The Best 80s Funk, Soul and Groove Album in the World... Ever!

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Tracklist

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1Word Up!
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1986) and The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1986)
music videos:
Word Up! by Cameo (American soul-influenced funk group)
part of:
TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 70) and VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 81)
recording of:
Word Up!
writer:
Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins
publisher:
All Seeing Eye Music, Better Days Music and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
Cameo44:17
2Give It Up
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Epic Records (a division of Sony Music Entertainment; holding company, not a release label) (in 1982) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1982, in 1983)
recording of:
Give It Up
writer:
Deborah Carter (writer, backing vocalist) and Harry Wayne Casey
publisher:
EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., EMI Songs Ltd. and Harrick Music, Inc. (BMI)
KC & the Sunshine Band4.254:11
3Get Down Saturday Night
recording of:
Get Down Saturday Night
composer:
Oliver Cheatham and Kevin McCord
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
Oliver Cheatham3:52
4I Want You Back
recording of:
I Want You Back
lyricist and composer:
The Corporation (Motown songwriters)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
MJ: The Musical
Michael Jackson & Jackson 554:03
5I Believe in Miracles
producer:
Don Altfeld, Peter Moore (70s US producer), Bobby Taylor (Motown singer) and Ronnie Walker
arranger:
Gene Page (conductor, composer, arranger and record producer)
recording of:
I Believe in Miracles
writer:
Mark Capanni and Bobby Taylor (Motown singer)
publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
Jackson Sisters52:54
6Cross the Tracks (We Better Go Back)
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
arranger:
Maceo Parker (US funk/jazz saxophonist) and Fred Wesley
recording of:
Cross the Track (We Better Go Back)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
Maceo and the Macks3:16
7Funkin’ for Jamaica
recording of:
Funkin’ for Jamaica (N.Y.)
lyricist:
Toni Smith
composer:
Tom Browne (US jazz trumpeter)
publisher:
Roaring Fork Music, Sony/ATV Melody, Thomas Browne Publishing, Inc. and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
Tom Browne3:23
8Super Freak
recording engineer and mixer:
Tom "Super" Flye
assistant engineer:
Rick "Port Hole" Sanchez
engineer:
Bobby Brooks (US producer/engineer/remixer), Rick "Port Hole" Sanchez and Tom "Super" Flye
executive producer:
Alonzo Miller (Singer-songwriter, producer)
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
bass:
Oscar Alston
drums (drum set):
Lanise Hughes
electric piano and synthesizer [Crumar]:
Levi Ruffin, Jr.
guitar:
Tom McDermott (guitarist)
handclaps and percussion:
Oscar Alston, Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer) and Tom McDermott (guitarist)
other instruments [flexatone] and vibraslap:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
tenor saxophone:
Daniel LeMelle
background vocals:
Dennis Edwards (US soul & R’n’B singer), Melvin Franklin, Taborah Johnson, Glenn Leonard, Richard Street and Otis Williams (US baritone singer, member of The Temptations & The Distants)
horn arranger:
Daniel LeMelle and Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
arranger:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recorded at:
Motown Studios - Hitsville West (recording and mastering studios in West Hollywood, CA) in West Hollywood, California, United States (background vocals) and The Plant Studios (1981–2008) in Sausalito, California, United States
mixed at:
Westlake Studios (founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s) in West Hollywood, California, United States
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 71), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 153) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 477)
recording of:
Super Freak
orchestrator:
Bruce Fowler (trombone, composer, arranger, orchestrator)
lyricist and composer:
Alonzo Miller (Singer-songwriter, producer) and Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone Diamond Music Corporation
Rick James4.153:23
9Let It All Blow
recording of:
Let It All Blow
writer:
Robert Harris (saxophonist, producer and songwriter) and Keith Harrison (US funk keyboardist/vocalist for Heatwave/Dazz Band)
Dazz Band23:56
10The Medicine Song
recording of:
The Medicine Song
lyricist and composer:
David James Wolinski
publisher:
Overdue Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Stephanie Mills4:05
11I’ll Be Good
recording of:
I'll Be Good
writer:
René Moore and Angela Winbush
René & Angela44:08
12Say Yeah
recording of:
Say Yeah
writer:
Van Gibbs, Bernard Oattes and Rob van Schaik (songwriter, member of The Limit/Oattes van Schaik)
publisher:
Lady Bird Music Editions, Lami‐Lam Music Co., PRI Music, Inc., Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
The Limit54:20
13All Fall Down
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Limited (UK arm of RCA) (in 1985)
recording of:
All Fall Down
writer:
Barry Blue (singer, producer, and songwriter) and Robin Smith (songwriter/pianist/conductor/producer)
Five Star3:30
14Friends
recording of:
Friends
writer:
Lorenzo Doumani and Mike Francis (Italian singer and composer)
publisher:
Reizner Music Corporation
Amii Stewart34:46
15Set Me Free
music videos:
Set Me Free by Jaki Graham
recording of:
Set Me Free
lyricist and composer:
Derek Bramble
Jaki Graham33:33
16Stay With Me Tonight
Jeffrey Osborne4:10
17Tossing & Turning
Windjammer4:00
18Juicy Fruit
recording of:
Juicy Fruit
writer and composer:
James Mtume (jazz/funk musician)
publisher:
Mtume Publishing, Inc. (BMI)
Mtume3:47
19You Might Need Somebody
recording engineer and mixer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
bass:
Abraham Laboriel
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro
guitar:
Steve Lukather (guitarist, vocalist, composer, producer and arranger) and Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
horn:
Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player), Gary Herbig, Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist), Bill Reichenbach, Jr. (jazz trombonist) and Larry Williams (trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn)
keyboard:
Leon Pendarvis
percussion:
Lenny Castro
background vocals:
Marti McCall (session vocalist), Petsye Powell, Alphanette Silas and Phyllis St. James
horn arranger:
Bill Reichenbach, Jr. (jazz trombonist)
strings arranger:
Nick de Caro
cover recording of:
You Might Need Somebody
composer:
Nan O’Byrne (American songwriter and composer) and Tom Snow (US keyboardist/songwriter)
Randy Crawford44:10
20Love T.K.O.
cover recording of:
Love T.K.O.
writer:
Eddie Gip Noble, Jr., Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Teddy Pendergrass3:40
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Release

manufactured in:Europe
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)
pressed by and glass mastered by:Profact International
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/35259022 [info]
ASIN:UK: B0FC628GDN [info]
US: B0FC628GDN [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0006726735 [info]