I owe the pleasure of this listen once again to the Rockin' Rabbi, and with Billy Fogarty at the helm, The Scream are nor bereft of Corabi beef, and instead provide a soulful metal maelstrom more akin to Mordred, Lenny Kravitz and Jimi Hendrix. Not sure what the die hard fans will think, and maybe that's why this release lays gathering dust in the archives, but 'Takin It...', for me anyway, is a cool, smoking record, even if it's rather removed from The Scream's brand of ballsy sleaze rock. I'm not sure if these guys just jumped on the funk metal bandwagon and then realised the scene was dead before it was too late, but whwen you hear the jangles of 'Miss Thang' you'll think 24-7 Spyz meets Black Crowes, whilst 'Another Rock' is Fishbone meets the Chilli Peppers, and the more chilled lounge funk of 'Comin Down' is a shimmering, cool oasis of calm. Again though, this is a drastic departure for a band that although harbouring cool grooves in the past, have, quite simply become a struttin' funk act here, and I'm not sure that makes for a bright and stable future.
6.5/10
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