Force (A Certain Ratio album)
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| Studio album by A Certain Ratio | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | July–August 1986 | |||
| Studio | Yello 2 Studios, Manchester, England | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 37:10 | |||
| Label | Factory | |||
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| The Quietus | favourable |
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| Trouser Press | unfavourable |
Force is the fifth studio album by English band A Certain Ratio, released in 1986 by record label Factory.
Force received a mostly positive response from critics. The Quietus wrote: "To the band's surprise, Force immediately struck a nerve, not just within the confines of Manchester either, pushing the band close to the success they always deserved. [...] Force remains their purest moment".Trouser Press, on the other hand, wrote that the album "[abandons] the raw, stark and chilling sound of the band's seminal work. Professionally executed but completely boring and devoid of spontaneity, there's little here that Chuck Mangione fans might not enjoy."
AllMusic critic Ned Raggett described the album as "a record of its time as a result -- the sometimes airless, compressed production often fights against more inspired individual elements song for song, like Quigley's layered brass break on "Bootsy," one of the album's highlights and clearly a bit of a nod to the legendary P-Funk bassist." Raggett also further added that "Donald Johnson's drumming and Martin Moscrop's multi-instrumental work remain hyperactive and sometimes subtly surprising, and at the album's best."
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