Don't Sleep on Us

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Don't Sleep on Us
DontSleepOnUs album.png
Live album by
Released1991
Genre Go-go
Length53:39
Label
Producer
  • Reo Edwards
  • Moe Shorter
Junk Yard Band chronology
Live at Safari Club
(1989)
Don't Sleep on Us
(1991)
Creepin' Thru Da Hoodz
(1994)

Don't Sleep on Us is a live album released in 1991 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Junk Yard Band. [1] [2] The album consists of thirteen tracks, including the songs "Heavy One", "Cold Crankin'", and "Take Me Out to See Junkyard".

Contents

Track listing

A Side

  1. "Let Us Get On Down" – 4:52
  2. "Cold Crankin'" – 7:53
  3. "Heavy One" – 7:17
  4. "Make No Fuss" – 4:27

B Side

  1. "Ha Ha, Yuck Yuck Yuck Yah" – 6:53
  2. "I Want to Be Loved" – 6:08
  3. "(You're) Jigglin' Baby" – 6:45
  4. "Tear the House Down" – 4:37
  5. "Take Me Out to See Junkyard" – 4:34

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References

  1. "Junk Yard Band: Don't Sleep on Us". AllMusic . Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop . Billboard Books. pp.  262, 279. ISBN   0-8230-7727-6.