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"Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothin'" starts well (the band grooves quite well) but gets a little clumsy at the breakdown, and Lead vocalist Corey Glover pretty much butchers Al Green's "Love & Happiness" though the band locks into a walloping stomp that sustains the song well enough. The real star of this show is drummer Will Calhoun who delivers an astonshing solo on the closer "Money Talks" and drives the song at such a furious pace he almost seems to be channeling Elvin Jones! This song must be heard to be fully appreciated. All in all, this is a great release and can stand right along with the other great Living Colour releases of the early 90's.


Biscuits? More like crumbs..   February 22, 2007
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Dunno what went wrong here. I suppose the suits at the record company figured these tracks had been paid for so they might as well get some money for 'em. Which is fine for the boys at Sony but they didn't do the boys in the band any favours foisting this stuff onto their fan base, the only thing being achieved her is the diminishing of the bands sterling track record to date.

To specifics;
Track 1: Talkin' Lound and Sayin' Nothing. This is pretty cool and easily the best track here. And a cover version. Luckily LC have enough individuatlity to make it their own.
Track 2: Desperate People (live). There were bonus live tracks pegged onto the end of Times Up. Perhaps there is enough live material for a live album floating around. My call - they would of been better servied putting out such a live album. This isn't a bad run though of a cool early LC number.
Track 3: Love and Happiness. Another cover. Skid Row, Yngwie Malmsteen and Metallica amongst others have all put out cover albums. If LC were that way inclined I'd have preferred that this mish-mash EP. Not that this is horrid or anything. It just doesn't grab you.
Track 4: Memories Can't Wait. Cool LC song. Not a huge fan of the live album etc myself, but this tune is kinda cool. Another cover, but it feels more like theor own stuff due to having been on their debut.
Track 5: Burning of the Midnight Lamp. Vernon Reid was always unfairly compared to Jimi Hendrix. Only because he was black and liked feedback. It was so unfair to Reid who always had his own guitar stamp. But given those unfair comparisons picking a Hendrix song to cover was perhaps not the smartest move. Still, supposedly the boys were fans and the song has an open structure well suited to LC's mode of operation and they do an interesting job.
Track 6: Money Talks. An unreleased Reid track from the Times Up sessions. Not essential but it's their own tune and shows a third option for what this release could of been - ie if not a covers EP or a live EP then a 'leftovers' album as per Steve Vais Flexible Leftovers release.

And that pretty much sums up this '91 stopgap release. Not worth your dollar unless your an LC fanatic. Which I was at the time which is my excuse.


Not the greates Living Colour album but definitely worth it   September 24, 1999
If you like Living Colour this is a must have. If only for the two live versions of "Memories Can't Wait" and "Desperate People" these two show what a furious live act this band was. If you were lucky enough to see these guys live, these two songs alone justify buying this album


A little something extra   July 20, 1999
This one got dissed when it first came out and it's hard to know why. If anything, the live version of "Memories Can't Wait" cuts the studio version to shreds. And the band's take on Hendrix' "Burning Of The Midnight Lamp" really, uh, burns! If you didn't like Living Colour to start with this one won't change your mind, but if you did, for goodness' sake, get it!