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Funky Situation

A Funky Situation
Studio album by
Released1978
StudioFame, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
GenreR&B, disco
Length28:11
LabelBig Tree[1]
Wicked[2]
ProducerRick Hall
Wilson Pickett chronology
Pickett in the Pocket
(1974)
A Funky Situation
(1978)
I Want You
(1980)

A Funky Situation is a studio album by the American musician Wilson Pickett, released in 1978.[3]

Production

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The album was recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.[1] It was produced by Rick Hall.[4][5] The horn arrangements were by Harrison Calloway, Jr.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Christgau's Record GuideB[7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[5]

The Bay State Banner deemed it a " dirty-old-man-at-the-disco album."[8] The Globe and Mail called it "an excellent wild dancing album."[9]

The New Rolling Stone Record Guide wrote that the album "manages to update the tracks—including the inspired 'Lay Me Like You Hate Me', a summation of Pickett's philosophy of romance—without losing the singer's distinctive style."[5] The San Diego Union-Tribune considered it "underrated."[10]

Track listing

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  1. "Dance with Me" (Harrison Calloway)
  2. "She's So Tight" (Rita Grimm, Yvonne Norman)
  3. "The Night We Called It a Day" (Charles Feldman, John Grazier)
  4. "Dance You Down" (Al Cartee, Ava Alderidge)
  5. "Hold on to Your Hinie" (Tony Joe White)
  6. "Groovin'" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere)
  7. "Lay Me Like You Hate Me" (Wilson Pickett)
  8. "Funky Situation" (Curtis Wilkins)
  9. "Time to Let the Sun Shine on Me" (Wilson Pickett)
  10. "Who Turned You On" (Curtis Wilkins)

Personnel

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  • Wilson Pickett - vocals
  • Randy McCormick - keyboards
  • Ken Bell, Larry Byrom - guitar
  • Bob Wray - bass
  • Roger Clark, Roger Hawkins (track 9) - drums
  • Mickey Buckins - percussion
  • Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes, Ava Aldridge, Cindy Richardson, Suzy Storm - backing vocals
  • Muscle Shoals Horns - horns
  • Harrison Calloway - horn arrangements
Technical
  • Lynn Dreese Breslin - albums design
  • Jim Houghton - cover photography

References

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