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Back to the World
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Track Listing
- Back To The World
- Future Shock
- Right On For The Darkness
- Future Song (Love A Good Woman Love A Good Man)
- If I Were A Child Again
- Can't Say Nothin'
- Keep On Trippin'
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #18852 in Music
- Released on: 2005-10-24
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .14 pounds
Editorial Reviews
CD Description
When it was released, 1973's BACK TO THE WORLD was considered a commercial disappointment following the crossover pop success of the previous year's SUPERFLY soundtrack. But time has proven the album to be one of Curtis Mayfield's strongest and most cohesive. Inspired by the more overtly political lyrical tack he had taken on hits like "Freddie's Dead", BACK TO THE WORLD is a near-concept album about the perilous state of the world (ecologically, spiritually, and otherwise) circa 1973. Set to Mayfield's brassy, gospel-fueled funk grooves, the album still sounds bracingly direct on this 2006 remaster.
Customer Reviews
Curtis at his best
Curtis Mayfield's output was phenomenal, and this album rates as one of his best IMHO. "Back to the World" refers to the phrase used by soldiers returning from Vietnam and on the title track Curtis is in his usual fine form, his social instincts well in tune.
The quality never flags, through funk on "Future Shock and "Right On...", while "Only a Child" is a classic.
Well worth your money if you are interested in Soul, Funk or how the music mirrored the times
