1979 studio album by Chuck Brown
Bustin' Loose is a studio album released in 1979 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers.[1][5][6] The album includes the charting single and one of the all-time classic go-go songs "Bustin' Loose",[7] along with a remake of the classic Jerry Butler's soul ballad "Never Gonna Give You Up" from the 1968 album The Ice Man Cometh.[1]
On August 10, 1979, Bustin' Loose was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States.[8] The single "Bustin' Loose" was also certified gold by the RIAA on March 14, 1979.[8]
Track listing[]
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1. | "Bustin' Loose" | Chuck Brown | 7:39 |
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2. | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | | 5:40 |
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3. | "If It Ain't Funky" | Chuck Brown | 6:01 |
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4. | "I Gotcha Now" | - Chuck Brown
- John "JB" Buchanan
- Leroy Fleming
- Curtis Johnson
- Donald Tillery
- Jerry Wilde
| 5:03 |
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5. | "Could It Be Love" | - Shirley Chevalier
- James Purdie
| 5:19 |
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6. | "Games Seven" | - Chuck Brown
- John "JB" Buchanan
- Leroy Fleming
- Curtis Johnson
- Donald Tillery
- Jerry Wilde
| 6:13 |
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7. | "Berro E Sombaro" | - Chuck Brown
- John "JB" Buchanan
- Leroy Fleming
- Curtis Johnson
- Donald Tillery
- Jerry Wilde
| 3:11 |
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Total length: | 39:06 |
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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
- Lincoln Ross - trombone ["Bustin' Loose" only]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Henderson, Alex. Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers: Bustin' Loose > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ "Chuck Brown Album Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers". In Terrell, Tom (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 78. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.
- ^ 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 2 December 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
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