Album Of The Day: Unclassified by Robert Randolph & The Family Band

Album Art of Robert Randolph And The Family Band's Unclassified album - The top and bottom have a golden brown, blurry background. In the middle, a photo of four men standing in front of some sort of metal gate. The one in front is looking to the left side of the frame and clearly excited and exclaiming about something, with his hand about to clap together. He's also wearing a black leather jacket and a black brimmed hat. At the top above the photo, it has the band's name printed in a reddish brown, and on top of the upper right corner of the photo is printed the words 'Unclassified' in uppercase in a black, stamp-like font.

"I need more love every day of my life." It's the weekend, so I needed some rock jams to kick it off. Robert Randolph started playing the pedal steel guitar in church as a kid, and by the time I first heard this album from him and his Family Band, Randolph was jammin' in New York City at clubs playing a mix of R&B, rock, funk, soul and Gospel. Half the songs on this album are just instrumental jams, and his band of longtime relatives and friends are excellent musicians as well. Unclassified always puts me in a good mood and is an excellent vibe from start to finish. If you haven't heard this album, you should give it a listen. They hit it out the park with this first studio album, and I'm not sure they did any better than this later, though I like all their albums.

Release Year: 2003
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