It was produced by Norman Whitfield. It is the soundtrack/film score to the 1976 hit comedy Car Wash that featured Richard Pryor and George Carlin and is also the debut album for Rose Royce.
Although Rose Royce had already recorded most of a non-soundtrack album prior to Car Wash, their producer Norman Whitfield insisted that they recorded new material for the film's score. Initially, the film's producer's approached Whitfield with a basic plot, and Whitfield set about creating the music for a film that (at that time) had not even been written yet.
The album was a major success, yielding three Billboard R&B Top Ten singles: "Car Wash", "I Wanna Get Next to You", and "I'm Going Down".
This double album, the soundtrack to a hit 1976 urban-themed comedy starring Richard Pryor and George Carlin, was also the debut album for funk hitmakers Rose Royce.
Although they had already recorded most of a non-soundtrack album prior to Car Wash, their producer and Svengali Norman Whitfield insisted that they put that aside when he got the opportunity to write the score for this film.
The result was a killer crossover success that made the group's name and proved there was life after Motown for Whitfield.
It also produced some serious hit singles: the title track was a clever tune that blended a throbbing disco beat, hypnotic funk riffs from the rhythm section, and an ornate string arrangement to become number one hit, and "I Wanna Get Next to You" married ethereal strings to a mid-tempo soul beat to create a classic ballad in the mold of Whitfield's work with the Temptations.
The remainder of the album divides its time between funky songs and orchestral-tinged instrumental workouts.
In the song arena, standouts include "I'm Going Down," a torchy, dramatically-arranged ballad that features an all-stops-out vocal performance from Gwen Dickey, and "Daddy Rich," a witty portrait of a religious con man that is built on an infectious combination of staccato horns and a relentlessly churning rhythm guitar hook.
The masterpiece in the instrumental arena is "Sunrise," a hypnotic ten-minute epic whose effective tension-and-release arrangement that adds and subtracts layers of instrumentation over a pulsating beat to create a thoroughly hypnotic effect.
Two album's worth of Rose Royce may be a little too much for the casual listener, but there is no denying that Car Wash is both stylishly crafted and intensely funky.
It is a required listen for anyone interested in Rose Royce and a solid choice for funk and disco fans alike.
Side A
A1. Rose Royce - Car Wash - 5:06
A2. Rose Royce - 6 O'Clock DJ (Let's Rock) - 1:09
A3. Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You - 3:57
A4. Rose Royce - Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is - 3:25
A5. Rose Royce - Zig Zag - 2:30
Side B
B1. Rose Royce - You're On My Mind - 3:27
B2. Rose Royce - Mid Day DJ Theme - 1:43
B3. Rose Royce - Born To Love You - 3:06
B4. Rose Royce - Daddy Rich - 3:12
B5. Richard Pryor - Richard Pryor Dialogue - 5:21
Side C
C1. Pointer Sisters - You Gotta Believe - 2:51
C2. Rose Royce - I'm Going Down - 3:37
C3. Rose Royce - Yo Yo - 4:16
C4. Rose Royce - Sunrise - 10:48
Side D
D1. Rose Royce - Righteous Rhythm - 2:30
D2. Rose Royce - Water - 3:31
D3. Rose Royce - Crying - 2:57
D4. Rose Royce - Doin' What Comes Naturally - 3:09
D5. Rose Royce - Keep On Keepin' On - 6:39
Rose Royce
- Kenji Brown – guitar
- Lequeint "Duke" Jobe – bass
- Victor Nix – keyboards
- Henry Garner – drums
- Kenny Copeland, Freddie Dunn – trumpet
- Michael Moore – sax
- Terry Santiel – congas
- Gwen "Rose" Dickey – vocals
- Mark Davis, Ben Wilber – keyboards
- Melvin "Wah-Wah Watson" Ragin – guitar
- Brian Haner – guitar
- Richard Pryor – dialogue on "Richard Pryor Dialogue"
- The Pointer Sisters – vocals on "You Gotta Believe"
Production
- Norman Whitfield – producer, recording engineer
- Baker Bigsby, Cal Harris, Leanard Jackson – recording engineer
- Clay McMurray – recording engineer, album coordinator
- Paul Riser – orchestra direction
Notes
Release: 1976
Format: 2LP
Genre: Soul / Funk
Label: MCA Records
Catalog# MCA2 - 6000
Prijs: €9,99
Vinyl: Good
Cover: Users Tracks (cut off at the bottom left corner)
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