Get Your Freak On

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Get Your Freak On
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Live album by
Released1995
RecordedNovember 25, 1994
VenueRhythms Nightclub
Landover, Maryland
Genre
Length54:33
Label
  • Sounds of the Capital
  • Liaison
Producer
  • Andre Johnson
  • Michael Neal
Rare Essence chronology
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
(1995)
Get Your Freak On
(1995)
Body Snatchers
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Get Your Freak On is a live album released in 1995 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence. The album was recorded live at the Rhythms Nightclub in Landover, Maryland on November 25, 1994.

Contents

Track listing

Side A
  1. "Get Your Freak On" – 8:59
  2. "Holy Ghost" (written by James Banks, Eddie Marion, Henderson Thigpen) – 7:23
  3. "Down 4 Whatever" – 3:01
  4. "Turn Off the Lights" (written by Kenny Gamble) – 7:17
Side B
  1. "Gonna Getcha Girl" – 8:11
  2. "Uh Oh (Heads Up)" – 14:40
  3. "Get Your Freak On" (studio version)– 5:02

Personnel

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References

  1. Rare Essence: Get Your Freak On at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. "Rare Essence Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.