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One Down
Release Date: 1982
Running Time: 45:53
Label: Mau Mau

One Down marked a distinct shift in sound for Material, the avant-garde downtown pickup group organized around bassist Bill Laswell and keyboardist Michael Beinhorn. The edgy experimentalism that characterized earlier efforts like Temporary Music and Memory Serves is downplayed here in favor of funk and disco tunes delivered with a minimum of weirdness. Sure, it sounds dated but that doesn't make it less attractive. Laswell is a master of funk bass, and with guests like drummer Yogi Horton, guitarist Nile Rodgers and singers Nona Hendryx and Whitney Houston (just before she became a superstar on her own), he didn't really have much chance to go wrong. Highlights include"Take a Chance" and the strutting "I'm the One"; if you want something a little more challenging, check out Archie Shepp's squalling sax solo on the Houston vehicle "Memories." This is straight-ahead turn-of-the-80s funk at its old-fashioned best from the folks you'd have least suspected of harboring such sympathies. Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Take a Chance	Laswell, Beinhorn	4:32
2	I'm the One	Laswell, Beinhorn, Fowler	5:28
3	Time Out	Laswell, Fowler, Le	4:58
4	Let Me Have It All	Stewart	5:26
5	Come Down	Fowler, Laswell, Beinhorn	4:45
6	Holding On	Laswell, Beinhorn, Eno	4:46
7	Memories	Hopper	4:03
8	Don't Lose Control	Laswell, Beinhorn	4:22
9	Bustin' Out	Laswell, Hendryx, Beinhorn, Drayton, Maher	8:03