Phoenix (Grand Funk Railroad album)

Phoenix is Grand Funk Railroad's sixth studio album and was released on September 15, 1972 by Capitol Records. It was produced by Grand Funk and marks the band's first album not produced by Terry Knight. "Rock & Roll Soul" was released as a single and went to #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972.^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	C−
Rolling Stone

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Farner.

"Flight of the Phoenix" - 3:38
"Trying to Get Away" - 4:11
"Someone" - 4:04
"She Got to Move Me" - 4:48
"Rain Keeps Fallin'" - 3:25
"I Just Gotta Know" - 3:52
"So You Won't Have to Die" - 3:21
"Freedom Is for Children" - 6:06
"Gotta Find Me a Better Day" - 4:07
"Rock & Roll Soul" - 3:40

Bonus Track - CD Release

"Flight of the Phoenix" (Remix with extended ending) - 5:22

Personnel

Mark Farner - guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals
Mel Schacher - bass, vocals
Don Brewer - drums, congas, percussion, vocals
Craig Frost - organ, clavinet, harpsichord, piano, vocals
Doug Kershaw - violin, electric fiddle

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1972	Billboard 200	7^[2]
	Australia	13^[3]
	Canada	12^[4]
	Norway	20^[5]

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1972	"Rock 'n' Roll Soul"	Billboard Hot 100	29
1972	"Rock 'n' Roll Soul"	Canada	37

References

↑ Grand Funk Railroad, "Rock & Roll Soul" Chart Position Retrieved March 24, 2015
↑ Grand Funk Railroad, Phoenix US Chart Position Retrieved March 24, 2015
↑ Grand Funk Railroad, Phoenix Australian Chart Position Retrieved March 24, 2015
↑ Grand Funk Railroad, Phoenix Canadian Chart Position Retrieved March 24, 2015
↑ Grand Funk Railroad, Phoenix Norwegian Chart Position Retrieved March 24, 2015

Grand Funk Railroad

Don Brewer Mel Schacher Max Carl Tim Cashion Bruce Kulick Mark Farner Craig Frost Dennis Bellinger Howard Eddy Jr.

Studio albums	On Time Grand Funk Closer to Home Survival E Pluribus Funk Phoenix We're an American Band Shinin' On All the Girls in the World Beware!!! Born to Die Good Singin', Good Playin' Grand Funk Lives What's Funk? Monumental Funk

Live albums	Live Album Caught in the Act Bosnia Live: The 1971 Tour

Compilations	Mark, Don & Mel: 1969–71 Grand Funk Hits Capitol Collectors Series Thirty Years of Funk: 1969–1999 Classic Masters Greatest Hits

Singles	"Inside Looking Out" "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" "Feelin' Alright" "Gimme Shelter" "We're an American Band" "Walk Like a Man" "The Loco-Motion" "Some Kind of Wonderful" "Bad Time"

Related	Discography Terry Knight Terry Knight and the Pack

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