I Don't Even Know

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I Don't Even Know
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 11, 2010
Genre Funk
Label PurpleWOO Productions, Inc.
Bernie Worrell chronology
Christmas Woo
(2009)
I Don't Even Know
(2010)
Standards
(2011)

I Don't Even Know is the eighth solo album by former Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell. The album was released in 2010 by PurpleWOO Productions, Inc.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."First Things First"4:18
2."Tribal Up"5:20
3."Shades Of The Kid"3:29
4."Next"3:31
5."Thug"2:13
6."Refurbish"3:11
7."Tribale"5:47
8."Tree-Fore"3:32
9."One Rabbit"4:12
10."Judicious"4:07
11."Hearin Dis', Playin' Dat"4:07
12."Sunrise"4:18
13."Beef"3:50
14."Once Again (First Things First Reprise)"4:18

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