I Wanna Get Funky
I Wanna Get Funky is the eighth studio album by Albert King, covering various blues tunes with heavy funk overtones, by Albert King, recorded in 1972 and released in 1973. With a rhythm section led by the Bar-Kays and horn arrangements by the Memphis Horns, it is considered by blues and funk cognoscenti as one of the greatest blues-funk albums ever produced.
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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
| Genre | Electric blues, Funk | |||
| Length | 46:00 | |||
| Label | Stax | |||
| Producer | Henry Bush, Allen Jones | |||
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Track listing
- "I Wanna Get Funky" (Clifton William Smith) – 4:08
- "Playing on Me" (Sir Mack Rice) – 3:25
- "Walking the Back Streets and Crying" (Sandy Jones) – 6:28
- "'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone" (Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell) – 7:32
- "Flat Tire" (Henry Bush, Booker T. Jones, Albert King) – 4:43
- "I Can't Hear Nothing But the Blues" (Henry Bush, Dave Clark) – 4:16
- "Travelin' Man" (Albert King) – 2:52
- "Crosscut Saw" (R.G. Ford) – 7:45
- "That's What the Blues Is All About" (Bobby Patterson, Jerry Strickland) – 3:53
Personnel
- Albert King – Electric guitar, vocals
- Donald Kinsey (name on album credits incorrectly spelled as "Donald Kenzie") – Rhythm guitar
- Memphis Symphony Orchestra – Strings
- The Memphis Horns – Horns
- The Bar-Kays & The Movement – Rhythm section
- Hot Buttered Soul, Henry Bush – Background vocals
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