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Funk Express

Funk Express

Studio album by

Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers

Released

1980

Length

40:40

Source Records

Joe Fontana (exec)
Wayne Henderson

Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers chronology

Bustin' Loose
(1979)

Funk Express
(1980)

Go Go Swing Live
(1986)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
ARTISTdirect	^[2]
Robert Christgau	B+^[3]

Funk Express is a studio album released in 1980 by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers.^[1]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Track listing

Side A

"Come On and Boogie" (Part I - Vocal) – 4:56
"Come On and Boogie" (Part II - A Fantasy of Fusion) – 4:56
"In the Pocket" – 6:08
"Who Are You" – 3:20

Side B

"Sticks and Stones" – 6:04
"Time Has No Ending" – 3:49
"Slow Down (You Keep Telling Me)" – 4:32
"Keep That Same Old Feeling" – 6:55

Personnel

Chuck Brown – lead vocals, electric guitar
Jerry Wilder – bass guitar
Gregory Gerran – congas, percussion
Ricardo D. Wellman – drums
Leroy Fleming – tenor saxophone, flute, timbales, background vocals
Skip Fennell – keyboards
Curtis Johnson – organ, keyboards
John M. Buchannan – keyboards, trombone
Donald Tillery – trumpet, background vocals

References

^ ^a ^b Henderson, Alex. Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers: Funk Express > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
^ "Chuck Brown Album Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
^ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Chuck Brown". Robert Christgau. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
^ Thompson, Dave (2001). "Part Four: The New School". Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion (1st ed.). San Francisco: BackBeat Books. pp. 297–299. ISBN 0-87930-629-7.
^ Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.
^ Nnamdi, Kojo (February 14, 2014). "From Go-Go's Heyday to Today: One Musician's Love Affair With D.C. Music". The Kojo Nnamdi Show. WAMU. Retrieved December 2, 2016.

External links

Funk Express at Discogs.com

v t e Chuck Brown
Discography
Studio albums	We the People Salt of the Earth Bustin' Loose Funk Express The Other Side Hah Man Go-Go & Gumbo, Satchmo N Soul Timeless The Spirit of Christmas We're About the Business We Got This Beautiful Life
Live albums	Go Go Swing Live Any Other Way to Go? Live '87 – D.C. Bumpin' Y'all 90's Goin' Hard This Is a Journey...Into Time Your Game...Live at the 9:30 Club Put Your Hands Up!
Singles	"Ashley's Roachclip" "Bustin' Loose" "We Need Some Money" "Run Joe" "Hah Man"
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Best of Chuck Brown Blow Your Whistle
Related articles	Go-Go Crankin' Good to Go soundtrack Go Go Live at the Capital Centre The Go Go Posse Straight Up Go-Go Let's Go Go Christmas Gimmie Dat Beat
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