Positive

Artist: The Grassy Knoll
Label: Nettwerk
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 067003010924
EAN: 0067003010924
ASIN: B00005J978

Release Date: 2002-08-09

Positive

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Tracks:

Black Helicopters
Driving Nowhere
Slow Steady Salvation
1961
Americans
Roswell Crash
Common Good
Another Theory
Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth
Fall of the American Empire
All Things Considered
Corrosion of the Masses
End of It All

Customer Reviews:

Musically poetic..........2002-04-09

Everything behind the music of grassy knoll has a poetic touch to it. Its no wonder why they are signed with the Jazz divition of its label.
The whole cd is a journey through funk, rock and even electronic beats.
The title of each track is a perfect description of what lies ahead.
If you dont like instrumental music, then you should listen to this cd, it is different, innovative, and a rocking statement!
Its sad that artists like the Grassy Knoll have great music, but have no exposure.

If only "1961" could be on the radio every other week this band would be selling records like bread.
... let me advise. Get IT NOW!
you wont regret it.
All the guitar riffs are edgy and leave you waiting for more, while the bass drifts off in melodic harmony through space...
And the Brass section compliments everything to a perfect state.
Positive, could be the perfect soundtrack for an oliver stone flick that talks about war, society and western civilization.
This music is poetry that will plasmate on your mind and take a blimp ride in your head for a while....

A Trashier Grassy Knoll Sound.......2002-03-06

I was remiss in following-up on this band, which I regret, but at least the albums are still available. You see, a few years back, I heard "Driving Nowhere" on a Nettwerk compilation CD and thought it was one of the coolest things to be committed to disc. Since then, I've accumulated some acid-jazz, disco, fusion, and electronic jazz to better appreciate what is happening on this album.

Alas, after hearing the self-titled debut album, this album, Positive, sounds like a trivialization of the welcoming sound previously rendered. It was a good effort, I suppose, but the over-indulgent sampling and electric guitar tended to subvert the improvisational instrumentation. This CD is more demanding of the listener's attention than the debut album, but I think less rewarding. It's no longer your own vision to invent. Perhaps that was the idea, if you're going to read into the conspiracy theory track names.

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Compact Jazz: Stan Getz ~ Stan Getz

Round About Monteverdi ~ Richie Beirach, Gregor Huebner, George Mraz

Duets & Solos ~ Roscoe Mitchell, Muhal Richard Abrams

A Ragtime Feast: Forgotten Rags #2, Scott Joplin ~ Miguel Pineda Van Gelder

Reflections ~ Miriam Makeba

Itoshi No Ellie ~ Southern All Stars

Club Happiness ~ Toshinobu Kubota

J'veux Du Live ~ Alain Souchon

Pedra Do Espia ~ Itibere Orquestra Familia

Nahoo ~ Paul Mounsey Featuring Nahoo