| Black Radio Won't Play This Record | ||||
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| Released | 1992 | |||
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| Label | Scotti Brothers [1] | |||
| Producer | Thom Panunzio | |||
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Black Radio Won't Play This Record is an album by the American band Mother's Finest, released in 1992. [2] [3] The title of the album comes from a comment made by a Scotti Brothers executive. [4] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [5] The first single was "Generator". [6]
Displeased with their previous studio album, the band hired new management and recorded demos. [6] Three original members of Mother's Finest played on the album: Joyce Kennedy, Glenn Murdock, and Jerry Seay. [7] It was produced by Thom Panunzio. [8] "Power" is a tribute to female toughness. [9]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
| The Indianapolis Star |  [11] |
| MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide | [12] |
| Rock Hard | 9.5/10 [13] |
The Washington Post wrote that "lead singer Joyce Kennedy wastes no time bemoaning lack of black fan support for black rockers, singing in the first song, 'Negro': 'Like a rebel without a cause/ I play my music to no applause'." [8] Spin called the album "loud, irreverent, and oozing integrity," writing that it "dishes out a Chaka-Khan-meets-alternametal onslaught." [14] The Indianapolis Star deemed it "unadulterated hard rock," declaring that the band "manages to rage pretty effectively against racial and sexual stereotypes with an infectious metallic beat." [11] The Kingston Whig-Standard said that "the guitars tend to be grungy and delivered at a high speed but [the band] don't believe in cliches either." [15]
AllMusic wrote: "Taking off the gloves (both musically and lyrically) and throwing urban contemporary considerations to the wind, MF excels by doing what it does best: scorching heavy metal and hard rock with a touch of Ike & Tina Turner-ish soul." [10] Washington City Paper declared that "Kennedy’s voice is bred for the band’s ability to go from downtempo soul all the way up to power metal sprinkled with funk influences." [16] Miami New Times called Black Radio Won't Play This Record "one of the best rock albums of the Nineties." [17]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Like a Negro" | Kennedy, Seay, Murdock | 5:05 |
| 2. | "Power" | Kennedy, John Hayes | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Generator" | Seay | 4:34 |
| 4. | "Cry Baby" | Kennedy, Hayes | 5:25 |
| 5. | "Shirt" | Kennedy, Hayes, Murdock | 3:00 |
| 6. | "The Wall" | Kennedy, Murdock, Hayes | 5:19 |
| 7. | "Attitude" | Murdock, Kennedy, Dion Murdock | 4:19 |
| 8. | "Crack Babies" | Seay, Murdock, Sam McCovey | 5:11 |
| 9. | "Head Bangin' and Booty Shakin'" | Murdock | 2:58 |
| 10. | "Stop" | Seay, Cris Kennedy | 3:42 |
| 11. | "Move (Get Outta My Way)" | Seay, Kennedy, Dee Dee Hakim | 4:27 |
| 12. | "L.P.F." | Kennedy, Hayes | 3:49 |
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