This may have been Grand Funk's first real studio album, but they still sounded like they hadn't quite figured out how the studio differed from the stage and what added dynamics might be necessary to make a recording successful. The band's choice of covers, Traffic's "Feelin' Alright" and the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter," indicated taste (and that they were short of material), but their interpretations were inferior. Home of 'The American Band' Stay tuned here to GRANDFUNKRAILROAD.COM for the latest news and Out On The Road pictures and tour reports. Santana, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Grand Funk, Byrds, Free, etc. Grand Funk Railroad's Web site including current information on the band, their tour, latest news, history, merchandise, and more information on The American Band. Add to Favorites K-Tel Compilation 'Vintage Rock' Vinyl LP (feat. The album was released by Capitol Records on July 15, 1973. Grand Funk Railroad has certainly had their fare share of compilations released over the years - tops being the career-encompassing three-disc set from 1999, Thirty Years of Funk. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Mark Farner sang in a strained, limited tenor lyrics that yearned for basic satisfactions ("Comfort Me," "I Want Freedom"), then led the lengthy instrumental passages with either simple guitar patterns or simple organ patterns. Grand Funk Railroad Live Album Vinyl Record 70s Are You Ready Paranoid Into The Sun Classic Album Retro LP Vintage Rare LP MysteryManRecords 5 out of 5 stars (106) 9.98. 25K subscribers We're An American Band is the seventh studio album by American hard rock band Grand Funk Railroad, credited as Grand Funk. The group's playing remained rudimentary, especially in the rhythm section, and its sense of song construction was simple and repetitious. Such assessments are, of course, relative, however. They spent a relatively luxurious six weeks or so on the record, and the results showed Survival was the best-sounding and the best-played album they had yet made. The driving tempo of Mel Schacher's viscous lead basslines on "Aimless Lady" and "Nothing Is the Same" adds a depth when contrasted to the soul-stirring and somewhat anthem-like "Get It Together." The laid-back and slinky "I Don't Have to Sing the Blues" also continues the trend of over-the-top decibel-shredding however, instead of the excess force of other bands, such as MC5, Grand Funk Railroad are able to retain the often-elusive melodic element to their heavy compositions.By the time Grand Funk Railroad came to make Survival in January 1971, Cleveland Recording had moved to new quarters, and the group had become a national phenomenon, its last two albums Top Ten million-sellers. Live Album (180 Gram Red Audiophile Vinyl/Limited Edition/Gaterfold Cover) Live Album (180 Gram R Grand Funk Railroad.
The majority of Closer to Home is filled with the same straight-ahead rock & roll that had composed their previous efforts. Most evident is the inclusion of strings, the acoustic opening on the disc's leadoff cut, "Sins a Good Man's Brother," as well as the comparatively mellow "Mean Mistreater." But the boys had far from gone soft. Rather than rushing headlong into their typical hard, heavy, and overamplified approach, Grand Funk Railroad began expanding their production values. Grand Funk Railroad 467 Audio CD 26 offers from 8.14 On Time LP Grand Funk Railroad 266 Vinyl 8 offers from 18.25 We're An American Band Grand Funk Railroad 316 Vinyl 28 offers from 20.96 At The Royal Albert Hall LP Creedence Clearwater Revival 8 Vinyl 24 offers from 19. grand-funk - railroad Mark Farner and Don Brewer 20, Mel Schacher.
Closer to Home, the trio's third album, was the record that really broke them through to the commercially successful level of metal masters such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Some toil their whole careers for a classic album.
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