The Incredible Sound Machine Explained
| The Incredible Sound Machine |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Mantronix |
| Cover: | Incredible_Sound_Machine.jpg |
| Caption: | Original album artwork by Mark Ryden |
| Released: | 1991 |
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| Prev Title: | This Should Move Ya |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
The Incredible Sound Machine is the fifth and final studio album by old school hip hop/electro funk group Mantronix, and the third Mantronix album released on Capitol Records. The Incredible Sound Machine featured new member, vocalist Jade Trini, who replaced D.J. D. Trini joined rapper Bryce "Luvah" Wilson (who made his debut on Mantronix's previous album, 1990's This Should Move Ya), and founding member, DJ Kurtis Mantronik.[1]
The Incredible Sound Machine was a departure from previous Mantronix albums, in that it favored house music, R&B, and new jack swing over the old school hip hop/electro funk sound for which the group was most famously known.
Shortly after the European tour and promotion related to the release of the album, which was critically panned and commercially disappointing, Mantronix disbanded.[2]
Track listing
- "Step to Me (Do Me)" (Mantronik, Angie Stone) – 4:00
- "Don't Go Messin' with My Heart" (Dave Bright, Stone) – 4:20
- "Flower Child (Summer of Love)" (Mantronik, Stone, Terry Taylor) – 4:56
- "Gimme' Something" (Mantronik, Stone, Taylor) – 4:07
- "Put a Little Love On Hold (Duet with Terry Taylor)" (Mantronik, Stone, Bright) – 4:44
- "Well I Guess You" (Mantronik, Stone, Bright) – 3:47
- "Step to Me (Do Me) (12" Extended Mix) (Bonus Track)" (Mantronik, Stone) – 5:29
- "If You Could Read My Mind" (Mantronik, Bryce Wilson) – 4:40
- "Make It Funky" (Wilson) – 3:38
- "(I'm) Just Adjustin' My Mic ('91)" (Mantronik, Wilson) – 3:11
- "Operation Mindcrime" (Mantronik, Wilson) – 2:19
Chart positions
Album
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak
position |
| 1991 | "Don't Go Messin' with My Heart" | UK Singles Chart | 22 |
| 1991 | "Step to Me" | UK Singles Chart | 59 | |
External links
- [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r12391|pure_url=yes}} ''The Incredible Sound Machine''] at AllMusic
Notes and References
- Bradley. Lloyd. 5 March 1991. Clattering. Q Magazine. 55. 67.
- Web site: When Recorded Hip-hop was in its Infancy, One Man was Responsible for Really Pushing the Sonic Envelope. It's Been Far from Plain Sailing Since, But the Mantronix Legacy will Run Forever . 29 December 2006 . cheebadesign.com (original article printed in Hip Hop Connection Magazine) . July 2002 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524234641/http://www.cheebadesign.com/legends/articleX.html . 24 May 2011 .
- Web site: MANTRONIX. 22 February 1986. Official Charts.
