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One Down is a 1982 album by the New York based no wave music group Material, produced by Material, recorded by indie producer/engineer Martin Bisi in Brooklyn and musician/engineer Robert Musso in Manhattan.[3] The album sees the band reduced to a duo of keyboardist Michael Beinhorn and bassist Bill Laswell, collaborating with different musicians and singers on each track. Whitney Houston made her recording debut as a lead vocalist on this album, for a version of the song "Memories".

One Down
Studio album by
Material
ReleasedMay 19, 1982 (1982-05-19)
RecordedO.A.O Studio, Brooklyn, New York and RPM Sound Studio, New York City
LabelCelluloid, Elektra, 60206
ProducerMaterial
Material chronology
Bustin' Out
(1981)
One Down
(1982)
Seven Souls
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Song background


"Let Me Have It All" is a cover from Sly and the Family Stone's 1973 album Fresh.

"Memories" featured vocals by Whitney Houston accompanied by Archie Shepp on tenor saxophone. The track marks Houston's first appearance on record as a lead vocalist on an album, prior to her own albums and she would perform it at select dates during her first major tour in 1986, The Greatest Love World Tour. The song was written by Hugh Hopper and originally recorded by The Wilde Flowers with vocals by Robert Wyatt.

A dance mix by John Luongo of "I'm the One"/"Don't Lose Control" was released as a 12" single in 1982 (Celluloid/Elektra, 0-67970). Mixes of "Time Out" was released as a 12" single in 1983 (Elektra, 0-67916).[4]


Track listing


  1. "Take a Chance" (Bill Laswell, Michael Beinhorn) – 4:31
  2. "I'm the One" (Laswell, Beinhorn, R. Bernard Fowler) – 5:25
  3. "Time Out" (Laswell, Thi-Linh Le, Beinhorn) – 4:52
  4. "Let Me Have It All" (Sly Stewart) – 5:23
  5. "Come Down" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Fowler) – 4:43
  6. "Holding On" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Brian Eno) – 4:40
  7. "Memories" (Hugh Hopper) (featuring Whitney Houston) – 3:58
  8. "Don't Lose Control" (Laswell, Beinhorn) – 4:18

CD bonus track


  1. "Bustin' Out" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Fred Maher) – 8:03

Personnel


Material
vocalists
musicians

Production



Release history



References


  1. Allmusic review
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 132. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. "Material - One Down". Celluloid Records. 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  4. "Material - One Down". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-01-13.



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