The B-Funk

Infobox Album |
Name = The B-Funk
Type = Album
Artist = Beverley Knight


Released = 2 November, 1995
31 May, 1999 (Re-release)
8 May, 2006 (Re-release #2)
Recorded = November 1994 -
August 1995
Genre = R&B, Soul
Length = 65:01
31:26 (Remix CD)
Producer = The Ethnic Boyz
Tony Olabode
Victor Redwood-Sawyerr
Neville Thomas
Pule Pheto
Dwayne Burke
Colin Burke
Irmgard Klarmann
Felix Weber
Label = Dome Records
NoReviews = yes
Last album =
This album = "The B-Funk"
(1995)
Next album = "Prodigal Sista"
(1998)Extra album cover
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Lower caption = Limited edition album cover.Extra album cover
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Lower caption = The 2006 re-release cover, re-titled "The B-Funk - Flavour Of The Old School".

"The B-Funk" was released in November 1995 and was the first album created by British soul singer Beverley Knight. Released on independent record label Dome Records, it received wide critical acclaim by the urban media in Britain with "Echoes Magazine" labelling it "the best British soul album ever" and "Billboard Magazine" stating "this lady is on her way to becoming an international star".Review. [http://www.domerecords.co.uk/system/index.html - Review] . "Echoes Magazine" and Billboard reactions, detailed on Dome Records website. Retrieved May 1, 2006.] The album was also named Album of the Year by "Blues & Soul" in 1996 and the project helped Knight win R&B Act of the Year at the 1996 Black Music Awards in London.

However, the commercial success of the album did not match its critical acclaim, peaking at #145 on the UK albums chart. In total, six singles were released from the album (including two releases of "Flavour of the Old School" and a limited edition international release of "Cast All Your Cares").

The album includes two compositions by the German hit producer team Klarmann/Weber, who had previously scored a US No. 1 hit with Chaka Khan's "Love You All My Lifetime" and who also contributed hits for US sibling LaToya Jackson, German pop star Jamie Stevens and Australia's hit sensation Vanessa Amorosi.

The album was the only LP released by Knight on Dome Records. After creative differences with the label, Beverley decided to leave and sign a new contract with Parlophone Records in 1997. To capitalise on Knight's increased success at the label, Dome have subsequently re-released "The B-Funk" several times - the first being in 1999 after Knight won two big awards at the MOBO Awards, and then again in 2006 after the top 10 success of her hits collection, "Voice - The Best of Beverley Knight". On both occasions, the album was re-released with bonus remixes of the singles.

Track listing

# "The B-Funk"
# "Moving on Up (On the Right Side)"
# "Mutual Feeling"
# "Flavour of the Old School"
# "Remedy"
# "Down for the One"
# "Steppin' on my Shoes"
# "Promise you Forever"
# "It's Your Time"
# "So Happy"
# "Cast All Your Cares"
# "U've Got It"
# "In Time"
# "Goodbye Innocence"

In 1999, Dome Records released a special edition of the album with a bonus remix disk, designed to capitalise on Knight's increased profile after her success at the 1999 MOBO Awards with her second album, "Prodigal Sista", on Parlophone Records:

# "Flavour Of The Old School" (Club Remix)
# "Down For The One" (2B3 Retro Mix)
# "Moving On Up (On The Right Side)" (Ethnic Boyz Remix)
# "Moving On Up (On The Right Side)" (Ee Bee's Rap Remix)
# "Mutual Feeling" (Monroe Remix)
# "Mutual Feeling" (D-Lux Remix)

In 2006, Dome Records released another edition of the album which featured the original track listing together with the Club Remix of "Flavour of the Old School" and the Ethnic Boyz Remix of "Moving on Up (On the Right Side)".

ingles

#"Flavour of the Old School"
#"Down for the One"^
#"Flavour of the Old School" (Re-release)*
#"Moving on Up (On the Right Side)"^
#"Mutual Feeling"^
#"Cast All Your Cares"^

Footnotes:
*^ indicates that no promotional video was made for the release
** indicates that a new promotional video was created for the release

Notes and references

ee also

*Beverley Knight discography