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Bump City
Studio album by Tower of Power
Released	May 1972
Recorded	1971–1972
Studio	Trans Maximus Inc. Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre	Soul, funk
Length	35:52
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Ron Capone, Tower of Power
Tower of Power chronology
East Bay Grease (1970) Bump City (1972) Tower of Power (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. 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.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Christgau's Record Guide	C

Track listing

All songs written by Emilio Castillo and Stephen "Doc" Kupka unless otherwise noted.

1. "You Got to Funkifize" - 4:31
2. "What Happened to the World That Day?" - 4:11
3. "Flash in the Pan" - 3:34
4. "Gone (in Memory of Jacqueline Mesquite)" (Greg Adams, Skip Mesquite) - 3:41
5. "You Strike My Main Nerve" (Kupka, Castillo, L. Williams, L. Gordon) - 2:52
6. "Down to the Nightclub" (Kupka, Castillo, David Garibaldi) - 2:43
7. "You're Still a Young Man" - 5:35
8. "Skating on Thin Ice" - 3:48
9. "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
• 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)

Singles - Billboard (United States)

References

1. Wynn, Ron. Bump City at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 June 2007.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
4. Bump City - Tower of Power > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
5. Tower of Power > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
6. Bump City - Tower of Power > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2011.

• 1972 albums
• Tower of Power albums
• Warner Records albums