Silky

Track Listings

1. Agile, Mobile and Hostile

2. I Wanna Be Your Favorite Pair of Pajamas

3. Bonin'

4. Through It All

5. Looking Down at You/Looking up at Me

6. Bring Me Back My Car Unstripped

7. Car With the Star

8. Pussy Stank

9. Only Black Man in South Dakota

10. Let Me Put It In

11. Country Western Song

12. Everybody Knew

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Williams made his nickname of "Mr. Rhythm" by talking his way through a series of fun, creepy, sleazy-sounding R&B records back in the '50s. The 1998 Silky is a lot more, uh, explicit (there's a big difference between "Bacon Fat" and "Let Me Put It In"), and Williams sometimes sounds unconvinced by the words he's drawling, though his torn-up purr slyly makes the point of "Only Black Man In South Dakota." The band behind him--a group of garage rock all-stars including members of the Gories and Demolition Doll-Rods--is terrific, backing him up with an echoey multi-guitar roar that's nothing like what he used in his R&B days, but suits his rasp nicely. --Douglas Wolk

Silky,Andre Williams,In the Red Records,Detroit Blues,Garage Punk,Pop,Post-Punk,R&B,Soul

Silky

Tracks:

Silky Soul
Can't Get Over You
Just Us
Somebody Else's Arms
Midnight
Love's On The Run
Change Our Ways
Songs Of Love
Mandela
Africa

Customer Reviews:

Still sounds great after all these years........2007-03-12

At a time when REAL Soul Music appeared to be going into decline, Frankie Beverly and Maze released this wonderful CD which was very well received. By itself, the gorgeous "Can't Get Over You" justifies buying the CD but there are other great songs here as well. Frankie Beverly is most certainly one of the greatest Soul singers of our time--but he is also criminally underrated. A classic CD to enjoy time and again (nearly 20 years after its original release it still sounds great!).

Silky Soul..........2007-02-03

Saw "Can't Get Over You" on cable, ordered the CD the next day. That's how much the song moved me. Fine work from Mr. Beverly! Five stars!!

Silky Soul.......2004-02-24

Silky Soul is a must have for any Maze lover. The songs and the music is so true to the silky style of Maze/Featuring Frankie Beverly. Some of the most soulful and sweetest lyrics I've ever been exposed to.

silky soul indeed.......2001-02-09

Maze featuring Frankie Beverly is unique soulful jazzy music that is not going to win over many Brittany Spears fans but should please anyone who likes well arranged funky 80's soul.Their somewhat Miles Davis like horn player really sounds superb on this release.The song "Mandela" is my favourite track being a harmonious call to release the then imprisoned South African leader with Beverlys' voice sounding passionate and emotive next to a beautiful chorus of backup singers.Joy and Pain is for me their finest hour, however this C.D.contains some fine moments also in spite of other reviews disparaging their mid 80's output.

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Savasana 2

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Binding: Audio CD

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not for people with weak hearts
raving mad and depraved brilliance
Another badly produced album spoils a great artist
Raw, raunchy and excellent
Good Lord, what he gets away with

Silky
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Manufacturer: In the Red Records
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Release Date: 1998-02-10

Tracks:

Agile, Mobile & Hostile
I Wanna Be Your Favorite Pair Of Pajamas
Bonin'
Through It All
Looking Down At You-Looking Up At Me
Bring Me Back My Car Unstripped
Car With The Star
Pussy Stank
Only Black Man In South Dakota
Let Me Put It In
Country & Western Song
Everybody Knew

Amazon.com

Williams made his nickname of "Mr. Rhythm" by talking his way through a series of fun, creepy, sleazy-sounding R&B records back in the '50s. The 1998 Silky is a lot more, uh, explicit (there's a big difference between "Bacon Fat" and "Let Me Put It In"), and Williams sometimes sounds unconvinced by the words he's drawling, though his torn-up purr slyly makes the point of "Only Black Man In South Dakota." The band behind him--a group of garage rock all-stars including members of the Gories and Demolition Doll-Rods--is terrific, backing him up with an echoey multi-guitar roar that's nothing like what he used in his R&B days, but suits his rasp nicely. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews:

not for people with weak hearts.......2005-08-17

if you do not like to hear "raw" music, then don't buy this CD. But if you want to hear something different, then buy it. I like it, it kind of grows on you (but not like a fungus, but almost). This is about as uncommercial as it gets, I'm surprised anybody besides me actually wants to hear this, but it's good. i particularly like the cut 'Bring Me Back My Car Unstripped (Mother******)" and "Car With The Star".

raving mad and depraved brilliance.......2004-01-02

Andre Williams has survived more than most of us ever will. In the 50s and 60s he worked on the fringes of the rock/R&B field, issuing sleazy records like "Bacon Fat" and "Greasy Chicken," and working as a producer. A stint in Ike Turner's post-Tina band helped him acquire a severe drinking and crack habit that landed him on the street. He struggled back from addiction and began making records again in the 90s.

Far from being 50s R&B records, Williams' current CD's are skull-cracking exercises in the kind of depravity that the late Screamin' Jay Hawkins used to indulge in. "Silky" is a triumphant, raging comeback of filthy-minded (and filthy-mouthed) garage rock that sounds like the musical equivalent of the wildest night you ever had, multiplied by 10. He drawls and growls his way through songs like "P*ssy Stank," "Bring Me Back My Car Unstripped," and the frankly frightening "Agile, Mobile and Hostile," with impressive panache, especially considering he's 65 years old. This is music to get drunk and pick up strippers and steal a firetruck and rob a bank to.

Back in the day, there used to be preachers who would refer to rock and roll as the Devil's music. Andre Williams' "Silky" is exactly what they had in mind. Listen now, repent later.

Another badly produced album spoils a great artist.......2000-07-23

Like Williams' other recent CD, RED DIRT, this is so badly produced, you have a hard time hearing some of the lyrics--which are the whole point of the exercise. Massively loud, bad guitar work hammers the rest of the mix. (Surprise: The guitarist did dual duty as the "producer" of this mess.) Andre Williams needs to dump these clowns and get the kind of professional production he enjoyed in the 1950s.

Raw, raunchy and excellent.......2000-07-14

This is one of the greatest garage rock n' roll albums EVER! For fans of Andre's early work as well as fans of the Cramps, Blues Explosion, Gories, ect. Mr. Rhythm is king!

Good Lord, what he gets away with.......2000-05-03

"Silky" is actually a garage-rock effort, pretty far removed from Andre's R&B roots. But it's also the greatest garage-rock album of the '90s, and would have fit right alongside the Gories on the Crypt Records roster of the decade. For a 60+-year-old man, Andre's mind is strictly in the juvenile gutter, but at least he's a talented exhibitionist. References to sex (all types) abound, albeit with comparitively little obscenity. Two cuts especially, the obvious "Let Me Put It In" and the jealously apocalyptic "Everybody Knew," make him sound like he's in physical pain. He growls, huffs, and doesn't give a damn what you think. What more could you ask?

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A Deceptive Rerelease of Sanctuary of Rejunvenation

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Serene: Correct Track Listing.......2007-05-31

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2005 review is not acurate for this title.

Amazon track titles for this CD also not correct....

Here is the REAL TRACK LISTING for the Aeoliah CD SERENE

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See Sanctuary of Rejuvenation CD for other corrected detail.

A Deceptive Rerelease of Sanctuary of Rejunvenation.......2005-05-28

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