On the Corner

Electric LadylandJimi Hendrix(1968)

53%

sound53% mood52% era94% phase55%

sound57% mood52% era60% phase55%

53%

StankoniaOutKast(2000)

Here Come the Warm JetsBrian Eno(1974)

51%

sound62% mood47% era97% phase25%

Shared mood: defiance, chaos

50%

Exit Planet DustThe Chemical Brothers(1995)

sound46% mood52% era67% phase25%

Sex MachineJames Brown(1970)

50%

Same Era Feel

Albums close in historical moment or in how they relate to their era.

sound50% mood47% era97% phase55%

2 years apartSimilar era stance

Wild and PeacefulKool & The Gang(1973)

sound57% mood23% era99% phase25%

HymnenKarlheinz Stockhausen(1967)

sound52% mood47% era93% phase85%

5 years apartSimilar era stance

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from MarsDavid Bowie(1972)

sound37% mood47% era100% phase55%

Same yearSimilar era stance

Band of GypsysJimi Hendrix(1970)

sound52% mood35% era97% phase55%

2 years apartSimilar era stance

Rust Never SleepsNeil Young(1979)

Same Career Phase

Similar artist-position moments: early statement, breakthrough, reinvention, mature work, or late period.

sound47% mood18% era90% phase100%

Same career phaseShared mood: defiance

78%

OutsideDavid Bowie(1995)

sound55% mood0% era67% phase97%

Same career phase

Computer GamesParliament-Funkadelic(1982)

sound55% mood47% era86% phase85%

Same career phaseShared mood: ecstasy, defiance

SwordfishtrombonesTom Waits(1983)

sound63% mood23% era84% phase85%

Same career phaseShared mood: chaos

TinderboxSiouxsie and the Banshees(1986)

sound52% mood23% era55% phase95%

Same career phaseShared mood: defiance

Head Hunters Herbie Hancock (1973)

Acoustic Profile

Production

Method: hybrid

Fidelity: raw

funk grooves as jazz canvaswah-wah trumpetsitar and tabla integrationrepetitive vamp structures

Vocal

Approach: instrumental

Lyrical Abstraction:

10/10

Mood & Theme

ecstasy defiance chaos

Territory: street-level-energy, funk-as-hypnosis, rhythm-over-harmony

Emotional Arc: relentless-groove-trance

Era & Context

Early 1970s funk explosion. Davis wanted to reach the Sly Stone and James Brown audience, but made something too alien for everyone.

Career Phase

Electric Revolution 1969-1975

Radical electrification. Fusion of jazz with rock, funk, and electronic textures. Alienated jazz purists, anticipated ambient and electronic music.

Distant Connections (31)

A second layer for farther resonances: connections that may not sound closest at first, but still point somewhere useful.

8/10

The Payback James Brown (1974)

8/10

rhythmic-innovationminimalist-reduction

Thrust Herbie Hancock (1974)

To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar (2015)

Cold Sweat James Brown (1967)

rhythmic-innovationminimalist-reduction

Hell James Brown (1974)

rhythmic-innovationsonic-experimentation

Confusion Fela Kuti (1984)

rhythmic-innovationmaximalist-excessgenre-destruction

Gentleman Fela Kuti (1973)

Zombie Fela Kuti (1977)

rhythmic-innovationgenre-destructionmaximalist-excess

Band of Gypsys Jimi Hendrix (1970)

genre-destructionrhythmic-innovation

Bad Witch Nine Inch Nails (2018)

genre-destructionrhythmic-innovationsonic-experimentation

Fearless Movement Kamasi Washington (2024)

genre-destructionrhythmic-innovationalienation-of-fanbase

Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)

Burn (Sons of Kemet) Shabaka (2013)

Remain in Light Talking Heads (1980)

Expensive Shit Fela Kuti (1975)

Shuffering and Shmiling Fela Kuti (1978)

rhythmic-innovationmaximalist-excess

There's a Riot Goin' On Sly & The Family Stone (1971)

Song Machine, Season One Gorillaz (2020)

genre-destructionimprovisational-freedomcollaborative-tension

Heaven and Earth Kamasi Washington (2018)

Mother's Milk Red Hot Chili Peppers (1989)

Black Messiah D'Angelo (2014)

Naked Talking Heads (1988)

Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud James Brown (1969)

The Return of the Space Cowboy Jamiroquai (1994)

Plastic Beach Gorillaz (2010)

rhythmic-innovation

genre-destructioncollaborative-tensionalienation-of-fanbase

Return of the Dream Canteen Red Hot Chili Peppers (2022)

improvisational-freedomrhythmic-innovation

In My Element Robert Glasper (2007)

The Money Store Death Grips (2012)

genre-destructionalienation-of-fanbase

The Powers That B Death Grips (2015)

alienation-of-fanbasegenre-destruction

Filth Swans (1983)