Baddest (album) explained

Baddest
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Grover Washington Jr.
Cover:	Baddest GWJ.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	February 1981
Genre:	Jazz, R&B
Label:	Motown TMSP 6011
Producer:	Grover Washington, Jr., Creed Taylor
Prev Title:	Come Morning
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	Anthology
Next Year:	1981

Baddest is a double compilation (1972–1978) album by American jazz musician Grover Washington Jr.^[1] The album was released in February 1981 via Motown label. The songs were conducted and arranged by Bob James.

Reception

An editor at Dusty Groove stated "An excellent 2LP set that compiles Grover's killer funky cuts for Kudu – packaged here in an expanded best-of set that Motown issued when they took over the Kudu distribution. We hardly need to tell you how great these cuts are..."^[2]

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "It Feels So Good" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter)
2. "Mister Magic" (Ralph MacDonald)
3. "No Tears, In the End" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter)
4. "Black Frost" (Bob James, Grover Washington, Jr.)
5. "Do Dat" (Leonard Gibbs)
6. "Summer Song" (Tyrone Brown, John E. Blake, Jr.)

Disc 2

1. "A Secret Place" (Grover Washington, Jr.)
2. "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers)
3. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (Marvin Gaye)
4. "Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)" (Marvin Gaye, James Nyx)
5. "Lean on Me" (Bill Withers)
6. "Masterpiece" (Norman Whitfield)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Grover Washington, Jr. – Baddest. . 29 January 2019.
2. Web site: Baddest Grover Washington Jr. . . 29 January 2019.
3. Baddest. Billboard. https://web.archive.org/web/20190130231636/https://www.billboard.com/music/grover-washington-jr/chart-history/billboard-200/song/314292. dead. January 30, 2019. 24 January 2019.