Album
Too Hot To Stop
1976 · Funk / Soul
3 collectors on Gatefold own this
Too Hot To Stop is a Soul & Funk album by Bar-Kays, originally released in 1976. On Gatefold: 29 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
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Too Hot to Stop is a 1976 album by American funk group The Bar-Kays, and their first for Mercury Records. It includes the hit "Shake Your Rump to the Funk". An abridged version of the title song was featured in the opening credits of the 2007 film Superbad. In addition, it was featured in the Chris Rock and Bernie Mac film Head of State. The Bar-Kays spent much of 1976 as the opening attraction supporting the Parliament-Funkadelic traveling circus, and the P-Funk influence seeps into every pore of Too Hot to Stop. While lacking the cosmic reach and freak-show genius of George Clinton, this is nevertheless The Bar-Kays' last stab at greatness, delivering hard-driving funk with all the energy and conviction of their classic Stax sides. The grooves here are vacuum-packed, exhibiting the telepathic interplay born solely from years of collaboration. Indeed, the quality of the performances more than makes up for Too Hot to Stop's often pedestrian melodies, although to its credit the band covers a wide stretch of ground spanning from breakneck funk ("Whitehouseorgy") to slow jams ("You're So Sexy") to ballads ("Summer of Our Love").
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Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- raw
- intense
- funky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Charles AllenTRUMPET TRUMPET, VOCALS, GUITAR, PERCUSSION
- Frank ThompsonTROMBONE, BASS TRUMPET, PERCUSSION
- Harvey HendersonTENOR SAXOPHONE, FLUTE, PERCUSSION
- James AlexanderELECTRIC BASS, VOCALS VOCALS, BASS VOCALS, ELECTRIC BASS
- Larry DodsonLEAD VOCALS, HARMONICA
- Lloyd SmithGUITAR LEAD GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, GUITAR LEAD GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, TWELVE-STRING GUITAR
- Michael BeardDRUMS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS
- Winston StewartELECTRIC PIANO , CLAVINET, SYNTHESIZER , ORGAN PIANO, CLAVINET, SYNTHESIZER, ORGAN PIANO, CLAVINET, SYNTHESIZER, ORGAN, SYNTHESIZER
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 29 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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