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Why did Commodores record Heroes album Dont get me wrong i love that album.i love all albums Commodores did with Lionel Richie but with that album Commodores obvious didnt have hits in mind. less funky more rock mixed with gospel,so what was the background? did they wanted to be experimental or they had something to prove? | |
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Maybe they just wanted to try something different. I have the original press of this CD. Haven't listened to it in years so I don't remember most of the songs. But "Jesus Is Love" is definately one of my favorite Commodores songs. The last great song they recorded. "It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
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I have this album on vinyl but for some reason,I don’t listen to it very often.It’s a mediocre album.The title track is nice,though. My favorite Commodores album is ‘Natural High’. | |
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Testing ground for Lionel's solo career. | |
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Heroes is a mediocrite album? r we talking about the same album have you heard Got To Be Together? Heroes is amazing mix of funk and rock and gospel,very inspired and not aimed at commercial success | |
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thebanishedone said: Heroes is a mediocrite album? r we talking about the same album have you heard Got To Be Together? Heroes is amazing mix of funk and rock and gospel,very inspired and not aimed at commercial success The album is OK,but it lacks that ‘special something’.None of these tunes are very memorable,imo. | |
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That's one of my favorite Commodores songs too, Jesus Is Love......I loved The Commodores! | |
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Side 1 was splendid. Side 2 was just so so. My favorite tracks from the album were Celebrate, Old Fashioned Love, and the title track Heroes Don't laugh at my funk
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Gotta go back and spin this. Can’t remember exactly what’s on it. What an overlooked, versatile band. Can Funk with anybody. Often get completely left out of the funk discussion. Talk about your RRHOF oversights, they definitely should be in there. | |
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Exactly.The songs aren't that memorable,imo.I don't think that this was one of their strongest albums.It's just OK. | |
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It's better than "Nightshift". That album sounded dated when it was released in 1985. Seriously, I cringe when I try to listen to any of the songs. "It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
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kitbradley said: It's better than "Nightshift". That album sounded dated when it was released in 1985. Seriously, I cringe when I try to listen to any of the songs.
There is one song on that album that I really like....the synth-heavy slow track “Lay Back”....but it doesn’t sound like the Commodores at all! You are right,the album is very dated-sounding. .. [Edited 4/11/19 0:50am] | |
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Exactly.The songs aren't that memorable,imo.I don't think that this was one of their strongest albums.It's just OK. Wow Soul.You don't like Old Fashioned Love or Celebrate? I remember they used to do the beer commercial centered around the music of Celebrate on the radio. They also had a Schlitz beer commercial back in 1979. Don't laugh at my funk
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kitbradley said: It's better than "Nightshift". That album sounded dated when it was released in 1985. Seriously, I cringe when I try to listen to any of the songs. Truth. The whole damn album sans Nightshift sounds like the soundtrack of bad 80's movies. I can't believe they had the nerve to release Animal Instink as a single. Don't laugh at my funk
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One thing I've noticed is that,in the mid-80s,many of the albums on Motown were made up of formulaic,predictable,by-the-numbers tracks with alot of synthesizers Alot of that music is unlistenable today,lol.So cheesy and dated. | |
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Why does anybody do anything? All you others say Hell Yea!! | |
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Truth but I certainly prefer listening to Rick James The Flag or The Barkays Contagious vs the Commodores mid 80's fluff. Don't laugh at my funk
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So I pulled out my "Heroes" CD this evening and gave it a listen. It's actually a very solid album. It pretty much follows the same formula as some of their previous albums. Funk and a couple of Pop tunes. The only difference I heard was the inclusion of the gospel tune.
[Edited 4/11/19 17:51pm] "It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
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^^speaking of ‘In The Pocket’....I like that album a lot.The first single “Lady (You Bring Me Up)” is one of my favorite Commodores songs.This was a big hit in the summer of ‘81.There’s also “Oh No”,one of Lionel’s finest ballads.Great album! The sad thing is,though,is that this was Lionel’s final album with the band.He was already planning his solo career. | |
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so why Commodores didnt play a single note after Nightshift album on their follow up albums? | |
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Old Fashioned Love was a top 10 hit off this album. Sadly the followup single Heroes while a nice song should have never been released as a single. Don't know what Motown was thinking there. Celebrate should have been the next single to keep the momentum of the album going. It was a nice mid tempo groove with Milan Williams signature keyboard sound. Jesus Is Love was a nice song but it was definitely for the audience on the gospel charts. Don't laugh at my funk
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so u dont think its more rock influenced and oriented than their previous? | |
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With maybe the exception of "Wake Up Children", I don't think the "Heroes" album is more rock-influenced at all. "It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
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The title track maybe Lionel Richie's finest hour on lead vocals. Overall, the whole album is better than In The Pocket, the big yawn of a follow-up. Givin' up food for funk. | |
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Too me Lionel Richie's debut solo album could have easily been a Commodores album. It has that signature James Anthony Carmichael sound. Don't laugh at my funk
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speaking of that album,I love the song "You Are" gotta pull that record out and give it a spin. | |
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