- Truth and Soul
Infobox Album | Name = Truth and Soul
Type =Album
Artist = Fishbone
Released =September 13 ,1988
Recorded = 1987 & 1988 atSunset Sound Factory inHollywood, California
Genre =Alternative rock
Length = 41:32
Label =Columbia Records
Producer =David Kahne
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yzaxlfwe5cqu link] | Last album = "In Your Face " (1986)
This album = "Truth and Soul" (1988)
Next album = "The Reality of My Surroundings " (1991)"Truth and Soul" is the second
album byalternative rock bandFishbone , released onSeptember 13 ,1988 . In 1999, it was named by "Spin" magazine as one of the most influentialalternative rock albums of all time.Fact|date=March 2008 It features a wide array of genres, includingreggae , soul,funk ,ska , folk, R&B,blues , and heavy metal. The album begins with ahard rock version ofCurtis Mayfield 's "Super Fly" classic "Freddie's Dead ".The title is derived from the ad agency in
Robert Downey Sr. 's film "Putney Swope ".Fact|date=March 2008Track listing
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Freddie's Dead " (Curtis Mayfield ) – 4:30
# "Ma And Pa" (Kendall Jones, Angelo Moore) – 3:19
# "Question Of Life" (Moore) – 3:01
# "Pouring Rain" (Chris Dowd) – 5:13
# "Deep Inside" (John Norwood Fisher , Moore) – 1:21
# "Mighty Long Way" (J. Fisher) – 3:25
# "Bonin' In The Boneyard" (J. Fisher,David Kahne , Moore) – 4:44
# "One Day" (Jones, Kahne, Walter Kibby) – 4:34
# "Subliminal Fascism" (Moore) – 1:27
# "Slow Bus Movin' (Howard Beach Party)" (J. Fisher, Jones, Kibby, Moore) – 2:37
# "Ghetto Soundwave" (Jones) – 4:23
# "Change" (Dowd, Jones) – 2:57The European version includes two extra songs: "I Like To Hide Behind My Glasses" (Dowd, Moore), located at track 7, and "In The Name of Swing" (Moore, J. Fisher, Kahne), located at track 12. Besides including these two songs, the track listing remained the same.
Personnel
Fishbone
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Angelo Moore – vocals,saxophone
*Walter A. Kibby II – vocals,trumpet
*Kendall Jones – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
*Chris Dowd – vocals, keyboards,trombone
*John Norwood Fisher – vocals, bass
*Philip "Fish" Fisher – drums, percussionEngineers
*John Bavin
*David Kahne Charts
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