Stanley Clarke, funkmeister and jazz-rock virtuoso, goes headlong into rock and urban contemporary music with a roar and a dual propensity for blazing electric bass slapping and mediocre vocals.
Side One of the LP contains the rock, while Side Two concentrates on the funk.
Along with Clarke this time is a different band, with Charles Johnson on screaming rock guitar, Steve Bach on keyboards, and Simon Phillips on drums, with assorted eclectic guests like former employer Chick Corea, Louis Johnson (then of the Brothers Johnson), and jazzman Victor Feldman.
The strongest music, tellingly, is on the instrumental medley "All Hell Broke Loose/Rocks, Pebbles and Sand" near the beginning, where the band sizzles madly and Clarke's riffsmithing is at its ingratiating peak.
The most perplexing music is on "The Story of a Man and a Woman," which tries to have it both ways by building an adventurous 11-minute concept piece around the most trite vocals.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danger StreetStanley Clarke | Stanley Clarke | Play | 04:51 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 2 | All Hell Broke LooseStanley Clarke | Stanley Clarke | Play | 05:02 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 3 | Rocks, Pebbles and SandStanley Clarke | Stanley Clarke | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 4 | UnderestimationStanley Clarke | Stanley Clarke | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 5 | You/Me TogetherStanley Clarke | Stanley Clarke | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 6 | We SupplyStanley Clarke, L. Johnson | Stanley Clarke | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 26 mins | 60 MB | |||||
| 26 mins | 168 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Bach | Keyboards |
| 2 | George Bohannon | Trombone |
| 3 | Denyse Buffum | Viola |
| 4 | Thomas Buffum | Violin |
| 5 | Stanley Clarke | Bass, Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Percussion, Primary Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 6 | Chick Corea | Bass, Moog Synthesizer |
| 7 | Rollice Dale | Cello |
| 8 | Vincent DeRosa | French Horn |
| 9 | Bobby Dubow | Violin |
| 10 | Robert Dubow | Violin |
| 11 | David Duke | French Horn |
| 12 | Victor Feldman | Vibraphone |
| 13 | Jerry Hey | Horn |
| 14 | Josie James | Vocals |
| 15 | Charles "Icarus" Johnson | Guitar |
| 16 | L. Johnson | Composer |
| 17 | Louis Johnson | Bass (Electric), Guitar, Vocals |
| 18 | Valerie Johnson | Vocals |
| 19 | Marcy Levy | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 20 | Lew McCreary | Trombone |
| 21 | Niles Oliver | Cello |
| 22 | Sid Page | Violin |
| 23 | Greg Phillinganes | Keyboards |
| 24 | Simon Phillips | Drums, Guest Artist, Percussion |
| 25 | William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. | Horn |
| 26 | John "J.R." Robinson | Drums |
| 27 | Sheldon Sanov | Violin |
| 28 | Carol Shive | Violin |
| 29 | Lya Stern | Violin |
| 30 | Ron Strauss | Cello |
| 31 | Mari Tsumura-Botnick | Violin |
| 32 | Charles Veal | Violin |
| 33 | John Wittenberg | Violin |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |