Saturday Night Live (album)

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Saturday Night Live
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Live album by
Released1983
Genre
Length31:01
Label
Producer
  • Robert Reed
  • Tony Fisher
  • James Avery
Trouble Funk chronology
In Times of Trouble
(1983)
Saturday Night Live
(1983)
Say What?
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
ARTISTdirect Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
musicHound R&B (3/5) [3]
Robert Christgau B+ [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Saturday Night Live (also titled as Saturday Night Live! from Washington, D.C.) is a live album released in 1983 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk. [1] [7]

Contents

Track listing

Side A
  1. "A-Groove" – 1:52
  2. "That's What We're Talking About" – 6:07
  3. "Take It to the Bridge"– 1:15
  4. "Grip It" – 5:51
Side B
  1. "Double Trouble" – 0:56
  2. "4th Gear" – 2:17
  3. "Give Me a Quick One" – 3:43
  4. "Sleep On It" – 9:00

Personnel

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