Bump City

Bump City
Studio album by Tower of Power
Released	1972
Genre	Soul, funk
Length	35:52
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Ron Capone
Tower of Power chronology
East Bay Grease (1970) Bump City (1972) Tower of Power (1973)

Bump City is the second album by the soul/funk group Tower of Power. The album cover is derived from a sketch by David Garibaldi. It's also their first album for Warner Bros. Records. With Rufus Miller now gone, Rick Stevens took the reins as the sole lead vocalist for this album.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	C [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Emilio Castillo and Stephen "Doc" Kupka unless otherwise noted.

1. "You Got to Funkifize" - 4:31
2. "What Happened to the World That Day?" - 4:11
3. "Flash in the Pan" - 3:34
4. "Gone (in Memory of Jacqueline Mesquite)" (Adams, Mesquite) - 3:41
5. "You Strike My Main Nerve" (Kupka, Castillo, Williams, Gordon) - 2:52
6. "Down to the Nightclub" (Kupka, Castillo, Garibaldi) - 2:43
7. "You're Still a Young Man" - 5:35
8. "Skating on Thin Ice" - 3:48
9. "Of the Earth" - 4:30

Personnel

• Rick Stevens - lead vocals
• Skip Mesquite - first tenor saxophone, flute, vocals (lead on "Gone")
• Emilio Castillo - second tenor saxophone, vocals (lead on "You Got to Funkifize")
• Greg Adams - trumpet, flugelhorn (solo on "Gone"), French horn, piano (on "Gone"), vocals^[3]
• Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone, vocals
• Mic Gillette - trumpet, trombone, French horn, vocals
• Willie James Fulton - guitar, vocals
• David Garibaldi - drums
• Francis Rocco Prestia - bass
• Brent Byars - conga drums, vocals
• Jay Spell - piano (on "What Happened To The World That Day," "You're Still A Young Man," and "Of The Earth")
• Memphis Strings - arranged and conducted by Greg Adams on "What Happened To The World That Day?," "You're Still A Young Man," and "Of The Earth"

Charts

Albums - Billboard (North America) ^[4]

Singles - Billboard (North America) ^[5][6]

References