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The Bar-Kays | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 1993)
• Original Release Date: May 18, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Funk Essentials/ Mercury
• ASIN: B000001DYQ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,062 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #11 in Music > R&B > Soul > Memphis Soul
  • #55 in Music > R&B > Funk > General

Editorial Reviews

Songs Include : 1. Too Hot To Stop (Part One) 6:25 / 2. Cozy 3:31 / 3. Shake Your Rump To The Funk 3:29 / 4. Attitudes 3:27 / 5. Shut The Funk Up 4:27 / 6. Standing On The Outside 4:17 / 7. Shine 3:33 / 8. I'll Dance 3:22 / 9. Move Your Boogie Body 6:17 / 10. Deliver Us 4:39 / 11. Hit And Run 3:50 / 12. Anticipation 5:47 / 13. Freakshow On The Dance Floor 6:35 / 14. Sexomatic 5:20 / 15. Certified True 4:56 / 16. Struck By You 5:44

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars burning South funk, September 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

this group could groove on par with any group from back in the day.the songs have feeling and plenty of emotion about them.while maintaing an ear for radio they also injected there own brand of style to each release.and considering they had a second life after a fatal plane crash killed the original barkays and the great Ottis redding one Barkay survived. so able to re group and come back even stronger is a true statement about them.this group always delivered the funk and this set is testiment to that.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wish I had the lyrics!, October 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

This cd brings back the usual great musical memories. But what it does not share with current CD's is that there are no printed lyrics!

If anyone has the printed lyrics (especially for track 7) send em to [e-mail].

Thanks in advance to all and enjoy!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars MANY BAR-KAY COLLECTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM, April 28, 2010

By 

D. Snyder "blues wallow" (Salem Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

I am going to try to make what could be confusing to some potential buyers a little easier. If you like the Bar-Kays more synth driven and more commercial sounding music, then this is a good collection to choose. If, however, you are like me you will much prefer their insanely awesome, a bit more raw sounding, and I would argue more soulful funk mix that is the other best of collection with the purple cover with the lightening bolt with the word VOLT (which is the name of the record label I believe).