(Funk, Soul) [CD] Johnnie Taylor - Disco 9000 (1977) - 1998, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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Johnnie Taylor / Disco 9000
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REM GENRE Blues
REM DATE 1998
REM DISCID 6C09B20A
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb3"
PERFORMER "Johnnie Taylor"
TITLE "Disco 9000"
FILE "01 Disco Lady.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Disco Lady"
    PERFORMER "Johnnie Taylor"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "I Got This Thing For Your Love"
    PERFORMER "Johnnie Taylor"
    INDEX 00 04:27:02
FILE "02 I Got This Thing For Your Love.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Play Something Pretty"
    PERFORMER "Johnnie Taylor"
    INDEX 00 04:09:60
FILE "03 Play Something Pretty.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Somebody's Gettin' It"
    PERFORMER "Johnnie Taylor"
    INDEX 00 04:05:18
FILE "04 Somebody's Gettin' It.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Your Love Is Rated X"
    PERFORMER "Johnnie Taylor"
    INDEX 00 04:00:65
FILE "05 Your Love Is Rated X.wav" WAVE
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  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "Disco 9000"
    PERFORMER "Johnnie Taylor"
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    TITLE "(Ooh-Wee) She's Killing Me"
    PERFORMER "Johnnie Taylor"
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    TITLE "Ever Ready"
    PERFORMER "Johnnie Taylor"
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    TITLE "Keep On Dancing"
    PERFORMER "Johnnie Taylor"
    INDEX 00 04:27:32
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    TITLE "You're The Best In The World"
    PERFORMER "Johnnie Taylor"
    INDEX 00 04:14:13
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Disco 9000's ten tracks mark the sharp transition in Taylor's amazing career, from being a straight soul singer to being a soul-disco singer. While the keyboards and electronic drums are everywhere present and the beats are geared to the dancefloor, there is nothing here that is really inconsistent with Taylor's trademark soul delivery. For example, check the in-the-pocket groove of "Play Something Pretty" or the R&B-reggae fusion in "I Got This Thing for Your Love." Certainly the hard funk on "Your Love Is Rated X" and the title track (written by Taylor) might seem at odds with the smooth soul crooner's ideal, but it's still there, and it rises above the arrangements into the heights of R&B heaven. Disco 9000 is a record that deserves to be re-evaluated in the lieu of this great artist's contribution. Wait until the nu-soul groovers get ahold of it.
(Review by Thom Jurek of All Music Guide)