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Released: 1998
Label: Mercury
Selection #: 123072
Get down with Kool & The Gang: Jungle Boogie; Rick James: Superfreak; Ohio Players: Fire; Rose Royce: Car Wash; Isaac Hayes: Shaft; Curtis Mayfield: Superfly; more.
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1 Brick House - Commodores
2 Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band
3 Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire
4 Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang
5 Lady Marmalade - Labelle
6 Mr. Big Stuff - Knight, Jean
7 Kung Fu Fighting - Douglas, Carl
8 Car Wash - Rose Royce
9 Tell Me Something Good - Rufus & Chaka Khan
10 Superfly - Mayfield, Curtis
11 Theme from Shaft - Hayes, Isaac
12 Fire - Ohio Players
13 Flash Light - Parliament
14 (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again - LTD [1]
15 Good Times - Chic
16 Forget Me Nots - Rushen, Patrice
17 Word Up! - Cameo
18 Early in the Morning - Gap Band [1]
19 Don't Stop the Music - Yarbrough & Peoples
20 Super Freak - James, Rick
  
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Album Review

Since "Pure Disco" was a success, Mercury decided to assemble a sequel, "Pure Funk". Like its predecessor, "Pure Funk" is a terrific 20-track collection of funk classics, from Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" to Parliament's "Flashlight." A couple of songs are marginally funk -- it's hard to call the kitsch-fest "Kung Fu Fighting" or Earth, Wind & Fire's sultry ballad "Shining Star" funk -- but that doesn't mean that "Pure Funk" isn't a terrificly enjoyable collection. With songs like "Brick House," "Pick Up the Pieces," "Good Times," "Jungle Boogie," "Fire," "Tell Me Something Good," "Lady Marmalade," "Superfly," "Mr. Big Stuff" and "Word Up," "Pure Funk" delivers nothing but funky good times, and it's damn near irresistible. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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