Total Response

Total Response
Studio album by Horace Silver Quintet/Sextet With Vocals
Released	April 1972 [1]
Recorded	November 15, 1970 (#1, 2, 6, 9) January 29, 1971 (#3–5, 7, 8)
Studio	Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:47
Label	Blue Note BST 84368
Producer	Francis Wolff, George Butler
Horace Silver chronology
That Healin' Feelin' (1970) Total Response (1972) All (1972)

Total Response (subtitled The United States of Mind Phase 2) is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, released on the Blue Note label in 1972 and featuring performances by Silver with Cecil Bridgewater, Harold Vick, Richie Resnicoff, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker, with vocals by Salome Bey and Andy Bey. ^[2] In 2004, it was included as the second of a trilogy of albums compiled on CD as The United States of Mind . ^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album a "sprawling, incoherent, and just plain weird mess of funk, fusion, soul-jazz, African spirituality, and hippie mysticism". ^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Horace Silver

1. "Acid, Pot or Pills" - 4:26
2. "What Kind of Animal Am I" - 3:38
3. "Won't You Open up Your Senses" - 3:56
4. "I've Had a Little Talk" - 3:46
5. "Soul Searching" - 4:15
6. "Big Business" - 5:22
7. "I'm Aware of the Animals Within Me" - 3:45
8. "Old Mother Nature Calls" - 6:17
9. "Total Response" - 5:22

Personnel

• Horace Silver - electric piano
• Cecil Bridgewater - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Harold Vick - tenor saxophone
• Richie Resnicoff - guitar
• Bob Cranshaw - electric bass
• Mickey Roker - drums
• Salome Bey (1, 2, 5–7, 9), Andy Bey (3, 4, 8) - vocals

References

1. Billboard Apr 29, 1972
2. Horace Silver discography accessed November 24, 2009.
3. West, Michael J. (September 24, 2021). "JazzTimes 10: Essential Horace Silver Recordings". JazzTimes. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
4. Erlewine, S. T. AllMusic Review, accessed January 26, 2025.