Funk Overload

Funk Overload
Studio album by
Maceo Parker
ReleasedAugust 1998 (1998-08)
RecordedFebruary 1998
StudiosDan's House of Love, New York City
Genres
LabelsWhat Are Records?, Cream
ProducersDaniel Wise, Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker chronology
Maceo
(1994)		 Funk Overload
(1998)		 Dial: M-A-C-E-O
(2000)

Funk Overload is an album by Maceo Parker, released in 1998 via What Are Records? and Cream Records.

The album peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
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AllMusic wrote that "though Maceo's original lyrical attempts may be a bit immature, his years of experience and hard work shine through with every brassy attack and smooth soul note." The Washington Post thought that Parker's son, Corey, "emerges as an entertaining rapper." Billboard called the album "a hot, entertaining, straight-up R&B record that contains soulful originals and covers."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Maceo Parker except where indicated

  1. "Uptown Up" (Maceo Parker, Corey Parker)
  2. "Sing a Simple Song" (Sylvester Stewart)
  3. "Maceo's Groove" (Maceo Parker, Corey Parker)
  4. "Elephant's Foot"
  5. "Let's Get It On" (Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend)
  6. "Tell Me Something Good" (Stevie Wonder)
  7. "Youth of the World"
  8. "We're on the Move"
  9. "Inner City Blues" (Marvin Gaye, James Nyx Jr.)
  10. "Do You Love Me" (Maceo Parker, Michael Rucska)
  11. "Going in Circles" (Jerry Peters, Anita Poree)

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Catlin, Roger. "Maceo Parker's Deep in Funk, and That Sounds Good". Hartford Courant.
  2. ↑ Zwerin, Mike (September 9, 1998). "The Lingering Maceo Melody". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ "Maceo Parker". Billboard.
  4. 1 2 "Funk Overload Maceo Parker". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 423.
  6. ↑ "Maceo Parker: Still in a Funk". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  7. ↑ Morris, Chris (August 29, 1998). "Flag Waving". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 35. p. 81.