Album: Time's Up by Living Colour (1990)
Genre: Fusion | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Quirky
Record Label: Epic
Format: Album

Description: Living Colour’s second album blows up the muscular swagger of their debut into an eclectic, epic musical statement on survival in America. Channelling the hardcore fury of Bad Brains, the title track sounds the alarm for environmental disaster; “Elvis Is Dead” uses The King as the piñata in a savage funk-metal battering of systemic racism. But the band balance these big-picture pronouncements with intimate, playful gestures—on “Love Rears Its Ugly Head”, Corey Glover cheekily plumbs the anxieties of modern romance over a stuttering soul groove.

Music Scene: Part of the New York City, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Fusion movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Fusion, Rock/Pop, Quirky, 1990s, Album, Epic

Additional Context: Rating score: 7. Based on 1 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Living Colour’s second album blows up the muscular swagger of their debut into an eclectic, epic musical statement on survival in America. Channelling the hardcore fury of Bad Brains, the title track sounds the alarm for environmental disaster; “Elvis Is Dead” uses The King as the piñata in a savage funk-metal battering of systemic racism. But the band balance these big-picture pronouncements with intimate, playful gestures—on “Love Rears Its Ugly Head”, Corey Glover cheekily plumbs the anxieties of modern romance over a stuttering soul groove.

Album: CollideÃ¸scope by Living Colour (2003)
Genre: Fusion | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Quirky
Record Label: Sanctuary Records
Format: Album

Music Scene: Part of the New York City, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Fusion movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Fusion, Rock/Pop, Quirky, 2000s, Album, Sanctuary Records

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Album: Vivid by Living Colour (1988)
Genre: Fusion | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Quirky
Record Label: Epic
Format: Album

Music Scene: Part of the New York City, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Fusion movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Fusion, Rock/Pop, Quirky, 1980s, Album, Epic

Additional Context: Rating score: 8. Based on 1 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Album: The Chair in the Doorway by Living Colour (2009)
Genre: Fusion | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Quirky
Record Label: MRI
Format: Album

Music Scene: Part of the New York City, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Fusion movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Fusion, Rock/Pop, Quirky, 2000s, Album, MRI

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Album: Shade by Living Colour (2017)
Genre: Hard Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Quirky
Record Label: MRI
Format: Album

Description: Their first album in eight years, Living Colour’s heavy metal opus Shade was worth the wait. The colossal riffs of “Freedom of Expression (F.O.X)” and bluesy howls of “Preachin’ Blues” herald a promising new era for their sound. The band casts Notorious B.I.G.'s meditation on violence “Who Shot Ya” in a new light, using metallic guitar lines and funky singing to bring the song into the 21st century.

Music Scene: Part of the New York City, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Fusion movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Hard Rock, Rock/Pop, Quirky, 2010s, Album, MRI

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Their first album in eight years, Living Colour’s heavy metal opus Shade was worth the wait. The colossal riffs of “Freedom of Expression (F.O.X)” and bluesy howls of “Preachin’ Blues” herald a promising new era for their sound. The band casts Notorious B.I.G.'s meditation on violence “Who Shot Ya” in a new light, using metallic guitar lines and funky singing to bring the song into the 21st century.

Album: Stain by Living Colour (1993)
Genre: Fusion | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Quirky
Record Label: Epic
Format: Album

Description: On their third album, funk-metal fusionists Living Colour proved they could out-angst the gloomiest grunge acts of the day. The darker, heavier sound of Stain is matched by weighty social commentary: The thrash-powered “Go Away” takes aim at the apathetic masses who think the world’s problems can be cured by sending “20 dollars to Live-Aid”, while the mutant thrust of “Ausländer” paints a harrowing portrait of xenophobia. Even the moments of beauty—like the luminous future soul of “Nothingness”—are infused with existential dread.

Music Scene: Part of the New York City, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Fusion movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Fusion, Rock/Pop, Quirky, 1990s, Album, Epic

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace

On their third album, funk-metal fusionists Living Colour proved they could out-angst the gloomiest grunge acts of the day. The darker, heavier sound of Stain is matched by weighty social commentary: The thrash-powered “Go Away” takes aim at the apathetic masses who think the world’s problems can be cured by sending “20 dollars to Live-Aid”, while the mutant thrust of “Ausländer” paints a harrowing portrait of xenophobia. Even the moments of beauty—like the luminous future soul of “Nothingness”—are infused with existential dread.

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