Phoenix

by Grand Funk

Phoenix cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 September 1972
  • Label: Capitol
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:39
  • Community rating: 3.36/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Jerry Litte, Skip Drinkwater, Gerald Roberts, Cecil McBee, Lawrence Killian, Dennis Wilen, Pat Dixon, Gary Bartz, Al Williams, Ted Dunbar, Norman Connors, Art Webb, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gayle Dixon, Elmer Gibson, Michael Brown, Stanley Clarke, Ellen DeLeston, Eddie Henderson, Buster Williams, Warren Smith, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Herbie Hancock, Carlos Garnett, Henry Palmer

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following a bitter legal dispute with their former manager Terry Knight, the American rock titans (briefly shortening their name from Grand Funk Railroad) expanded to a quartet with the addition of keyboardist Craig Frost. The resulting album pivots slightly from their bone-crushing fuzz-rock towards a more polished, keyboard-driven pop-rock sensibility. The inclusion of the hit single 'Rock 'n Roll Soul' signaled their successful transition into a more radio-friendly era.

Genres

Descriptors: Arena Rock, Fusion, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Flight Of The Phoenix (3:38)
  2. Trying To Get Away (4:11)
  3. Someone (4:04)
  4. She Got To Move Me (4:48)
  5. Rain Keeps Fallin' (3:25)
  6. I Just Gotta Know (3:52)
  7. So You Won't Have To Die (3:21)
  8. Freedom Is For Children (6:06)
  9. Gotta Find Me A Better Day (4:07)
  10. Rock 'N Roll Soul (3:40)
  11. Flight Of The Phoenix (5:21)

Credits

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