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Released
  
1972

Producer
  
Ron Capone

Artist
  
Tower of Power

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

Length
  
35:52

Bump City (1972)
  
Tower of Power (1973)

Release date
  
1972

Genres
  
Funk, Soul music

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Similar
  
Tower of Power albums, Funk albums

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Bump City is the second album by the soul/funk group Tower of Power. The album cover is derived from a sketch by David Garibaldi. It's also their first album for Warner Bros. Records. With Rufus Miller now gone, Rick Stevens took the reins as the sole lead vocalist for this album.

Contents

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Track listing

All songs written by Emilio Castillo and Stephen "Doc" Kupka unless otherwise noted.

  1. "You Got to Funkifize" - 4:31
  2. "What Happened to the World That Day?" - 4:11
  3. "Flash in the Pan" - 3:34
  4. "Gone (in Memory of Jacqueline Mesquite)" (Adams, Mesquite) - 3:41
  5. "You Strike My Main Nerve" (Kupka, Castillo, Williams, Gordon) - 2:52
  6. "Down to the Nightclub" (Kupka, Castillo, Garibaldi) - 2:43
  7. "You're Still a Young Man" - 5:35
  8. "Skating on Thin Ice" - 3:48
  9. "Of the Earth" - 4:30

Personnel

  • Rick Stevens - lead vocals
  • Skip Mesquite - first tenor saxophone, flute, vocals (lead on "Gone")
  • Emilio Castillo - second tenor saxophone, vocals
  • Greg Adams - trumpet, flugelhorn (solo on "Gone"), French horn, piano (on "Gone"), vocals
  • Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone, vocals
  • Mic Gillette - trumpet, trombone, French horn, vocals
  • Willie James Fulton - guitar, vocals
  • David Garibaldi - drums
  • Francis Rocco Prestia - bass
  • Brent Byars - conga drums, vocals
  • Jay Spell - piano (on "What Happened To The World That Day," "You're Still A Young Man," and "Of The Earth")
  • Memphis Strings - arranged and conducted by Greg Adams on "What Happened To The World That Day?," "You're Still A Young Man," and "Of The Earth"

    • Charts

    Albums - Billboard (North America)

    Singles - Billboard (North America)

    Songs

    1You Got To Funkifize4:34
    2What Happened to the World That Day?4:15
    3Flash in the Pan3:37

    References

    Bump City Wikipedia
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