LIVING COLOUR are about as heavy as I like it. These black American dudes groove on like GEORGE CLINTON with a metallic core and the attitude of the non-conformist.
Best moments? The melodic muscle of "Leave It Alone," the playful swing of "Bi," which makes a serious point on the subject of people who like it both ways, or the ghostly "Nothingness," described by one reviewer as "TERENCE TRENT DARBY sings GENESIS." But don't let that put you off.
Elsewhere, there's the restless urgency of "Never Satisfied," and, if your heads at Weirdsville, try the warped urban techno of WTFF, or the surreal sample-heavy "Hemp."
Stain is probably more intriguing than gut feeling enjoyable, so it's flawed, but that fits in with the band's philosophy; people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Grade B
Mark Liddell
Riff Raff
June 1993
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