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In Times of Trouble

{{Infobox album

| name = In Times of Trouble

| type = studio

| artist = Trouble Funk

| cover = TimesOfTrouble album.png

| alt =

| released = 1983

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Go-go

| length = {{Duration|m=37|s=46}}

| label = {{hlist|D.E.T.T. Records }}

| producer = {{hlist|Reo Edwards(exec) | Maxx Kidd (exec) | Robert Reed | Tony Fisher | James Avery }}

| prev_title = Drop the Bomb

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = Saturday Night Live

| next_year = 1983

}}

In Times of Trouble is a studio album released in 1983 by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Trouble Funk.{{cite book |last1=Lornell |first1=Kip |last2=Stephenson, Jr. |first2=Charles C. |date=2001 |title=The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop |publisher=Billboard Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/beatgogosfusion00lorn/page/252 252] |isbn=0-8230-7727-6 }}{{cite web |title=Trouble Funk Biography by John Bush |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/trouble-funk-mn0000017141/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=21 June 2023}} It was packaged with a live disc.{{cite book |last1=Neal |first1=Mark Anthony |title=That's the Joint! The Hip-hop Studies Reader |date=2004 |publisher=Routledge |page=487}}

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Robert Christgau

| rev1Score = {{Rating-Christgau|B+}}{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Christgau |title=Review: Trouble Funk |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Trouble+Funk |publisher=Robert Christgau |accessdate=12 October 2016}}

| rev2 = MusicHound R&B

| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |last1=Graff |first1=Gary |last2=Freedom du Lac |first2=Josh |last3=McFarlin |first3=Jim |editor-last=Change |editor-first=Jeff "DJ Zen" |year=1998 |title=musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide |location=Detroit |publisher=Visible Ink Press |edition=1st |chapter=A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk |pages=[https://archive.org/details/musichoundrbesse00graf/page/574 574-575] |isbn=1-57859-026-4 }}

|rev3 = The Philadelphia Inquirer

|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite news |last1=Tucker |first1=Ken |title=Trouble Funk, In Times of Trouble |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=29 Jan 1984 |page=I4}}

}}

Trouser Press noted that "the two sides of studio material have nowhere near the juice of the debut."{{cite web |title=Trouble Funk |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/trouble-funk/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=21 June 2023}}

Track listing

;Side A

  1. "Spintime" – 4:50
  2. "In Times of Trouble" – 5:23
  3. "Share Your Love" – 5:07
  4. "Good Times" – 4:29

;Side B

  1. "Say What" – 5:21
  2. "Freaky Situation" – 4:08
  3. "Funk N Roll" – 4:09
  4. "Good Times" – 4:29

Personnel

References

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External links

  • [https://www.discogs.com/Trouble-Funk-In-Times-Of-Trouble/release/82174 In Times of Trouble] at Discogs

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Category:Trouble Funk albums

Category:1983 albums