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The Bar-Kays - Gotta Groove
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Review from allmusic.com
by Jason Ankeny
In the wake of the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of four of their
bandmates and soul legend Otis Redding, trumpeter Ben Cauley
and bassist James Alexander formed a new edition of the Bar-Kays to cut
Gotta Groove, a celebration of life and music that ranks among the
funkiest, hardest-driving LPs ever released under the Stax aegis. The record's
immense debt to Sly & the Family Stone is repaid via the two-
part "Don't Stop Dancing (To the Music)," which galvanizes the Bar-Kays'
trademark deep-fried soul grooves with an infusion of psychedelia.
Even further out is the blistering "Street Walker," with its shrieking guitar licks
and organ fills. But most of all Gotta Groove serves as a
showcase for the ferocious drumming of Roy Cunningham and Willie Hall,
whose relentlessly funky rhythms push cuts like "Humpin'" and "Jiving
'Round" well past their somewhat pedestrian melodies -- little wonder the
album's proven a fecund source of samples for acts including
Cypress Hill, Ice Cube, and GZA.
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Artist...............: The Bar-Kays
Album................: Gotta Groove
Genre................: Funk / Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1969
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Ripped by............: Grad58 on 6/20/2013
Posted by............: Grad58 on 9/1/2016
Included.............: NFO
Covers...............: Front Back
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Tracklisting
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1. The Bar-Kays - Don't Stop Dancing (To the Music), Part 1[02:54]
2. The Bar-Kays - Don't Stop Dancing (To the Music), Part 2[02:22]
3. The Bar-Kays - Funky Thang [03:09]
4. The Bar-Kays - Grab This Thing [02:15]
5. The Bar-Kays - Hey Jude [06:03]
6. The Bar-Kays - Humpin' [02:44]
7. The Bar-Kays - If This World Were Mine [03:11]
8. The Bar-Kays - In the Hole [02:55]
9. The Bar-Kays - Jiving Around [03:16]
10. The Bar-Kays - Street Walker [03:21]
11. The Bar-Kays - Yesterday [03:20]
Playing Time.........: 35:36
Total Size...........: 83.08 MB
NFO generated on.....: 9/1/2016 10:43:44 PM
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