Building upon the unprecedented success of Zapp's self-titled debut and group leader Roger Troutman's solo debut, The Many Facets of Roger, along with those two album's hit singles -- "More Bounce to the Ounce" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," respectively -- Troutman returned in 1982 with Zapp II, a strong album again propelled by a mammoth single, "Dance Floor." Outside of the infectious single, which topped the R&B singles chart, Troutman stuck to his patented formula of vocoder-laden funk on each of the album's other songs. There isn't anything new here that wasn't on Zapp or The Many Facets of Roger, just more of the same; of course, this isn't exactly a bad thing, as Troutman retreads familiar ground effectively. At this point in his career, Troutman wasn't short on ideas and was able to inventively lay down dense, carefree funk with ease -- in sum, there's literally no filler here, impressive when you consider his prolific output during this era. Not quite as fresh as the first Zapp album but still a great album for its era.
A**S
Classic Electronic Funk
A classic album created by Roger Troutman and the Zapp band after breaking away from the influences of Bootsy Collins and George Clinton. Very well crafted album that although doesn't feature much in the way of lyrics, each song is composed extremely well, and is layered with different synth riffs, giving a very polished production. Certified gold within the same year of release, it is one of the quintessential albums for funk lovers.
E**R
a good album.
you can't go wrong with zapp.
A**Y
'Some Great Individual Tracks'
Containing a monster 11 minute plus version of their classic 'Dance Floor', Zapp 11 is worth buying for P funk collectors for this track alone. The other U.S R&B hit from the album was the almost as good 'Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing)' of which, there are two different versions included here.The first is typical Zapp and in the same vein as 'Dance Floor' and their earlier seminal 'More Bounce To The Ounce'. The second version of the song takes the song into a more Jazzy direction and has some nice bluesy guitar playing on it. Of the other three tracks, 'Playin' Kinda Ruff' is of similar ilk to the first two tracks mentioned but less essential and 'Do You Really Want An Answer' and 'Come On' are less P funky, more traditional mid tempo songs. As a whole album listen this set dosen't really work but, to be fair, most albums of this kind from this era of dance music were not seriously compiled to be album listens anyway simply collections of 12" length songs and as such this set does very nicely.
P**R
Here We Go Again--On the Dance Floor!
Why would I dislike this CD? Because Zapp is in the house---again!! If I had the feet and the moves to get on that dance floor, I would dance my butt off! My favorite track is the first one on this CD. Zapp, you got a lot of funk! Likesomebody truly said, the music is fun, andonce you get your hands on this CD, and pop it in, YOU ARE ZAPPED!! I am glad that you had this great CD! Hey folks! Get your groove on, because here we go again--Zapp is in the house! They will make you dance! Right on Zapp!!
W**R
Five Stars
Great CD! No Problems!
S**E
41 MINUTES DE BONHEUR
L'album qu'il faut avoir dans la discographie de ce groupe de Cincinnati (Ohio), dans lequel se télescopent Funk, Soul, Blues, Doo-wap. La recette: cuivres flamboyants, percussions généreuses, choeurs bien ajustés. Le tout épaulé par un Roger en grande forme à la guitare, notamment dans "A touch of jazz (Playin' kinda ruff part II). Du grand Funk à savourer sans modération.
D**E
お買い得
ベスト盤と「zapp Ⅱ]とこれと迷いましたが、「do you really want an answer」が入っていて一番安いこれにしました。音質が悪いのではないかと心配しましたが、けっこう高音質で満足です。
L**D
Playing Kinda Rough!
This album starts with the monstrous "Dance Floor", which has the power to bring the dead to the dance floor. All jokes aside, the funk here is in prime form and the quality is crystal clear. Favorites include "Do You Want An Answer", "Playing Kinda Ruff", and "Doo Wah Ditty". Roger's funk always had a smile on it, so check it out!
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