Osmium (album)
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| Studio album by Parliament | |||||
| Released | 1970 | ||||
| Recorded | 1970 | ||||
| Genre | Psychedelic soul, Funk, Psychedelic rock | ||||
| Length | 39:38 | ||||
| Label | Invictus | ||||
| Producer | George Clinton, Ruth Copeland | ||||
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Osmium is the 1970 debut album by the funk band Parliament, led by George Clinton. The album has a sound that is more similar to Funkadelic than other Parliament releases.
The original vinyl release contained a glossy lyric sheet.
Since its re-release in 1990, Osmium has been distributed numerous times by various labels in the U.S., Europe and Japan, sometimes under alternative titles that have included Rhenium and First Thangs. A number of these reissues have featured material that was not included on the original album, such as unreleased tracks and singles that were recorded around the same time as Osmium.
The yodeling that arguably uniquely identifies one of De La Soul's early hits, "Potholes In My Lawn" (which eventually appeared on De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising), comes from Osmium's "Little Old Country Boy".
[edit] Track listing
- "I Call My Baby Pussycat" (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel, Billy "Bass" Nelson) – 4:24 (released as a single-Invictus 9077 under the name "A Parliament Thang")
- "Put Love in Your Life" (Clinton, Vivian Lewis) – 5:07
- "Little Old Country Boy" (Ruth Copeland) – 3:58
- "Moonshine Heather" (Clinton) – 4:05
- "Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer" (Copeland, P. Trim, based on Pachelbel's Canon) – 5:00
- "My Automobile" (Clinton, Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins) – 4:45
- "There Is Nothing Before Me But Thang" (Clinton, Bobby Harris, Hazel, Bernie Worrell) – 3:56
- "Funky Woman" (Clinton, Worrell) – 2:56
- "Livin' the Life" (Clinton, Nelson, Worrell) – 5:57
- "The Silent Boatman" (Copeland) – 5:45
