Teeth & Tongue - Tambourine - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

It Takes a Nation of Millions was the sign that hip-hop had exploded like a grenade. A rap record as abrasive, hardcore, and eloquent as a JFK speech, the 1988 disc is one classic track after another tense, multilayered, harmonically wild music. Chuck D. declaims like a master preacher with foil Flavor Flav's voice darting around his. They've got the desperate energy of people fighting for their lives, and everything from their pumped-up rhetoric (InchProphets of RageInch) to the group's quasi-paramilitary organization to the sirens and sax squeals in nearly every track declares how urgent their mission is. It's a hugely influential album, and it still sounds fresh and frightening after all these years.

Various Artists - Tambour Ravanne [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/16/2008

The sophomore album from The Three O'Clock found the band further blending psychedelic pop with contemporary sounds. Producer, Earle Mankey, encouraged the band in their experimentation. The result yielded a college-radio hit, InchJet Fighter,Inch which remains one of the group's most well-known songs. Other standouts include, InchA Day In Erotica,Inch InchStupid Einstein,Inch InchFall to the Ground,Inch and their version of the Bee Gees InchIn My Own TimeInch. This album positioned the band at the forefront of the Paisley Underground scene. Many fans and critics consider this to be their masterpiece. For the album's 40th anniversary, the album was remastered by Bill Inglot and Dave Schultz. Additionally, the band decided to update the cover art and give the album two front covers with no back cover.