Trunk Funk – The Best of The Brand New Heavies

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Trunk Funk - The Best of The Brand New Heavies (1999) We Won't Stop (2003) Release date 17 October 2000		Artist Brand New Heavies Genres Funk, Acid jazz

Released September 13, 1999 (Trunk Funk) October 17, 2000 (Trunk Funk Classics) Label FFRR Delicious Vinyl Records Similar Brand New Heavies albums, Acid jazz albums

Following a 10-year tenure with their record labels, funk band Brand New Heavies released two greatest hits albums titled Trunk Funk, a wordplay on the band's long standing elephant logo.

Biography

Trunk Funk – The Best of The Brand New Heavies was released September 13, 1999 in the UK on FFRR Records. It highlights the group's dance and pop oriented UK hits, with many appearing in remixed, edited, or radio-friendly formats. Because lead singer Siedah Garrett left the band in 1998, and previous lead N'Dea Davenport was out promoting her solo debut, UK singer Carleen Anderson fills in on vocals for this album. Three new recordings appear here, "Try My Love," the Marvin Gaye redux "Saturday Nite," and a cover of "Apparently Nothing," originally done by Anderson's former band Young Disciples. This compilation was not released in the United States.

Trunk Funk Classics 1991–2000 was released October 17, 2000 in the US by Delicious Vinyl Records. This collection has an entirely different track listing than the above release. Where the UK Trunk Funk release highlighted dance and pop-oriented Heavies singles, this release focuses on 70's soul influenced cuts like "Brother Sister," the J. Dilla remix of "Sometimes" featuring rapper Q-Tip, and "Put the Funk Back in It." The US Trunk Funk also includes two tracks from Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1, the band's collaboration with a host of hip-hop artists. Among the previously unreleased tracks are the video edit of "Dream Come True '92" and the new track "Finish What You Started" marking lead singer N'Dea Davenport's much-desired return to the band.

International release

Trunk Funk – The Best of The Brand New Heavies (International Release)

US Release

Trunk Funk Classics 1991–2000 (US Release)

Personnel

Carleen Anderson – vocals on "Saturday Nite," "Apparently Nothing," and "Try My Love"

Simon Bartholomew – guitar, percussion & background vocals

N'Dea Davenport – percussion, keyboards, vocals, background vocals on tracks

Siedah Garrett - vocals on tracks "Sometimes", "You Are the Universe", "You've Got a Friend", and "Shelter"

Jan Kincaid – percussion, drums, keyboards, vocals, background vocals

Andrew Levy – bass, percussion, keyboards, background vocals, string arrangements

Songs

1Saturday Nite4:32
2Dream Come True7:47
3Never Stop3:54

References

Trunk Funk – The Best of The Brand New Heavies Wikipedia

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