Truth and Soul

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Truth and Soul
Truth and Soul cover
Studio album by Fishbone
Released September 13, 1988
Recorded 1987 & 1988 at Sunset Sound Factory in Hollywood, California
Genre Funk Metal, Ska Punk
Length 41:32
Label Columbia Records
Producer(s) Fishbone, David Kahne
Professional reviews
Fishbone chronology
In Your Face
(1986)
Truth and Soul
(1988)
The Reality of My Surroundings
(1991)


Truth and Soul is the second album by alternative rock band Fishbone, released on September 13, 1988. In 1999, it was named by Spin magazine as one of the most influential alternative rock albums of all time. It features a wide array of genres, including reggae, soul, funk, ska, folk. R&B, blues, and heavy metal. The album begins with a hard rock version of Curtis Mayfield's Superfly classic "Freddie's Dead".

The title is derived from the ad agency in Robert Downey Sr.'s film Putney Swope.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Freddie's Dead" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:30
  2. "Ma And Pa" (Kendall Jones, Angelo Moore) – 3:19
  3. "Question Of Life" (Moore) – 3:01
  4. "Pouring Rain" (Chris Dowd) – 5:13
  5. "Deep Inside" (John Norwood Fisher, Moore) – 1:21
  6. "Mighty Long Way" (J. Fisher) – 3:25
  7. "Bonin' In The Boneyard" (J. Fisher, David Kahne, Moore) – 4:44
  8. "One Day" (Jones, Kahne, Walter Kibby) – 4:34
  9. "Subliminal Fascism" (Moore) – 1:27
  10. "Slow Bus Movin' (Howard Beach Party)" (J. Fisher, Jones, Kibby, Moore) – 2:37
  11. "Ghetto Soundwave" (Jones) – 4:23
  12. "Change" (Dowd, Jones) – 2:57

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Fishbone

[edit] Engineers

[edit] Charts

Year Chart Position
1988 U.S. Billboard 200 153