it is)and this song rates among the funkiest!
B-B-B-B-Bad! What a groove!
If they are capable of getting into grooves as smoking fat as this one, I hope some of their other
albums comes with the same flavour, because now I'm gettin' everything by Charles & the 103rd!
There are some tracks that don't do nothing for me, and on the whole the album is more of a solid 4 star
affair, it's a bit uneven, but for me the highlites carry so much weight that I got to give the 103rd
an extra star just for the shine of it!
PS! This is written about a year later, and in the meantime I have bought everything by Charles Wright
and The Watts 103rd, so if you dig this album you should definately buy "Puckey Puckey - Jams and
outtakes 1970 - 71". It's basically the band jamming in studio, and it got some fantastic songs on
it. Somebody once branded their music "Stonerfunk", and I think that's a pretty accurate description.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
EXCELLENT
24 Nov 2009
Format:Audio CD
Finally, this band gets the proper reissue of its albums it deverves. Charles Wright and the rhythm band may be known for "Express Yourself," as well they should. There has rarely been such a well known, infectious slice of New Orleans Funk.
But as with most bands of the late 1960s and early 70s who had really prime singles, there is always a back store. Wright and co. came around when coheasive albums were the order of the day, and they deliver. This has great funk and soul covers, but extends into artier territory with the fantastic, exteneded peice, "High As Apple Pie," a jazzy jam which turns Wright's otherwise terse sound into a great improvsation vehicle.
For "Apple Pie," "Express Yourself," short or long tracks, buy this. You win big either way.
But as with most bands of the late 1960s and early 70s who had really prime singles, there is always a back store. Wright and co. came around when coheasive albums were the order of the day, and they deliver. This has great funk and soul covers, but extends into artier territory with the fantastic, exteneded peice, "High As Apple Pie," a jazzy jam which turns Wright's otherwise terse sound into a great improvsation vehicle.
For "Apple Pie," "Express Yourself," short or long tracks, buy this. You win big either way.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Much more than express yourself!
8 Nov 2008
Format:Audio CD
I had only heard a couple of tracks by Charles Wright & The 103rd before I bought this, and was
totally blown away on the first listen. As everybody else I'd heard "Express yourself"(one lazy
mama of a funk song!), but I didn't know what to expect from the rest of the album.
You'll find some AMAZING songs here: "I got love" is a supercool mellow groove.
"High as a apple pie slice II" clocks in at over 17 minutes, and I have never heard anything quite
like it. It's deeply rooted in the gospel, experimental, loose and spaced out. It won't be anybodys
bag though, and I guess some folks found this track pretty strange back in the day.
There are a lot of other good songs on it. It's not easy to nail down the groove they bring, it's a
mixed bag, but a lot of it is uplifting stuff, with nice horn arrangements and highly original songwriting.
"Jam no.4", one of the bonus tracks, is FANTASTIC!
Fat and smoking guitardriven funk, with tight drums and organ! A stone cold classic! Dynamite!
I've been listening to A LOT of funk lately(The compilations: King Funk, Texas Funk, Florida Funk,
Funky 16 corners and the box-set What it is)and this song rates among the funkiest!
B-B-B-B-Bad! What a groove!
If they are capable of getting into grooves as smoking fat as this one, I hope some of their other
albums comes with the same flavour, because now I'm gettin' everything by Charles & the 103rd!
There are some tracks that don't do nothing for me, and on the whole the album is more of a solid 4 star
affair, it's a bit uneven, but for me the highlites carry so much weight that I got to give the 103rd
an extra star just for the shine of it!
PS! This is written about a year later, and in the meantime I have bought everything by Charles Wright
and The Watts 103rd, so if you dig this album you should definately buy "Puckey Puckey - Jams and
outtakes 1970 - 71". It's basically the band jamming in studio, and it got some fantastic songs on
it. Somebody once branded their music "Stonerfunk", and I think that's a pretty accurate description.
totally blown away on the first listen. As everybody else I'd heard "Express yourself"(one lazy
mama of a funk song!), but I didn't know what to expect from the rest of the album.
You'll find some AMAZING songs here: "I got love" is a supercool mellow groove.
"High as a apple pie slice II" clocks in at over 17 minutes, and I have never heard anything quite
like it. It's deeply rooted in the gospel, experimental, loose and spaced out. It won't be anybodys
bag though, and I guess some folks found this track pretty strange back in the day.
There are a lot of other good songs on it. It's not easy to nail down the groove they bring, it's a
mixed bag, but a lot of it is uplifting stuff, with nice horn arrangements and highly original songwriting.
"Jam no.4", one of the bonus tracks, is FANTASTIC!
Fat and smoking guitardriven funk, with tight drums and organ! A stone cold classic! Dynamite!
I've been listening to A LOT of funk lately(The compilations: King Funk, Texas Funk, Florida Funk,
Funky 16 corners and the box-set What it is)and this song rates among the funkiest!
B-B-B-B-Bad! What a groove!
If they are capable of getting into grooves as smoking fat as this one, I hope some of their other
albums comes with the same flavour, because now I'm gettin' everything by Charles & the 103rd!
There are some tracks that don't do nothing for me, and on the whole the album is more of a solid 4 star
affair, it's a bit uneven, but for me the highlites carry so much weight that I got to give the 103rd
an extra star just for the shine of it!
PS! This is written about a year later, and in the meantime I have bought everything by Charles Wright
and The Watts 103rd, so if you dig this album you should definately buy "Puckey Puckey - Jams and
outtakes 1970 - 71". It's basically the band jamming in studio, and it got some fantastic songs on
it. Somebody once branded their music "Stonerfunk", and I think that's a pretty accurate description.
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