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My impression has been that they were experimenting sonically, looking for new sounds. Sometimes the result seems flat and dull to our ears 37 years later, and
by elmomle 3y ago
My impression has been that they were experimenting sonically, looking for new sounds. Sometimes the result seems flat and dull to our ears 37 years later, and sometimes absolute brilliance emerged (viz: The Ballad of Dorothy Parker). But the result was always something quite distinct from the sonic landscape of its time, and it had a huge impact on music production that followed. For example, it's hard to overstate the influence of the mid-80s Prince albums on the entire genre of New Jack Swing.
- vr46 3y agoIt was definitely a highly-experimental time, pulling old tapes and recordings in too, and the result was flat and dull to me on a high-end Walkman even at the time, because I had cut-glass quality recordings from folks like Quincy Jones to compare with. But it was an amazing album and would be even if it was recorded on a Sony Walkman. As for New Jack Swing, Jam and Lewis were from The Time, right?