I Wanna Get Funky

by Albert King

I Wanna Get Funky cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1974
  • Label: Stax
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:57
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released towards the tail end of the classic Stax era, this album finds blues titan Albert King integrating contemporary funk and smooth soul into his trademark Memphis sound. Backed by the Bar-Kays and the Memphis Horns, King's iconic flying-V guitar licks cut sharply through lush orchestrations and deep bass grooves. The title track perfectly encapsulates his effortless transition into the 1970s soul-blues landscape.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. I Wanna Get Funky (4:07)
  2. Playing On Me (3:23)
  3. Walking The Back Streets And Crying (6:27)
  4. 'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone (7:29)
  5. Flat Tire (4:43)
  6. I Can't Hear Nothing But The Blues (4:17)
  7. Travelin' Man (2:51)
  8. Crosscut Saw (7:44)
  9. That's What The Blues Is All About (3:53)

Credits

  • Albert King - primary artist, written-by
  • Dale Warren - arranged by
  • Lester Snell - arranged by
  • Bar-Kays - backing band [rhythm]
  • Isaac Hayes Movement - backing band [rhythm]
  • Hot, Buttered & Soul - backing vocals
  • Larry Shaw - creative director
  • Ron Gorden - creative director
  • Carl Smith - Written-By
  • Sir Mack Rice - Written-By
  • Sandy Jones - Written-By
  • Alvertis Isbell - Written-By
  • Eddie Floyd - Written-By
  • Allen A. Jones - Written-By
  • Henry Bush - Written-By
  • Dave Clark - Written-By
  • R.G. Ford - Written-By
  • Bobby Patterson - Written-By
  • Jerry Strickland - Written-By

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