Eugene McDaniels - Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse

A monster album that's gone onto influence a generation -- but which was barely recognized at the time! Singer Eugene McDaniels had scored big with some pop hits in the 60s under the name Gene McDaniels -- but here, he steps out in a righteous batch of offbeat funk tunes -- filled with politics, offbeat rhythms, and some very weird instrumentation. The whole thing's awash in moody, jazzy changes -- of the style that showed up often in samples by Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys, and other artists who drew keen inspiration from this record. Titles include the massive "Jagger the Dagger" -- plus "The Lord Is Back", "Lovin Man", "Headless Heroes", "Freedom Death Dance", and "Supermarket Blues".

'Jagger the Dagger' will always be the remembered and praised track from this superb album, but the quality does filter through to pretty much all the other tracks. 'Supermarket Blues' is an amusing tale about the Rev Mc. D purchasing a tin of pineapple slices which turn out to be peas and the resulting racial prejudice when he goes back to exchange his purchase.

An all round great album as you might expect from a Joel Dorn production.