Bump City is the second album by the soul/funk group Tower of Power. The album cover is derived from a sketch by David Garibaldi. It is also their first album for Warner Bros. Records. With Rufus Miller now gone, Rick Stevens took the reins as the sole lead vocalist for this album.
Track listing All songs written by Emilio Castillo and Stephen "Doc" Kupka unless otherwise noted.
"You Got to Funkifize" - 4:31 "What Happened to the World That Day?" - 4:11 "Flash in the Pan" - 3:34 "Gone (in Memory of Jacqueline Mesquite)" (Greg Adams, Skip Mesquite) - 3:41 "You Strike My Main Nerve" (Kupka, Castillo, L. Williams, L. Gordon) - 2:52 "Down to the Nightclub" (Kupka, Castillo, David Garibaldi) - 2:43 "You're Still a Young Man" - 5:35 "Skating on Thin Ice" - 3:48 "Of the Earth" - 4:30
Personnel Rick Stevens - lead vocals Skip Mesquite - first tenor saxophone, flute, vocals (lead on "Gone") Emilio Castillo - second tenor saxophone, vocals Greg Adams - trumpet, flugelhorn (solo on "Gone"), French horn, piano (on "Gone"), vocals Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone, vocals Mic Gillette - trumpet, trombone, French horn, vocals Willie James Fulton - guitar, vocals David Garibaldi - drums Francis Rocco Prestia - bass Brent Byars - conga drums, vocals Jay Spell - piano (on "What Happened to the World That Day", "You're Still a Young Man" and "Of the Earth") Memphis Strings - arranged and conducted by Greg Adams on "What Happened to the World That Day?", "You're Still a Young Man" and "Of the Earth" Technical Ron Capone, Steve Cropper - mixing
Charts Album +Chart performance for Bump City Chart (1972) Peakposition
Singles - Billboard (United States) YearSingleChartPosition1972"You're Still a Young Man"The Billboard Hot 100291972"You're Still a Young Man"R&B Singles241972"Down to the Nightclub"The Billboard Hot 10066
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