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Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky

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Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky
Studio album by
Released1974
Recorded1974
StudioNew York City
GenreJazz-funk[1]
Length35:52
LabelGroove Merchant
GM 535
ProducerSonny Lester
O'Donel Levy chronology
Simba
(1974)
Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky
(1974)
Windows
(1976)

Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky is an album by American jazz-funk guitarist O'Donel Levy recorded in 1974 and released on the Groove Merchant label.[2][3][4]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[5]

Allmusic's Sean Westergaard said: "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky, O'Donel Levy's follow-up to his excellent Simba, is something of a letdown in comparison. ... None of this is awful; it just lacks the great tunes and arrangements of its predecessor".[5]

Track listing

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All compositions by O'Donel Levy except where noted

  1. "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky" – 3:20
  2. "Marbles" – 6:25
  3. "Will It Go Round in Circles" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 3:20
  4. "Livin' for the City" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:59
  5. "Sideshow" (Bobby Eli, Vinnie Barrett) – 4:48
  6. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronnell) – 6:20
  7. "Hey, Love!" – 3:17
  8. "Are You Foolin' Me" – 3:07

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Gorton, TJ (July 30, 2018). "BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs". BeatCaffeine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Jazzlists: O'Donel Levy Discography, accessed March 28, 2018
  3. ^ Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series, accessed March 28, 2018
  4. ^ Jazzlists: Album details, accessed March 28, 2018
  5. ^ a b Westergaard, Jason. Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2018.