My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me

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My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me
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Studio album by
Larry Graham and Graham Central Station
ReleasedMay 1978
Recorded1978
Genre Funk
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Larry Graham, Benny Golson
Larry Graham and Graham Central Station chronology
Now Do U Wanta Dance
(1977)		My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me
(1978)		Star Walk
(1979)

My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me is album by Larry Graham & Graham Central Station. [1] Released in 1978, the record marked the first time that Graham called his band Larry Graham & Graham Central Station (as opposed to simply Graham Central Station). The album peaked at number eighteen on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Alex Henderson of AllMusic said, "Golson handles most of the LP's horn and string arrangements, but his jazz background doesn't make its presence felt—not even in a subtle way. Graham hired Golson to co-produce an R&B project, and he did what he was paid to do. My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me isn't GCS' most essential album, but it's a solid effort that is easily recommended to anyone with a taste for gutsy, horn-powered 1970s funk." [2]

Paul McGrath of The Globe and Mail wrote, "Graham's lengthy commitment to good music disguised as silly froth continues with My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me, a collection of tunes for all types of dancers, which avoids both ponderous preaching and the predictable homogenized disco beat." [3]

Track listing

All songs written by Larry Graham.

  1. "Pow" 4:42
  2. "My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me" 3:57
  3. "Is It Love?" 6:37
  4. "Boogie Witcha, Baby" 3:47
  5. "It's the Engine in Me" 5:16
  6. "Turn It Out" 4:37
  7. "Mr. Friend" 3:39
  8. "Are You Happy?" 4:53

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums [4] 105
Billboard Top Soul Albums [4] 18

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [5]
US
Soul
1978"Is It Love?"65
"My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me"18

References

  1. ↑ Leslie, Jim (May 2007). "Larry Graham: Trunk of the Funk Tree". Bass Player. Vol. 18, no. 5. p. 37.
  2. 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "Larry Graham & Graham Central Station: My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  3. ↑ McGrath, Paul (June 21, 1978). "Larry Graham". The Globe and Mail. p. F2.
  4. 1 2 "Graham Central Station US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Graham Central Station US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
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