Car Wash

Car Wash

by Rose Royce
Car Wash

Car Wash

by Rose Royce

CD

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Overview

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. ~ Donald A. Guarisco

Product Details

Release Date: 09/24/1996
Label: Geffen / Mca
UPC: 0008811150228
Rank: 64922

Tracks

  1. Car Wash
  2. 6 O'Clock DJ (Let's Rock)
  3. I Wanna Get Next to You
  4. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
  5. Zig Zag
  6. You're on My Mind
  7. Mid Day DJ Theme
  8. Born to Love You
  9. Daddy Rich
  10. Richard Pryor Dialogue
  11. You Gotta Believe
  12. I'm Going Down
  13. Yo Yo
  14. Sunrise
  15. Righteous Rhythm
  16. Water
  17. Crying
  18. Doin' What Comes Naturally
  19. Keep on Keepin' On

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Pointer Sisters   Primary Artist,Vocals
Rose Royce   Primary Artist
Richard Pryor   Primary Artist
Melvin Ragin   Guitar
Gwen Dickey   Vocals
Paul Riser   Director,Orchestra Director
Henry Garner   Drums
Lequeint Jobe   Bass
Kenji Brown   Guitar
Terry Saxtiel   Congas
Mark Davis   Keyboards,Keyboards
Michael Moore   Saxophone
Terral "Terry" Santiel   Congas
Freddie Dunn   Trumpet
Kenny Copeland   Trumpet
Victor Nix   Keyboards
Ben Wilber   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Joe Henderson   Composer
Clay McMurray   Engineer,Coordination,Project Coordinator
Joe South   Composer
Deadric Malone   Composer
Rose Royce   Group,Composer,Performer
Ray Davies   Composer
Richard Warner   Composer
Paul Elmore   Digital Remastering
The Pointer Sisters   Performer
J.J. Cale   Composer
Baker Bigsby   Engineer
Terje Rypdal   Composer
Andy McKaie   Reissue Producer
Norman Whitfield   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Victor Young   Composer
Henry Garner   Composer
Lequeint Jobe   Composer
Meire Murakami   Design,Reissue Design
Leonard Jackson   Engineer
Gary Stromberg   Liner Notes
Ernie Barnes   Illustrations
Calvin Harris   Engineer
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