Bump City
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{{Infobox album
| name = Bump City
| type = Album
| artist = Tower of Power
| cover = Bump_City.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 1972
| recorded = 1971–1972
| venue =
| studio = Trans Maximus Inc. Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
| length = 35:52
| label = Warner Bros. Records
| producer = Ron Capone, Tower of Power
| prev_title = East Bay Grease
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Tower of Power
| next_year = 1973
}}
Bump City is the second album by the soul/funk group Tower of Power. The album cover is derived from a sketch by David Garibaldi.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} It's also their first album for Warner Bros. Records. With Rufus Miller now gone, Rick Stevens took the reins as the sole lead vocalist for this album.
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{AllMusic |class=album |tab=review |id=r20341 |first=Ron |last=Wynn |accessdate=26 June 2007 }}
| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
| rev2Score = C{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: T|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=T&bk=70|accessdate=March 16, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Track listing
All songs written by Emilio Castillo and Stephen "Doc" Kupka unless otherwise noted.
- "You Got to Funkifize" - 4:31
- "What Happened to the World That Day?" - 4:11
- "Flash in the Pan" - 3:34
- "Gone (in Memory of Jacqueline Mesquite)" (Greg Adams, Skip Mesquite) - 3:41
- "You Strike My Main Nerve" (Kupka, Castillo, L. Williams, L. Gordon) - 2:52
- "Down to the Nightclub" (Kupka, Castillo, David Garibaldi) - 2:43
- "You're Still a Young Man" - 5:35
- "Skating on Thin Ice" - 3:48
- "Of the Earth" - 4:30
Personnel
- Rick Stevens - lead vocals
- Skip Mesquite - first tenor saxophone, flute, vocals (lead on "Gone")
- Emilio Castillo - second tenor saxophone, vocals
- Greg Adams - trumpet, flugelhorn (solo on "Gone"), French horn, piano (on "Gone"), vocals[http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=151689 ]{{dead link|date=February 2012}}
- Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone, vocals
- Mic Gillette - trumpet, trombone, French horn, vocals
- Willie James Fulton - guitar, vocals
- David Garibaldi - drums
- Francis Rocco Prestia - bass
- Brent Byars - conga drums, vocals
- Jay Spell - piano (on "What Happened to the World That Day", "You're Still a Young Man" and "Of the Earth")
- Memphis Strings - arranged and conducted by Greg Adams on "What Happened to the World That Day?", "You're Still a Young Man" and "Of the Earth"
;Technical
- Ron Capone, Steve Cropper - mixing
Charts
Albums - Billboard (United States) {{AllMusic |class=album |tab=charts-awards/billboard-album |id=r20341 |label=Bump City - Tower of Power > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=17 November 2011 }}
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| align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |
|---|
| align="left"|1972
|align="left"|The Billboard 200 |align="left"|85 |
| align="left"|1972
|align="left"|R&B Albums |align="left"|16 |
Singles - Billboard (United States) {{AllMusic |class=artist|tab=charts-awards/billboard-singles |id=p5677 |label=Tower of Power > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=17 November 2011 }}{{AllMusic |class=album |tab=charts-awards/billboard-single |id=r20341 |label=Bump City - Tower of Power > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=17 November 2011 }}
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| align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |
|---|
| align="left"|1972
|align="left"|"You're Still A Young Man" |align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100 |align="left"|29 |
| align="left"|1972
|align="left"|"You're Still A Young Man" |align="left"|R&B Singles |align="left"|24 |
| align="left"|1972
|align="left"|"Down To The Nightclub" |align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100 |align="left"|66 |