I Wanna Get Funky

I Wanna Get Funky
Studio album by Albert King
Released	1974
Recorded	1972
Genre	Electric blues, Funk
Length	46:00
Label	Stax
Producer	Henry Bush, Allen Jones
Albert King chronology
Blues At Sunrise (1973)Blues At Sunrise1973 I Wanna Get Funky (1974) Montreux Festival (1974)Montreux Festival1974

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I Wanna Get Funky is the eighth studio album by Albert King, covering various blues tunes with funk overtones, by Albert King, recorded in 1972 and released in 1974.

Track listing

1. "I Wanna Get Funky" (Clifton William Smith) – 4:08
2. "Playing on Me" (Sir Mack Rice) – 3:25
3. "Walking the Back Streets and Crying" (Sandy Jones) – 6:28
4. "'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone" (Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell) – 7:32
5. "Flat Tire" (Henry Bush, Booker T. Jones, Albert King) – 4:43
6. "I Can't Hear Nothing But the Blues" (Henry Bush, Dave Clark) – 4:16
7. "Travelin' Man" (Albert King) – 2:52
8. "Crosscut Saw" (R.G. Ford) – 7:45
9. "That's What the Blues Is All About" (Bobby Patterson, Jerry Strickland) – 3:53

Personnel

• Albert King – Electric guitar and vocals
• Donald Kinsey (name on album credits incorrectly spelled as "Donald Kenzie") – Rhythm guitar
• Memphis Symphony Orchestra – Strings
• The Memphis Horns – Horns
• The Bar-Kays & The Movement – Rhythm section
• Hot Buttered Soul, Henry Bush – Background vocals