Material - The Best of Material [Charly]

Title: The Best of Material [Charly] Artist: Material Release Date: 4/1/1999 Re-Released On: 6/26/2001 Label: Charly Records Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 182478460422, 4017692330724 Genre: Rock Styles: Funk, Ambient, Prog-Rock, Post-Punk, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Dance-Rock, Art Rock Moods: Cathartic, Cerebral, Confrontational, Fiery, Freewheeling, Intense, Quirky, Rambunctious, Tense/Anxious, Visceral, Volatile Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. I'm the One
2. Disappearing
3. Square Dance
4. Let Me Have It All
5. Upriver
6. Over & Over
7. For a Few Dollars More
8. Reduction
9. On Sadism
10. Dark Things
11. Ciquiri
12. Memories
13. Bustin' Out

Year Type Label Catalog # 2001 CD Charly Records 117

The Best of Material [Varese]

Material has changed its sound so many different times that any number of compilations could serve as a best-of and still not paint a complete portrait. Varese's Best of Material is actually more like "Best of the Early Years," gathering tunes from the first EPs (Temporary Music 1 and Temporary Music 2), Memory Serves, and One Down, along with an otherwise unreleased 12." This period saw Material start out as a punk-informed art-funk band, then move toward a fairly straight r&b sound with One Down (which actually featured Whitney Houston's recording debut on a tune with Archie Shepp). The fact is that those two musical camps don't sit well with each other, and the tracks that feature Nona Hendryx and Whitney Houston don't really mesh with the ones that feature guitar god Robert Quine or deranged preachers. However, since most of the early Material material is out of print and the "For a Few Dollars More" 12" single was always hard to find, this compilation serves a better purpose than at first glance. ~ Sean Westergaard, All Music Guide

Name Credits A.P. Thompson Drums Anton Fier Drums Archie Shepp Sax (Tenor) B.J. Nelson Vocals (Background) Bernard Fowler Vocals (Background), Vocals Bill Laswell Bass Billy Bang Violin Charles K. Noyes Bells, Drums Cliff Cultreri Guitar D Street Turntables Daniel Ponce Bongos, Drums, Bata Fred Frith Guitar Fred Maher Drums, Guitar, Percussion Henry Kaiser Guitar Henry Threadgill Sax (Alto) Michael Beinhorn Percussion, Keyboards, Tapes, Guitar Nile Rodgers Guitar Nona Hendryx Vocals (Background) Noris Night Vocals Olu Dara Trumpet Raymond Jones Piano (Electric) Robert Musso Guitar (Acoustic) Robert Quine Guitar Ronnie Drayton Guitar Sonny Sharrock Guitar Whitney Houston Vocals Yogi Horton Drums