Funk Express is a studio album released in 1980 by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers.[1][4][5][6]
| Funk Express | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
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| Length | 40:40 | |||
| Label | Source Records | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| ARTISTdirect | [2] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[3] |
Track listing
edit- Side A
- "Come On and Boogie" (Part I - Vocal) – 4:56
- "Come On and Boogie" (Part II - A Fantasy of Fusion) – 4:56
- "In the Pocket" – 6:08
- "Who Are You" – 3:20
- Side B
- "Sticks and Stones" – 6:04
- "Time Has No Ending" – 3:49
- "Slow Down (You Keep Telling Me)" – 4:32
- "Keep That Same Old Feeling" – 6:55
Personnel
edit- Chuck Brown – lead vocals, electric guitar
- Jerry Wilder – bass guitar
- Gregory Gerran – congas, percussion
- Ricardo D. Wellman – drums
- Leroy Fleming – tenor saxophone, flute, timbales, background vocals
- Skip Fennell – keyboards
- Curtis Johnson – organ, keyboards
- John M. Buchannan – keyboards, trombone
- Donald Tillery – trumpet, background vocals
References
edit- ^ a b Henderson, Alex. Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers: Funk Express > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Chuck Brown Album Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Chuck Brown". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (2001). "Part Four: The New School". Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion (1st ed.). San Francisco: BackBeat Books. pp. 297–299. ISBN 0-87930-629-7.
- ^ Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.
- ^ Nnamdi, Kojo (February 14, 2014). "From Go-Go's Heyday to Today: One Musician's Love Affair With D.C. Music". The Kojo Nnamdi Show. WAMU. Retrieved 2 December 2016.