July 12, 1971
There's more to George Clinton's much-sampled body of work than a treasure trove of booty-shaking grooves. Funkadelic's 1971 triumph Maggot Brain is among the darkest and most compelling albums in his catalog. The long, agonizing cry of Eddie Hazel's guitar on the title cut is a superb distillation of early-'70s malaise, and if "Can You Get To That" and "Super Stupid" boast more groove, they speak eloquently of the tensions of a troubled time.
October 26, 1996
The sixth studio album by Japanese dub/dream pop group Fishmans consists of a single, dreamlike 35-minute composition which plays more like a symphony than a pop song, filled with cyclical melodies and loads of unusual sounds. Quite simply, there really isn't anything else that compares to this lush, enchanting piece of music. Over the years, Long Season has earned a reputation as a lost classic, and this is one case where the hype is totally justified.
