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Track Listing
1. Inspiration Information
2. Island Letter
3. Sparkle City
4. Aht Uh Mi Hed
5. Happy House
6. Rainy Day
7. XL-30
8. Pling!
9. Not Available
10. Strawberry Letter 23
11. Sweet Thang
12. Ice Cold Daydream
13. Freedom Flight
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Shuggie Otis (vocals, guitar, piano, organ, bass, drums, bell, programming); Richard Aplanalp (oboe, tenor saxophone); George Duke (celeste, electric piano, organ); Wilton Felder, Mike Kowalski, Aynsley Dunbar (drums); Johnny Otis (percussion, background vocals); Jim "Supe" Bradshaw (background vocals).
Includes liner notes by Winston Cenac and James Sullivan.
This is part of LuakaBop's World Psychedelic Classics series.
Industry Reviews
4 discs out of 5 - ...The sound of a 21-year-old guitar prodigy...getting really deep into his own groove-obsessed head. A bona fide buried treasure.
Vibe (04/01/2001)
9 out of 10 - ...We're (quite) taken through clear-eyed soul, blues, funk, and pop, then dropped home with our astonished smiles...
Spin (02/01/2001)
4 stars out of 5 - ...A smooth, trippy soul-funk opus....revealing an expansive creativity that appeared unlimited...
Rolling Stone (03/15/2001)
...Like Stevie Wonder, the self-reliant, sweet-voiced, then-17-year-old is on every track, stirring up soul, jazzy chords, psychedelia, and studio ingenuity into a tasty, weird mix... - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (05/04/2001)
4 stars out of 5 - ...Half the album is marvelously psychedelic soul....Factor in jazzy bubblebath ambience, primitive electronica and opulent funk, and this is a bona fide lost classic.
Q (05/01/2001)
Ranked #13 in Wire's 50 Records of the Year 2001.
The Wire (01/01/2002)
4 stars out of 5 - That this incredible recording sound so utterly 'now' is testament to the visionary genius whose synth silkiness and sophist-funk orchestrations tripped the minds of everyone from Prince to DJ Shadow.
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