Day 0652 - 90

808 State "90" (1989)

Another album that the book refers to as "Manchester/Madchester" and "Acid House", even though it sounds completely different from the other two on the list that classed under that heading.  I guess it's similar to Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden all being labelled as 'grunge' in the 90s, even though they were playing fairly different styles of music (with one or two common factors).

This to me is early electronic/EDM: thumping beats, interesting synth sounds.  There are minimal vocals, and when they are there, they seem more like a looped instrument rather than the central 'feature' of the tracks.   Great album, really interesting stuff.

Day 0160 - Stand!

Sly and the Family Stone "Stand!" (1969) - got it

This has got to be one of the first serious 'funk' albums.  Those beats.  Dat bass.  Those horns. Sly and the family are one of those bands that have always been on my radar but I've never quite got around to checking them out properly.

A mixture of races and genders coming together to make great music, and one of the earliest bands to mix upbeat funky 'party' music with serious political commentary.  Great stuff, and as the "got it" at the top implies, I ended up picking up a copy of the album as a result of listening to it.