Bustin' Loose (Chuck Brown album)

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Bustin' Loose
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Studio album by
Released1979
Studio Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia
Genre
Length39:06 [1]
Label Source, MCA
Producer
  • James Purdie
  • Logan H. Westbrooks
Chuck Brown chronology
Salt of the Earth
(1974)
Bustin' Loose
(1979)
Funk Express
(1980)
Singles from Winner Takes It All
  1. "Bustin' Loose"
    Released: October 1978
  2. "Never Gonna Give You Up"
    Released: 1979
  3. "Game Seven"
    Released: April 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
ARTISTdirect Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [3]
MusicHound R&B Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Bustin' Loose is a studio album released in 1979 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers. [1] [6] [7] The album includes the charting single and one of the all-time classic go-go songs "Bustin' Loose", [8] along with a remake of the classic Jerry Butler's soul ballad "Never Give You Up" from the 1968 album The Ice Man Cometh . [1]

Contents

Bustin' Loose became Brown's first album to chart on the Billboard 200, where it peaked at number 31. 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. [9] The single "Bustin' Loose" was also certified gold by the RIAA on March 14, 1979. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bustin' Loose" Chuck Brown 7:39
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 Wilder
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 Wilder
6:13
7."Berro E Sombaro"
  • Chuck Brown
  • John "JB" Buchanan
  • Leroy Fleming
  • Curtis Johnson
  • Donald Tillery
  • Jerry Wilder
3:11
Total length:39:06

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