Bump City

Infobox Album
Name = Bump City
Type = Album
Artist = Tower of Power


Released = 1972
Recorded =
Genre = Soul, Funk
Length = 35:52
Label =
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dpfrxq95ldke~T1 link]
Last album = "East Bay Grease"
(1970)
This album = "Bump City"
(1972)
Next album = "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.

Track listing

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

# "You Got To Funkifize" - 4:31
# "What Happened to the World That Day?" - 4:11
# "Flash in the Pan" - 3:34
# "Gone (In Memory Of Jacqueline Mesquite)" - 3:41 (Adams, Mesquite)
# "You Strike My Main Nerve" - 2:52 (Kupka, Castillo, Williams, Gordon)
# "Down To The Nightclub" - 2:43 (Kupka, Castillo, Garibaldi)
# "You're Still A Young Man" - 5:35
# "Skating On Thin Ice" - 3:48
# "Of The Earth" - 4:30

Personnel

* Rick Stevens - lead vocals
* Skip Mesquite - first tenor saxophone, flute, locals (lead on "Gone")
* Emilio Castillo - second tenor saxophone, vocals
* Greg Adams - trumpet, flugelhorn (solo on "Gone"), french horn, piano (on "Gone")
* 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

Singles - Billboard (North America)