Released 1980 Are You Glad to Be in America?
(1980) Free Lancing
(1981) Release date 1980 Genre Jazz | Recorded January 17, 1980 Artist James Blood Ulmer Label Rough Trade Records | |
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Producer John Snyder & James "Blood" Ulmer Similar James Blood Ulmer albums, Jazz albums | ||
James blood ulmer are you glad to be in america
Are You Glad to Be in America? is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer recorded in 1980 and originally released on the Rough Trade label in the UK in 1980, produced by Ulmer, with himself, Geoff Travis, Roger Trilling, and Mayo Thompson credited with the mix. A remixed version, credited to Ulmer and Bob Blank, was released by the Artists House label in the US in 1981. The album was released on CD with a new third mix by Joe Ferla, approved by Ulmer, on the Japanese DIW label in 1999.
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James blood ulmer are you glad to be in america
Reception
The Allmusic review by Nathan Bush awarded the album 4 stars and states "Shards of jazz, rock, funk, and surf guitar are shuffled together and unfurl in frenetic lines. At times the rhythms are too rigid and the results sound like an experiment from which the musicians are trying to break free. At best, the individuals lose themselves in a highly charged dialogue".
Trouser Press describes Are You Glad to Be in America? as an "exceptionally fine" album that "reveals a staggering understanding of the roots of jazz, dance music, Eastern polyrhythms and harmolodic textures in a lively sound mix.... [T]he music fairly crackles."
Track listing
All compositions by James Blood Ulmer- "Layout" - 5:02
- "Pressure" - 3:48
- "Interview" - 3:06
- "Jazz Is the Teacher (Funk the Preacher)" - 4:19
- "See-Through" - 3:50
- "Time Out" - 5:19
- "T.V. Blues" - 4:32
- "Light Eyed" - 3:56
- "Revelation March" - 3:18
- "Are You Glad to Be in America?" - 4:37
Personnel
Songs
1Layout5:02
2Pressure3:49
3Interview3:06