BRASS CONSTRUCTION – DEFINITIVE COLLECTION CD3

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BRASS CONSTRUCTION – DEFINITIVE COLLECTION CD3

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  1. Movin’
  2. Changin’
  3. Peekin’
  4. Love
  5. Dance
  6. Ha Cha Cha (Funktion)
  7. The Message (Inspiration)
  8. What’s on Your Mind (Expression)
  9. Screwed (Conditions)
  10. Get to the Point (Summation)
  11. We
  12. L-O-V-E-U
  13. Top of the World

Disc 2

  1. Celebrate
  2. Get Up
  3. Help Yourself
  4. Perception (What’s the Right Direction)
  5. Music Makes You Feel Like Dancing
  6. Right Place
  7. Get Up to Get Down
  8. Shakit
  9. I’m Not Gonna Stop
  10. We Are Brass
  11. How Do You Do (What You Do to Me)
  12. Do Ya
  13. Attitude
  14. E.T.C

Disc 3

  1. Can You See the Light
  2. Do That Thang
  3. We Can Work It Out
  4. Walkin’ the Line
  5. Breakdown
  6. I Do Love You
  7. Physical Attraction
  8. It’s a Shame
  9. International
  10. Never Had a Girl
  11. Partyline
  12. Dangerous
  13. Goodnews
  14. Zig Zag
  15. Give and Take
  16. Conquest

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Brass Construction were not as specialized as their name implied. The Brooklyn funk band took flight in 1975 with a primarily instrumental approach that showcased not just the two trumpeters and two saxophonists referenced in their name, but also a muscular core rhythm section with a knack for joyously repetitious grooves, and high-spirited strings arranged by Randy Muller, the band’s keyboardist and chief songwriter as well. Muller had previously arranged the strings for B.T. Express‘ Top Ten pop hit “Express,” and he expanded his vision with BC, whose first album went Top Ten pop, earned a platinum certification, and was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best R&B Instrumental Performance. Judiciously selected and straightforward, this three-disc set starts with five of the six songs from Brass Construction, leading with “Movin’,” the band’s signature song and breakthrough single (number 14 pop, number one R&B and dance). It works similarly through the rest of the Brass Construction catalog in chronological sequence, picking no fewer than three songs from each of the nine subsequent LPs released through 1985 (strictly the album versions here — no 7″ edits, remixes, or alternates). The heart of the catalog is the debut and the gold-certified second and third LPs. Altogether, they spawned seven charting singles and a good number of strong album cuts highlighted by “Top of the World,” a firebolt that best displays the underappreciated talent of guitarist Joseph Arthur Wong. Brass Construction weren’t ever averse to letting their inspirations shine through — “The Message (Inspiration),” off the second album, is basically Ohio Players plus Earth, Wind & Fire — but likenesses became increasingly common as the group adapted to the rapid developments in commercial R&B. The best of the ’80s stuff is the Parliament/One Way-like “Can You See the Light” and “Walkin’ the Line,” an undeniable jam that applies a Slave-ish coed vocal to Rick James-style punk funk. Easily the broadest overview of Brass Construction, this was released by Robinsongs, the U.K. label that in 2023 anthologized Skyy, Muller‘s (mostly) synchronous side venture, with The Salsoul Albums. ~ Andy Kellman