Total Response
Introduction '''''Total Response''''' (subtitled ''The United States of Mind Phase 2'') is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1972 featuring performances by Silver with Cecil Bridgewater, Harold Vick, Richie Resnicoff, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker, with vocals by Salome Bey and Andy Bey. In 2004, it was included as the second of a trilogy of albums compiled on CD as ''The United States of Mind''.
Reception The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 2 stars, and called the album a  "sprawling, incoherent, and just plain weird mess of funk, fusion, soul-jazz, African spirituality, and hippie mysticism".
Track listing All compositions by Horace Silver# "Acid, Pot or Pills" - 4:26# "What Kind of Animal Am I" - 3:38# "Won't You Open up Your Senses" - 3:56# "I've Had a Little Talk" - 3:46# "Soul Searching" - 4:15# "Big Business" - 5:22# "I'm Aware of the Animals Within Me" - 3:45# "Old Mother Nature Calls" - 6:17# "Total Response" - 5:22
Personnel *Horace Silver - electric piano*Cecil Bridgewater - trumpet, flugelhorn*Harold Vick - tenor saxophone*Richie Resnicoff - guitar*Bob Cranshaw - electric bass*Mickey Roker - drums*Salome Bey (1, 2, 5-7, 9), Andy Bey (3, 4, 8) - vocals
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