Artist: Placebo
Title: Ball Of Eyes
Year: 1971
Label: CBS
Format: Vinyl LP (Original)
Flwrpt Rating of this Record: 4.0/5.0
Review
Placebo was a European jazz group lead by keyboardist Marc Moulin. I like this album because of the vibe quite simply…HORNY horns, and HEAVY bass involved in a major way, working extremely well with the beautiful sound of Moulin’s keyboard expertise. The writing of the music is on point, and the way it’s all arranged is masterful. This one is for the Friday zone out. Enjoy…
Check out the sound!
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Design
Kind of a creepy cover, it’s exactly what the album title states that it is, a ball of eyes. It’s simplicity wins, basic type, abstract object on a plain backdrop…love it or leave it basically. But any digger who comes across this record is picking it up, why? Because the cover design is appealing, usually that means that the music will be appealing.
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Additional info on Placebo
The Meters.
Probably one of the funkiest groups of all time, The Meters. I was at the Vanguard a couple weeks back to see a jazz performance by their producer, the great Allen Toussaint, then in my last trip to DC I went digging and came across a Meters record (which I will be posting this week), so this video is just a warm-up for the amazing funk grooves that I’ll be dropping from these guys. Enjoy…