Do It Good
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{{Infobox album
| name = Do It Good
| type = studio
| artist = KC and the Sunshine Band
| cover = Doitgoodkcsunshine.jpg
| caption = original issue cover
| alt =
| released = April 12, 1974
| recorded = 1973
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Funk
| length = 27:39
| label = TK
| producer = Richard Finch
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = KC and the Sunshine Band
| next_year = 1975
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r1970924 |tab=review |label=Do It Good review |first=Alex |last=Henderson |accessdate=2011-10-03}}
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = B+{{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: K|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=K&bk=70|accessdate=February 28, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
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Do It Good is the debut album by the American funk and disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. Produced by Richard Finch, it was released in 1974 on the TK label.
History
Do It Good had little mainstream impact in the United States, despite catchy tracks like "Sound Your Funky Horn". The album was focused towards upbeat funk, which would later turn into disco.
After the song "Queen of Clubs" became a hit, the album was re-issued in 1978 with the title Queen of Clubs. The record had a new cover that featured a playing card with the Queen of Clubs on the front (the record label still gave the album title as Do It Good).
Record World said of "Queen of Clubs" that "the sound is fuller than on recent K.C. hits with an uptempo Motown feel."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=February 21, 1976|page=1|accessdate=2023-03-08|title=Hits of the Week|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/76/Record-World-1976-02-21.pdf}}
The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2012 by Big Break Records.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Do It Good
| writer1 = Harry Wayne Casey, ], Betty Wright
| length1 = 2:25
| title2 = Sound Your Funky Horn
| writer2 = Harry Wayne Casey, Clarence Reid
| length2 = 2:59
| title3 = Baby I Want Your Lovin{{'-}}
| writer3 = Harry Wayne Casey, Willie Clarke (songwriter)
| length3 = 3:30
| title4 = Queen of Clubs
| writer4 = Harry Wayne Casey, Willie Clarke
| length4 = 3:15
| title5 = Blow Your Whistle
| writer5 = Harry Wayne Casey
| length5 = 2:35
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = I'm a Pushover
| writer6 = Harry Wayne Casey
| length6 = 3:45
| title7 = You Don't Know
| writer7 = Harry Wayne Casey,
| length7 = 2:30
| title8 = I Need a Little Lovin{{'-}}
| writer8 = Harry Wayne Casey,
| length8 = 2:25
| title9 = All My Love
| writer9 = Harry Wayne Casey,
| length9 = 4:25
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2012 remastered reissue bonus tracks
| title10 = I'm Gonna Do Something Good to You
| length10 = 2:34
| title11 = Why Don't We Get Together
| length11 = 4:28
| title12 = Queen of Clubs
| note12 = Single Version
| length12 = 3:00
| title13 = I'm a Pushover
| note13 = Single Version
| length13 = 3:03
}}
Personnel
- Harry Wayne Casey – keyboards, vocals
- Richard Finch – bass guitar, drums, percussion
- Jerome Smith – guitar
- Oliver Brown – percussion
- Fermin Goytisolo – percussion
- Ken Faulk – trumpet
- Vinnie Tanno – trumpet
- Mike Lewis – tenor saxophone
- Whit Sidener – baritone saxophone
- Beverly Champion – background vocals
- Margaret Reynolds – background vocals
- Jeanette Williams – background vocals
Guest musicians
- Jimmy "Bo" Horne – background vocals
- George McCrae – background vocals
- Gwen McCrae – background vocals
- Betty Wright – background vocals
References
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External links
- [http://www.discogs.com/KC-The-Sunshine-Band-Do-It-Good/master/68524 Do It Good] at Discogs
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