Bustin' Loose (Chuck Brown album)

Bustin' Loose is a studio album released in 1979 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers.[1][5][6] The album includes the charting single and one of the all-time classic go-go songs "Bustin' Loose",[7] along with a remake of the classic Jerry Butler's soul ballad "Never Gonna Give You Up" from the 1968 album The Ice Man Cometh.[1]

Bustin' Loose
Studio album by
Chuck Brown
Released1979
StudioSigma Sound Studios
Genre
Length39:06[1]
LabelSource Records
Producer
  • James Purdie
  • Logan H. Westbrooks
Chuck Brown chronology
Salt of the Earth
(1974)		 Bustin' Loose
(1979)		 Funk Express
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
ARTISTdirect[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[3]
MusicHound R&B3/5[4]

On August 10, 1979, Bustin' Loose was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States.[8] The single "Bustin' Loose" was also certified gold by the RIAA on March 14, 1979.[8]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bustin' Loose"Chuck Brown7:39
2."Never Gonna Give You Up"
5:40
3."If It Ain't Funky"Chuck Brown6:01
4."I Gotcha Now"
  • Chuck Brown
  • John "JB" Buchanan
  • Leroy Fleming
  • Curtis Johnson
  • Donald Tillery
  • Jerry Wilde
5:03
5."Could It Be Love"
  • Shirley Chevalier
  • James Purdie
5:19
6."Games Seven"
  • Chuck Brown
  • John "JB" Buchanan
  • Leroy Fleming
  • Curtis Johnson
  • Donald Tillery
  • Jerry Wilde
6:13
7."Berro E Sombaro"
  • Chuck Brown
  • John "JB" Buchanan
  • Leroy Fleming
  • Curtis Johnson
  • Donald Tillery
  • Jerry Wilde
3:11
Total length:39:06

Personnel
  • 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
  1. Henderson, Alex. Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers: Bustin' Loose > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. "Chuck Brown Album Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers". In Terrell, Tom (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 78. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.
  5. 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.
  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.
  7. 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.
  8. "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
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