I Wanna Get Funky

Studio album by Albert King

Released

1974

Recorded

1972

Genre

Electric blues, Funk

Length

46:00

Label

Stax Records

Producer

Henry Bush and Allen Jones

Albert King chronology

Blues At Sunrise
(1973)

I Wanna Get Funky
(1974)

Montreux Festival
(1974)

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I Wanna Get Funky is the eighth studio album by Albert King, covering various blues tunes with funk overtones, by Albert King, recorded in 1972 and released in 1974.

Track listing

"I Wanna Get Funky" (Clifton William Smith) – 5:08
"Playing on Me" (Sir Mack Rice) – 3:25
"Walking the Back Streets and Crying" (Sandy Jones) – 6:28
"'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone" (Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell) – 7:32
"Flat Tire" (Henry Bush, Booker T. Jones, Albert King) – 4:43
"I Can't Hear Nothing But the Blues" (Henry Bush, Dave Clark) – 4:16
"Travelin' Man" (Albert King) – 2:52
"Crosscut Saw" (R.G. Ford) – 7:45
"That's What the Blues Is All About" (Bobby Patterson, Jerry Strickland) – 3:53

Personnel

Albert King – Electric guitar and vocals
Donald Kinsey (name on album credits incorrectly spelled as "Donald Kenzie") – Rhythm guitar
Memphis Symphony Orchestra – Strings
The Memphis Horns – Horns
The Bar-Kays & The Movement – Rhythm section
Hot Buttered Soul, Henry Bush – Background vocals

Albert King

Studio albums	The Big Blues (1962) Born Under a Bad Sign (1967) Years Gone By (1969) Blues for Elvis - King Does the King's Things (1970) Lovejoy (1971) I'll Play the Blues for You (1972) I Wanna Get Funky (1974) The Pinch aka The Blues Don't Change (1974)

Live albums	Live Wire/Blues Power (1968) Blues at Sunrise (1988) Wednesday Night In San Francisco (1990) Thursday Night in San Francisco (1990) Blues at Sunset (1993) In Session (1999)

Compilations	Wattstax (1972) Montreux Festival (1974) Hard Bargain (1996)

Singles	"I Get Evil" (1962) "Crosscut Saw" (1967) "Born Under a Bad Sign" (1967) "As the Years Go Passing By" (1969) "The Hunter" (1969) "The Very Thought of You" (1979)

Other songs	"Kansas City" (1967) "I Almost Lost My Mind" (1967) "Watermelon Man" (1968) "Every Day I Have the Blues" (1968) "Drifting Blues" (1968) "Killing Floor" (1969) "The Sky Is Crying" (1969) "You Don't Love Me" (1969) "Hound Dog" (1970) "What'd I Say" (1971) "She Caught the Katy" (1971) 1972: "I'll Be Doggone" (1972) 1973: "Match Box Blues" (1973) "Stormy Monday" (1973) 1976: "I'm Ready" (1976) "My Babe" (1976) "Dust My Broom" (1984) "Red House" (1992)

Related articles	Discography King Records Stax Records Booker T. & the MG's Soul blues

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