Any Other Way to Go?

Any Other Way To Go? (also titled as Live at Crystal Skates) is a live album released in 1987 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers.[5][6] The album was recorded live at the Crystal Skate in Temple Hills, Maryland. The album consists go-go renditions of classic jazz and swing songs performed with a go-go beat.

Any Other Way To Go?
Live album by
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
Released1987
VenueThe Crystal Skate
Temple Hills, Maryland
StudioSheffield Studio
Genre
Length73:17[1]
LabelRhythm Attack Productions
Producer
  • Reo Edwards
  • Stephen Meyner
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers chronology
Go Go Swing Live
(1986)		 Any Other Way To Go?
(1987)		 Live '87 – D.C. Bumpin' Y'all
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
ARTISTdirect[3]
musicHound R&B(4/5)[4]

The album is especially known for go-go rendition of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's hip-hop song "The Message", and the go-go songs "Be Bumpin' Fresh" and "Go-Go Drug Free" (which featured a cameo rap from the former Mayor of the District of Columbia Marion Barry).[5][7]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Don't Have the Go Go Swing)"
3:37
2."Midnight Sun"
3:25
3."Moody's Mood"
5:07
4."Woody Woodpecker"
4:46
5."Here We Go Again"Chuck Brown5:14
6."Harlem Nocturne"Earle H. Hagen5:35
7."The Message"Claude Landry4:50
8."Run Joe"
8:11
9."Stormy Monday"T-Bone Walker5:46
10."Family Affair"Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart7:25
11."Do That Stuff"Chuck Brown3:51
12."Go-Go Drug Free"Chuck Brown7:01
13."Be Bumpin' Fresh"Chuck Brown8:29
Total length:73:17

Personnel

References
  1. "Chuck Brown: Any Other Way to Go". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. Hanson, Amy. Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers: Any Other Way To Go? > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  3. "Chuck Brown Album Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers". In Terrell, Tom (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 78. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.
  5. Thompson, Dave (2001). "Part Four: The New School". Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion (1st ed.). San Francisco: BackBeat Books. pp. 297–299. ISBN 0-87930-629-7.
  6. Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.
  7. Schaffer, Michaeel (May 16, 2012). "When Marion Barry Rapped with Chuck Brown". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
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