Early Singles (Trouble Funk album)

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Early Singles
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Compilation album by
Trouble Funk
ReleasedMarch 11, 1997
Genre
Length55:15
Label Infinite Zero
Producer
  • Robert Reed
  • Tony Fisher
Trouble Funk chronology
Hittin' Hard Party Classics, Vol. 2
(1995)		Early Singles
(1997)		 Droppin' Bombs: The Definitive Trouble Funk
(1998)
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musicHound R&B (4/5) [4]
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Tom Hull A− [1]

Early Singles is a compilation album released on March 11, 1997 [2] by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk. [6] The album consists of a compilations of the band earlier singles from the late-70s to the early-80s. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Super Grit"
  • Tony Fisher
  • Robert Reed
10:18
2."E-Flat Boogie"
  • Tony Fisher
  • Robert Reed
5:26
3."Hollyrock"
  • Tony Fisher
  • Robert Reed
4:39
4."Roll with It"
  • Tony Fisher
  • Robert Reed
7:16
5."Latin Funk"
  • Chester Davis
  • Tony Fisher
  • Robert Reed
  • Taylor Reed
5:03
6."Get Down With Your Get Down"
  • Tony Fisher
  • Robert Reed
8:43
7."Trouble Funk Express (Trans Europe Express)"
6:46
8."So Early in the Morning"
  • James Avery
  • Tony Fisher
  • Robert Reed
  • Taylor Teed
7:04
Total length:55:15

Personnel

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Deming, Mark. "Trouble Funk: Early Singles". AllMusic . Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Trouble Funk: Early Singles". ARTISTdirect . Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk". In Change, Jeff "DJ Zen" (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp.  574–575. ISBN   1-57859-026-4.
  5. ↑ Coleman, Mark; Scoppa, Bud, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  824. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ↑ Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Charles C. Jr. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop . Billboard Books. p.  252. ISBN   0-8230-7727-6.
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