Flash Is Back

{{Infobox album

| name = Flash Is Back

| type = Studio

| artist = Grandmaster Flash

| cover =Flash Is Back.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1998}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Hip-hop

| length = 60:51

| label = Marlboro Music
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| producer = Arthur Baker

| prev_title = Salsoul Jam 2000

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = The Official Adventures of Grandmaster Flash

| next_year = 2002

}}

Flash Is Back is the sixth studio album released in 1998 by Grandmaster Flash. The music was co-written with Arthur Baker with Flash writing all the lyrics. It was his first studio release since On the Strength in 1988 and his first solo album since Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang in 1987.{{cite web |url=http://grandmaster-flash.mondomix.com/en/artiste.htm |title=Grandmaster Flash – Mondomix |publisher=Grandmaster-flash.mondomix.com |date=2011-11-12 |accessdate=2012-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227031949/http://grandmaster-flash.mondomix.com/en/artiste.htm |archive-date=2012-02-27 |url-status=dead }} He would not release another studio album until The Bridge (Concept of a Culture) in 2009.

It was released on Marlboro Music in Germany only and was distributed by BMG. A double vinyl LP and a CD version were issued.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Grandmaster-Flash-Flash-Is-Back/release/264296 |title=Grandmaster Flash – Flash Is Back (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-16}} No singles were released from the album.

Track listing

  1. "Groove to Get Down" – 4:14
  2. "Gotta Get Busy" – 4:53
  3. "Whatever the Hell It's Working" – 5:20
  4. "This Is the Way" – 4:30
  5. "Sex on the Scratch" – 4:53
  6. "Coolcuts" – 4:55
  7. "Let's Have Some Action" – 2:56
  8. "Brothers Be Fronting" – 2:55
  9. "Flashes Theme" – 3:51
  10. "Little Bit of Flash" (Midfield General Skint Mix) – 8:04
  11. "Flash Is Back" (Danielson for Skint Mix) – 5:27
  12. "Dance to the Beat" (Grandmaster Flash vs Stretch & Vern) – 8:50

References

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