Say What! (Trouble Funk album)

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Say What!
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Live album by
Released1986
RecordedJuly 1986
Genre
Length36:10
Label
Producer
Trouble Funk chronology
Saturday Night Live
(1983)
Say What!
(1986)
Trouble Over Here
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Robert Christgau B+ [1]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]

Say What! is a live album released in 1986 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk. The album was recorded live in London, England during the summer of 1986. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

Side A
  1. "Gilly Intro" – 0:46
  2. "A-Groove" – 4:25
  3. "Funk By Numbers" – 3:22
  4. "Pump Me Up" – 8:32
Side B
  1. "Let's Get Small" – 6:08
  2. "Percussion Solos" – 6:23
  3. "Drop the Bomb" – 6:34

Personnel

Critical reception

Say What! was ranked number 19 among the "Albums of the Year" for 1986 by NME . [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Christgau, Robert. "Review: Trouble Funk". Robert Christgau . Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 Hilburn, Robert (November 18, 1985). "Pop Review : Trouble Funk's Ballroom Blitz". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  3. Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop . Billboard Books. pp.  161. ISBN   0-8230-7727-6.
  4. "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME . 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.