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- Date Released: February 26, 2002
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: R&B
- Label: Epic/Legacy
- Copyright: (P) 1976, 1978, 1979, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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The crucial subtitle missing is that this is the best of Tower of Power on Columbia, not a career-spanning anthology that takes in their material with other labels. Since their most popular stuff was done for Warner Brothers, that creates quite a problem when you're representing this material in particular as their best. With the understanding that this disc is limited to their Columbia catalog, it's a decent selection, through chronologically haphazard, drawing from the '90s, the late '70s, and nothing else. For the most part it's competent funk, a little too heavy on the feets-don't-fail-me now braggadocio, as on "Attitude Dance." Yes, there are versions of their well-known "So Very Hard to Go" and "What Is Hip?," but take caution: these are 1998 live recordings, not the famous originals. There's a previously unreleased alternate mix of "I Love That Girl So Much" from the sessions for their 1979 album, Back on the Streets, and it would be a pretty heavy price to pay for the whole disc just to get that one track, even for insistent completists. Very Best of the Warner Years and the more extensive What Is Hip? remain far better best-of compilations on this band.
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| 01. |  |
Attitude Dance |
5:35 |
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| 02. | |
Soul With A Capital 'S' |
4:57 |
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| 03. | |
Souled Out |
3:48 |
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| 04. | |
So I Got To Groove |
5:40 |
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| 05. | |
Diggin' On James Brown |
4:38 |
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| 06. | |
Funk The Dumb Stuff |
5:27 |
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| 07. | |
I Love That Girl So Much |
5:06 |
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| 08. | |
You Ought To Be Havin' Fun |
3:06 |
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| 09. | |
And You Know It |
3:00 |
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| 10. | |
Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now |
3:56 |
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| 11. | |
We Came To Play |
3:32 |
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| 12. | |
So Very Hard To Go |
3:51 |
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| 13. | |
You're Still A Young Man |
5:46 |
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| 14. | |
What Is Hip? |
5:58 |
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14 Total Tracks, 64:20 Total Length
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Credits
- Steve Cropper - Producer // Tower of Power - Producer // Tower of Power - Producer // Tower of Power - Main Performer // Tower of Power - Main Performer // David Mann - Sax (Alto) // David Mann - Sax (Tenor) // David Mann - Horn Arrangements // Paul Serrano - Engineer // Richard Evans - Producer // Brent Carter - Vocals // Brent Carter - Vocals (Background) // Emilio Castillo - Sax (Tenor) // Emilio Castillo - Vocals // Emilio Castillo - Producer // Emilio Castillo - Compilation Producer // Alan Chinowsky - Engineer // Alan Chinowsky - Mixing // Bruce Conte - Guitar // Bruce Conte - Vocals (Background) // Victor Conte - Bass // Victor Conte - Vocals (Background) // Barry Danielian - Trumpet // Barry Danielian - Vocals // Biff Dawes - Engineer // Maureen Droney - Engineer // Tom Flye - Mixing // Jim Gaines - Mixing // David Garibaldi - Drums // David Garibaldi - Syndrum // Carmen Grillo - Guitar // Carmen Grillo - Vocals (Background) // Steve Grove - Sax (Alto) // Steve Grove - Sax (Tenor) // Michael Jeffries - Vocals // Michael Jeffries - Vocals (Background) // Ken Kessie - Engineer // Ken Kessie - Mixing // Stephen "Doc" Kupka - Sax (Baritone) // Stephen "Doc" Kupka - Vocals (Background) // Herman Matthews - Percussion // Herman Matthews - Drums // Alan Meyerson - Mixing // Nick Milo - Organ // Nick Milo - Keyboards // Nick Milo - Vocals (Background) // Joseph M. Palmaccio - Mastering // Lenny Pickett - Sax (Alto) // Lenny Pickett - Sax (Tenor) // Lenny Pickett - Lyricon // Francis "Rocco" Prestia - Bass // Al Schmitt - Engineer // Al Schmitt - Mixing // Norbert Stachel - Sax (Tenor) // Chester Thompson - Organ // Chester Thompson - Piano // Chester Thompson - Piano (Electric) // Chester Thompson - Vocals // Chester Thompson - Vocals (Background) // Chester Thompson - Clavinet // Chester Thompson - Moog Synthesizer // Chester Thompson - Bass Pedals // Chester Thompson - Fender Rhodes // Chester Thompson - Polymoog // Chester Thompson - Mini Moog // Chester Thompson - Arp Strings // David Ritz - Liner Notes // Danny Hoefer - Guitar (Electric) // Leo Sacks - Compilation Producer // Lee Thornberg - Trombone // Lee Thornberg - Trumpet // Lee Thornberg - Flugelhorn // Michael Caplan - A&R // Greg Adams - Trumpet // Greg Adams - Flugelhorn // Greg Adams - Vocals // Greg Adams - Vocals (Background) // Greg Adams - Horn Arrangements // Tom Bowes - Vocals // Tom Bowes - Vocals (Background) // Bill Churchville - Trumpet // Bill Churchville - Flugelhorn // Bill Churchville - Vocals (Background) // Russ McKinnon - Percussion // Russ McKinnon - Drums // Ron E. Beck - Drums // Ron E. Beck - Vocals // Ron E. Beck - Vocals (Background) // Ron E. Beck - ? // Patti Matheny - A&R // Kyle Wofford - A&R // Paul Perez - Sax (Alto) // Clark Rigsby - Mixing // Dave Eskridge - Horn Arrangements // Jesse McGuire - Trumpet // Jesse McGuire - Vocals (Background) // Jeff Tamelier - Guitar // Jeff Tamelier - Vocals (Background) // John Scarpulla - Sax (Alto) // John Scarpulla - Sax (Tenor) // Darren Salmieri - A&R // Gary Montalvo - A&R // Fong Y. Lee - Packaging Manager // Frank "Frankie Foto" Abadie Jr. - Photography // Lisa Buckler - Project Director // Edward McGhee - Vocals
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