Bringing the funk! The first couple of Funkadelic albums are good, wallowing in a sort of messy psychedelic funk in places. This album mostly leaves that behind (apart from the veritable assault on the senses that is closer "Wars of Armageddon") in favour of a new funk sound that is varied but more structured.
From the hard-funking, rocking Hendrix-esque "Super Stupid" to the melodic, lyrical guitar playing of the title track. "Back in our Minds" indulges in the kind of sing-along pop funk that Clinton popularised with Parliament. The acoustic groove of "Can You Get to That" is brilliant and was re-used to good effect by Sleigh Bells on their track "Rill Rill"
The rest of the album features solid-groove funk riffs.
One rumour of how the album title came about was that Clinton had discovered his brother's decomposing corpse in his apartment where he'd died ...if true, that is some dark, heavy shit right there.
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