Tracks
- Little Child Runnin' Wild
- Pusherman
- Freddie's Dead
- Junkie Chase (Instrumental)
- Give Me Your Love (Love Song)
- Eddie You Should Know Better
- No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song)
- Think (Instrumental)
- Superfly
Super Fly is an earnest album (for a decidedly un-serious film). The music is funk with the Curtis Mayfield singing soulfully. The instrumentals don't allow a listener to forget that this is a soundtrack album. (What came first–the soundtrack instrumental sound of the '70s or the blaxploitation film genre?)
Despite what the album is, it contains serious music with serious social issues being addressed. The potential problem is that Curtis Mayfield comes off as a Marvin Gaye ripoff. Intention is the unknowable variable.
The album is great musically when it's not revealing it's soundtrack nature. However, even the soundtrack instrumentals are better than what some contemporary singer-songwriters have to offer. I think this would have been a lot better if it hadn't been limited by it being a soundtrack album. I do think this album should be on the 1001 Albums list; Curtis Mayfield has set the bar high for soundtrack album quality.
All of the songs are good. The stand outs are Little Child Runnin' Wild, Pusherman, Freddie's Dead, Give Me Your Love (Love Song) and Superfly.
★★★★★★★★★☆
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