Get Fired Up

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Get Fired Up
Get Fired Up.album.jpg
Studio album by
Funky Green Dogs
Released1996
Genre Techno
Label Twisted America/MCA
Producer Murk
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Spin 7/10 [2]

Get Fired Up is the debut album of Murk as Funky Green Dogs. [3] [4] It was released on Twisted America/MCA Records, catalog number TWD-11511.

Contents

The production doesn't stray far from the catchy, successful formula of the two major club chart hits and pop crossover hits "The Way" and "Fired Up!". Other hit singles include "Some Kind of Love" and "Until the Day."

Critical reception

Spin called it "a terrific party disc" and "a fine tonic for your pre-millennium tension blues." [2] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that "few producers could whip up such funky arrangements, yet provide enough room for the inherent groove to work its magic." [5]

Track listing

  1. "The Way"
  2. "Fired Up!"
  3. "Noticiasnun"
  4. "Some Kind of Love"
  5. "Until The Day"
  6. "Noticiasdos"
  7. "So Good"
  8. "Why?"
  9. "Pigsty"
  10. "Noticiastres"
  11. "I Came to Stomp"
  12. "Ride"
  13. "Night of the Funky Green Dogs from Outer Space"

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Get Fired Up - Funky Green Dogs | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. 1 2 "Spins". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. December 24, 1996 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Funky Green Dogs Find Themselves 'All Fired Up!'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 14, 1996 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 73.
  5. ↑ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. December 24, 1996 – via Google Books.
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