| Full Force | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Art Ensemble of Chicago |
| Cover: | Full Force (album).jpg |
| Released: | April 1, 1980 |
| Recorded: | January 1980 |
| Studio: | Columbia Recording Studios, New York |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 42:34 |
| Label: | ECM |
| Producer: | Manfred Eicher |
| Prev Title: | Live in Berlin |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | Urban Bushmen |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
Full Force is a 1980 album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago, their second to appear on the ECM label.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The album was identified by Chris Kelsey in his AllMusic essay "Free Jazz: A Subjective History" as one of the 20 Essential Free Jazz Albums.[5]
The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos states: "Their music in this era continued in a developmental phase, stripping away nuance and shadings in lieu of pure expressionism, even more experimental while utilizing thematic ideas that alternately suggest world music fusions and tune structures. This may be the most accessible Art Ensemble of Chicago album, perhaps disappointing for some hardcore fans, but certainly illuminating to many others unexposed to their unmitigated brilliance".[6]