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Fatback - Fired Up 'N' Kickin' (1978) [2002, Remastered Reissue]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 6 May 2021 13:44:53

The New York funk band's LP is divided into two segments, the Freak Party and the Foot Stompin' sides. Foot Stompers first: you won't find a better girl-watching song than "I Like the Girls," awhere an incessant bass riff drives the funky anthem; some timely rim drumming and cowbells embellish the beat along with well-placed horn riffs. "Snake" has a Latin beat and relies heavily on salsa horns; it's pure jazz and shows Fatback's versatility, with some tasty solos added for seasoning. The side concludes with "Can't You See," a laid-back tune, real laid-back, so laid-back you wonder why it's on the Foot Stompin' side. "I'm Fired Up" kicks off the Freak Party side; the vocals are muddy and the words (the few there are) are hard to distinguish, but so what? Fatback is about the beat, the rhythms and the musicianship. "Boogie Freak" has a more infectious beat, and the lyrics are more interesting than "Fired," though they ripped the girlish backing vocals from the Ohio Players. The weakest tune on the album is "Get Out On the Dance Floor"; it has too many changes, weak lyrics, and uninspired vocals if I never heard it again it wouldn't be too soon, 5:40 seconds of nothing. "At Last" (yes, the old standard) concludes the Freak side. The classic is done in straight-ahead lounge-club style; a better vocalist might have made something of this, as the arrangement is superb, but the vocalist is adequate at best. Like the Foot Stompin' side, the Freak Side failed to live up to its name.

~Review by Andrew Hamilton

Release of the album: 1978 [LP Spring Records Inc., Cat.# SP-1-6718, USA]
Release of this CD: 2002, September, 3 [CD Southbound Records (UK), Cat.# CDSEWM 041 / UPC: 029667374125]
Mastered from digital tapes. Digitally transferred from original analogue master tapes.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Ace Records Ltd.
℗&© 1978 Ace Records Ltd.
Made in the United Kingdom

Credits:

Bass, Lead Vocals – Johnnie Flippin
Co-producer – Bill Curtis, Gerry Thomas
Congas – Lenny Fridie Jr
Design – Bob Heimall (AGI)
Design [Reissue] – Philip Barker Design
Engineer – Godfrey Diamond (tracks: 5), Tony Rodriguez (tracks: 1 to 3, 6)
Engineer [Re-mix / Media Sound] – Ed Stacium (tracks: 2), H. Goldberg (tracks: 4, 7)
Engineer [Re-mix / Power Station] – Bob Clearmountain (tracks: 5), Don Berman (tracks: 6), Anthony Bongiovi (tracks: 1, 3)
Engineer [Re-mix Assistant / Media Sound] – Mike Barbiero (tracks: 2)
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Kenny Ballard
Keyboards – Gerry Thomas, Sam Culley
Keyboards, Lead Vocals – Calvin Duke
Percussion, Lead Vocals – Bill Curtis
Photography By – John Barrett
Post Production [Reissue] – Duncan Cowell
Producer – The Fatback Band
Saxophone, Backing Vocals – Fred Demery
Trumpet, Backing Vocals – George Williams

Tracklist:

01. I'm Fired Up (05:33)
02. Boogie Freak (05:50)
03. Get Out On The Dance Floor (05:49)
04. At Last (04:32)
05. I Like Girls (07:39)
06. Snake (07:53)
07. Can't You See (06:37)

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See also:
The Fatback Band - Raising Hell (1975) [1995, Remastered Reissue]
The Fatback Band - NYCNYUSA (1977) [1994, Remastered Reissue]

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