Trunk Funk: The Best Of

by The Brand New Heavies

Trunk Funk: The Best Of cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 13 September 1999
  • Label: FFRR
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:16:06
  • Community rating: 3.44/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Henry Binns, Simon Bartholomew, Jan Kincaid

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Trunk Funk' anthologizes the Brand New Heavies, the London group whose acid jazz records joined live funk instrumentation to club production. The collection covers their best-known singles period, fronted over the years by vocalists including N'Dea Davenport and Siedah Garrett.

Genres

Descriptors: ensemble, harmonies, improvisational, piano, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Saturday Nite (4:32)
  2. Dream Come True (7:46)
  3. Never Stop (3:53)
  4. Stay This Way (4:08)
  5. Dream On Dreamer (3:35)
  6. Back To Love (4:10)
  7. Midnight At The Oasis (3:46)
  8. BNH (4:28)
  9. You Are The Universe (3:40)
  10. Forever (5:23)
  11. Shelter (3:47)
  12. Sometimes (4:00)
  13. Spend Some Time (3:37)
  14. You've Got A Friend (3:26)
  15. Close To You (4:04)
  16. Gimme One Of Those (3:42)
  17. Apparently Nothing (4:24)
  18. Try My Love (3:45)

Credits

  • Carleen Anderson - performer, written-by
  • Jan Kincaid - performer, written-by
  • Simon Bartholomew - performer, written-by
  • Tony Salter - programmed by [additional]

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