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Live (Trouble Funk album)

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Live
Live album by
Released1981
Genre
Length57:54
Label
  • Jamtu Records
  • TF Records
ProducerTrouble Funk
Trouble Funk chronology
Live
(1981)
Drop the Bomb
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
ARTISTdirect[2]
Robert ChristgauA−[3]
musicHound R&B(5/5)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Washington City Paper(favorable)[6]

Live (also titled as Straight Up Funk Go Go Style) is a live album recorded and released in 1981 by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Trouble Funk.[6][7] This was the group's debut album, and consist of four approximately 15-minute jam sessions.[1] The album was remastered and reissued in 1996.

Track listing

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  1. "Part A" – 14:02
  2. "Part B" – 13:42
  3. "Part C" – 14:56
  4. "Part D" – 15:14

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Prato, Greg. Trouble Funk: Live > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Trouble Funk Albums Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Trouble Funk". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  4. ^ Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk". In Change, Jeff "DJ Zen" (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 574–575. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.
  5. ^ Colelman, Mark; Scoppa, Bud, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 824. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ^ a b Anderson, Brett (August 30, 1996). "Trouble Brewing". WashingtonCityPapter.com. Washington City Paper. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  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.
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