Funk Overload

Funk Overload
Studio album by Maceo Parker
Released	August 1998 (1998-08)
Recorded	February 1998
Studio	Dan's House of Love, New York City
Genre	Jazz Funk Soul
Label	What Are Records?, Cream Records
Producer	Daniel Wise, Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker chronology
Maceo (1994) Funk Overload (1998) Dial: M-A-C-E-O (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Funk Overload is an album by Maceo Parker, released in 1998 via What Are Records? and Cream Records. ^{[3] [4]}

The album peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. ^[5]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "though Maceo's original lyrical attempts may be a bit immature, his years of experience and hard work shine through with every brassy attack and smooth soul note." ^[1] The Washington Post thought that Parker's son, Corey, "emerges as an entertaining rapper." ^[6] Billboard called the album "a hot, entertaining, straight-up R&B record that contains soulful originals and covers." ^[7]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Maceo Parker except where indicated

1. "Uptown Up" (Maceo Parker, Corey Parker)
2. "Sing a Simple Song" (Sylvester Stewart)
3. "Maceo's Groove" (Maceo Parker, Corey Parker)
4. "Elephant's Foot"
5. "Let's Get It On" (Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend)
6. "Tell Me Something Good" (Stevie Wonder)
7. "Youth of the World"
8. "We're on the Move"
9. "Inner City Blues" (Marvin Gaye, James Nyx Jr.)
10. "Do You Love Me" (Maceo Parker, Michael Rucska)
11. "Going in Circles" (Jerry Peters, Anita Poree)

Personnel

• Maceo Parker - alto saxophone, percussion, vocals
• Ron Tooley - trumpet
• Fred Wesley - trombone
• Vincent Henry - tenor saxophone
• Will Boulware - Hammond B3 organ
• Bruno Speight, Steve Conte (track 6) - guitar
• Jerry Preston - bass
• Jamal Thomas - drums
• Diann Sorrell, Kara Dio Guardi, "Sweet" Charles Sherrell, Jerry Preston - backing vocals
• Corey Parker - rap (tracks 1,3,5)

References

1. "Funk Overload - Maceo Parker | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 423.
3. CATLIN, ROGER. "MACEO PARKER'S DEEP IN FUNK, AND THAT SOUNDS GOOD". courant.com.
4. Zwerin, Mike; Tribune, International Herald (September 9, 1998). "The Lingering Maceo Melody" – via NYTimes.com.
5. "Maceo Parker". Billboard.
6. "Maceo Parker: Still in a Funk". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
7. Morris, Chris (Aug 29, 1998). "FLAG WAVING". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 35. p. 81.

External links

• "Maceo Parker - Funk Overload (1998) album releases & credits". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-09-10.