QUESTLOVE'S MUSIC IS HISTORY: THE ALBUM VERSION

Photos courtesy of Discogs Released: October 10, 1983 Recorded: 1983 Label: Virgin/Epic Records Side 1 1. Karma Chameleon 2. It's a Miracle 3. Black Money 4. Changing Every Day 5. That's The Way (I'm Only Trying To Help You) Side 2 1. Church of the Poison Mind 2. Miss Me Blind* 3. Mister Man 4. Stormkeeper 5. Victims *-Questlove- "This is their third single, and it's the one that got me.  Specifically, the instrumental breakdown right before the last verse.  Roy Hay is killing it on acoustic guitar, which is rare for a funk song.  Usually you just go for it, all electric.  The acoustic is very rare: maybe the Jackson 5's "Mama I Gotta Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)" and this."

Photos courtesy of Discogs & vinyldistractions.com Released: September 8, 1986 Recorded: 1986 Label: Virgin/A&M Records Side 1 1. Money 2. Swang 3. Human 4. Jam 5. Are You Ever Coming Back? Side 2 1. I Need Your Loving* 2. Party 3. Love On The Run 4. The Real Thing 5. Love Is All That Matters *- Questlove- "I asked Jimmy Jam why he didn't save this song for Alexander O'Neal- he would have torn it out the frame.  He said that they had written "Fake" for O'Neal, and that this was practically the same song.  It remains one of their funkiest, and it's moderately okay, but the pop audience that leaned into Human League wasn't that deep into funk."