Name: Is It Because I'm Black (50th Anniversary Edition)
Brand: Syl Johnson

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

NUM1208lp-dlx

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Colour

black

Colour details

Black vinyl.

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

180-gram vinyl.

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Format Music US

Limited edition

1000

Release date

2019-05-03

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

825764600842

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Syl Johnson

Genre US

60s & 70s Soul & Funk

Label US

Numero Group

“After Martin Luther King got killed, I wanted to write a song.” —Syl Johnson 

Ten years into his role as poster boy for pop soul and peak-hour R&amp;B, Syl Johnson did an unlikely about-face and cut his most inspiring and powerful album. The title track, coupled with the politically charged “I’m Talking About Freedom” and ghetto conscious “Concrete Reservation” sealed the album’s political bonafides. “Right On,” “Together Forever,” “Come Together,” and “Black Balloons” are positively uplifting, forming their own pot of gold at the end of a grayscale rainbow.

Fifty years later, <i>Is It Because I’m Black</i> is still as relevant as the day of its release. No liner notes. No extra tracks. Just the greatest Black concept album of all time.

Is It Because I'm Black (50th Anniversary Edition)

Music US