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Grand Funk - Closer To Home (1970) (12-track Remaster 2002)

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This was the record that sent Grand Funk over the top. Throwing strings into the hard rock mix on the epic "I'm Your Captain," it also contained the show-stopper "Mean Mistreater." Although the production leaves something to be desired, this record is quite a statement even by today's standards. [The 2002 reissue adds four bonus tracks: an alternate mix of "Mean Mistreater" and versions of "In Need," "Heartbreaker," and "Mean Mistreater" recorded live at the Orlando Sports Center on June 25, 1970.]..J. Chrispell

This is the trio's fourth album and the record that really broke them through to a more commercially successful level of metal masters such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Rather than rushing headlong back into their typical hard, heavy, and overamplified approach, Grand Funk Railroad began expanding their production values. Most evident is the inclusion of strings on the album's title track, the acoustic opening on the disc's leadoff cut, "Sins a Good Man's Brother," as well as the comparatively mellow "Mean Mistreater." But the boys had far from gone soft. The majority of Closer to Home is filled with the same straight-ahead rock & roll that had composed their previous efforts. The driving tempo of Mel Schacher's viscous lead basslines on "Aimless Lady" and "Nothing Is the Same" adds a depth when contrasted to the soul-stirring and somewhat anthem-like "Get It Together." The laid-back and slinky "I Don't Have to Sing the Blues" also continues the trend of over-the-top decibel-shredding; however, instead of the excess force of other bands, such as MC5, Grand Funk Railroad are able to retain the often-elusive melodic element to their heavy compositions...D. Jellinc

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Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size: 170 MB
Genre : Rock
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Tracklist:

01 Sin's a Good Man's Brother 4:51
02 Aimless Lady 3:29
03 Nothing Is the Same 5:14
04 Mean Mistreater 4:27
05 Get It Together 5:10
06 I Don't Have to Sing the Blues 4:37
07 Hooked on Love 7:13
08 I'm Your Captain 10:08
09 Mean Mistreater prev. unreleased / Bonus / Alternate Mix 4:33
10 In Need Live / prev. unreleased / Bonus 11:30
11 Heartbreaker Live / prev. unreleased / Bonus 7:17
12 Mean Mistreater Live / prev. unreleased / Bonus 5:22

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