The Mark of the Beast
1974
Motown
Another overlooked streetwise seventies funk collection from the talented Willie Hutch, the opener Get Ready For The Get Down is an exemplar of high-level sophisticated orchestrated funk. Hutch stretches out a little on the near-eight-minute psychedelic-lite title track which is followed by killer steppers classic Try It You’ll Like It. And then for the rest of the album, he just keeps on delivering those mournful/euphoric melodies he excelled at, putting them over churning, string-laded funk, proto-disco and lush mid-tempo soulsters. Mark Of The Beast is a smooth, sumptuous and superbly funky Motown album.
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