Automatic Man - s/t

Name: Automatic Man
Album: s/t
Year: 1976
Style: Funk, Prog, Jazz Fusion
Similar Bands: Asia, Yes, Santana, Brand X, Jimi Hendrix
"One-Word" Review: Funky Space Prog
Based Out Of: San Fran, CA
Label: Island Records

Cover Sleeve Art, Record

Back, Lyrics, Record

Automatic Man (1976)

1. Atlantis Rising Fanfare 1:37
2. Comin' Through 3:35
3. My Pearl 3:41 (single)
4. One and One 6:01
5. Newspapers 3:59
6. Geni-Geni 5:33 / 
7. Right Back Down 5:56
8. There's A Way 5:15
9. Interstellar Tracking Devices 5:14
10. Automatic Man 3:54
11. Atlantis Rising Theme (Turning Of the Axis) 3:17

Album Rating (1-10): 6.5

Members & Other Bands:

• Lou Casabianca - Producer, Art Direction, Design
• Keith Harwood - Associate Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Chris Kimsey - Mix Engineer
• Jeremy Gee - Tape Operator
• Bari Sage - Tape Operator
• Guy Bidmead - Tape Operator
• Dave Jordan - Tape Operator
• Richard Coble - Euiptment Manager
• Michael Shrieve - Drums, Impakt Electronic Percussion (Santana, Go, Novo Combo, Pete Towshend, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Steve Winwood, HSAS, )
• Bayette (Todd Cochran) - Keys, Synth, Vox (Julian Priester, Peter Gabriel, Aretha Franklin, Eminem, Maynard Ferguson, Grover Washington Jr, Stewart Copeland, Fuse One)
• Pat Thrall - Guitars, Vox (Go, Pat Travers Band, Narada Michael Walden, Alphonso Johnson, Little Steven Van Zandt, Asia, Meat Loaf, beyonce, Elton John, Tina Turner, Frank Ocean, Glenn Hughes)
• Doni Harvey - Bass, Vox (Go, Harvey, Clarence Clemons, Gong, Caribbean Allstars, Unemployed Blues Band, Regi Harvey's Example)
• Dwain Zerio - Cover & Inner Sleeve Painting
• Jim Lee - Photography

Unknown-ness: Never heard of this band, but i assume from the cover and the back photo, it will be space funk.

Album Review: More than funk, the band definitely leads to a more prog genre for a majority of their songs. There are some funk and space elements that make it almost a concept album, but all of the drawn out guitars and synths create the progressive song structure. Automatic Man probably has the most funk to the album, so it stands out, and some great Hendrix-like guitar solos. There were a lot of comments on their youtube videos about how this is one of the greatest albums of all time, and way ahead of their time, etc.

Stand Out Track: Automatic Man

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