What Is Hip?: The Tower of Power Anthology

Artist: Tower of Power
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 081227578824
EAN: 0081227578824
ASIN: B00000JZAD

Release Date: 1999-09-14

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Wanna have a funky good time?

Tracks:

Knock Yourself Out
Back On The Streets Again
Sparkling In The Sand
Down To The Nighclub
You're Still A Young Man
You Got To Funkifize
What Happened To The World That Day?
What Is Hip?
Will I Ever Find A Love?
This Time It's Real
So Very Hard To Go
Soul Vaccination
Below Us, All The City Lights
Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong)
Squib Cakes

Tracks:

Oakland Stroke (Unedited Single Version)
Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream)
Time Will Tell
It's Not The Crime
I Won't Leave Unless You Want Me To
Only So Much Oil In The Ground
Willing To Learn
You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous
Just Enough And Too Much
As Surely As I Stand Here
Stroke '75
The Soul Of A Child
You Ought To Be Havin' Fun
Simple As That
Credit
A Little Knowledge (Is A Dangerous Thing)
I Like Your Style
Soul With A Capital 'S'
Souled Out
So I Got To Groove

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Customer Reviews:

This is Hip!!!.......2007-03-09

If you like to tickle your "FUNK BONE".This is the collection to have!

The Bay Area Sound.......2007-02-13

I was raised in the Bay Area California and Tower of Power was the real stuff. This CD is unmatched in quality and choosen tracks.

If you've got the notion, Tower's got the potion..........2006-09-27

You will be literally blown away after a heaping helping of this masterfully assembled anthology. The best horn section in the land (no doubt influenced greatly by The JB's horns), this is raw, unadulterated Oaktown funk at its' finest. Take particular note at when the great Chester Thompson joins the group and rides those bass pedals to death!
This is a fine set, and while one could split hairs about omissions (or even inclusions toward the end of Disc Two), it serves as an outstanding testament to one of the most under-appreciated soul bands on Earth! Get it and turn it up loud!!!

Sophisticated Funk.......2006-04-19

This was my introduction to T.O.P. and it gradually became a collection of undiscovered classics for me personally. This brand of big & intricate funk really grows on you. If you haven't bought a copy yet, go ahead and "Knock Yourself Out."

More Soul Than You Can Control.......2005-11-15

A real treasure. T of P is a frequently overlooked band that has been keeping the funk alive for decades. Their horn section is legendary, the arrangements are just too tight, and all the big hits you want are here. Worth it for Back On the Streets Again, Squib Cakes, and Souled Out alone. Bring this 2-CD set to a party and watch your friends start dancing on the ceiling. A real value.

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