Carl Craig - More Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art

Label:

Planet E

Catalog#:

PE 65232 CD

Format:

CD, Album

Country:

Released:

1997

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Techno

Tracklist

1	Es.30	2:26	X
2	Televised Green Smoke	6:15	X
3	Goodbye World	3:32	X
4	Alien Talk	0:31	X
5	Red Lights	7:39	X
6	Dreamland	6:05	X
7	Butterfly	7:30	X
8	Act 2	0:29	X
9	Dominas	7:03	X
10	At Les	6:09	X
11	Suspiria	4:05	X
12	As Time Goes By (Sitting Under A Tree)	5:13	X
	Written-By - C. Craig* , S. Gregory*
13	Attitude	2:59	X
	Written-By - N. Daniel*
14	Frustration	6:58	X
	Producer - Derrick May Written-By - C. Craig* , D. May*
15	Food And Art (In The Spirit Of Revolution)	6:23	X
16	Untitled	0:34

Credits

Producer - Carl Craig (tracks: 1 to 13, 15 to 16)
Written-By - Carl Craig (tracks: 1 to 11, 15 to 16)

Notes

This is the American release of More Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art with the same songs. This version has track 16 which simply is the closing vocals found on track 15 from the SSR version.

Barcode: 7 54091 5232 2 0

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Review by Nov 14, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)

When I first heard Televised Green Smoke in '96, '97...I knew I was deprived of something that was lost a long time ago...at this time, for many reasons Detroit techno/electronica was something that was overshadowed by all the hype from the current growing trends of electronic music ...unfortunetly still to this day, many Americans themselves are uneducated about the history and future of the Detroit culture, and how important it is.

In my opinion, I think this album was one of the few major releases that marked the begining of the Detroit Techno revival...although there is hardly any actual blatant "techno" on here, the album still carries the essense of it through the production...this sound was still
new to a lot of people...this was an album that needed to be made.

There's a darkness and sadness that swirls through tracks like "Frustration", "Goodbye World", "Red Lights"...probably among the most visual and emotional tracks I have heard to date...there are also lighter moments to balance it all out: "Dominias", "Dreamland", and "Televised Green Smoke"...the album as a whole made a very important statement at the time...listen all the way towards the hidden track to get the entire picture.

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Rated 5/5

Review by kentandrew Aug 18, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)

Carl Craig's music has a very bluesy feel to it. It shows mechanical coldness whilst maintaining soul and humanity within. At first, one will experience an ickyness to the material which comes from the sound of the synthesizers, but televised green smoke will entrap the heart. The last few songs and some of the strange fillers will disappoint many, but the main tracks are sheer beauty. Dreamland, Butterflies, At les, AND Dominas are similar, interconnectable, and subtly, astonishingly, adorable. Lyrics in those songs would have been better than an acapella at the end.