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Track Listing
1. Brick House - The Commodores
2. Pick up the Pieces - Average White Band
3. Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire
4. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
5. Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
6. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
7. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
8. Car Wash - Rose Royce
9. Tell Me Something Good - Rufus/Chaka Khan
10. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
11. Shaft - Isaac Hayes
12. Fire - Ohio Players
13. Flashlight - Parliament
14. Back in Love Again, (Every Time I Turn Around) - L.T.D.
15. Good Times - Chic
16. Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen
17. Word Up - Cameo
18. Early in the Morning - The Gap Band
19. Don't Stop the Music - Yarbrough & Peoples
20. Super Freak - Rick James
| Details | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Compilation producers: Michael Cohen, Bas Hartong, Jeff Moskow.
Digitally remastered by Suha Gur (Polygram Studios).
Pure Funk is a compilation that captures the essence of funk, with a variety of top-selling, danceable selections that illustrate the dexterous musicianship and powerful arrangements indicative of the genre. Highlighted are landmark theme songs from 70's blaxploitation epics such as "Shaft," "Car Wash," and "Superfly," demonstrating how lush orchestrations entwine with the pulsing rhythms that define funk.
Legendary female vocalists such as Chaka Khan and Patti Labelle are captured in their prime with their respective glass-shattering performances on "Tell Me Something Good," and Labelle's "Lady Marmalade." Classics like the Parliament hit "Flashlight" and The Average White Band's "Pick Up The Pieces" feature some of the most distinctive bass work in funk. Platinum-selling songs such as the rousing "Jungle Boogie" from Kool and the Gang and the rousing "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas fill in the groove that flows from one rump-shaking song to the next.
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