Funky Situation Explained

A Funky Situation
Type:	Album
Artist:	Wilson Pickett
Cover:	Pickett_fr.jpg
Released:	1978
Studio:	Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Genre:	R&B, disco
Length:	28:11
Label:	Big Tree^[1] Wicked Records
Producer:	Rick Hall
Prev Title:	Pickett in the Pocket
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	I Want You
Next Year:	1980

A Funky Situation is a studio album by the American musician Wilson Pickett, released in 1978.^[2]

Production

The album was recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.^[1] It was produced by Rick Hall.^[3] The horn arrangements were by Harrison Calloway, Jr.

Critical reception

The Bay State Banner deemed it a " dirty-old-man-at-the-disco album."^[4] The Globe and Mail called it "an excellent wild dancing album."^[5]

The New Rolling Stone Record Guide wrote that the album "manages to update the tracks—including the inspired 'Lay Me Like You Hate Me', a summation of Pickett's philosophy of romance—without losing the singer's distinctive style." The San Diego Union-Tribune considered it "underrated."^[6]

Track listing

1. "Dance with Me" (Harrison Calloway)
2. "She's So Tight" (Rita Grimm, Yvonne Norman)
3. "The Night We Called It a Day" (Charles Feldman, John Grazier)
4. "Dance You Down" (Al Cartee, Ava Alderidge)
5. "Hold on to Your Hinie" (Tony Joe White)
6. "Groovin'" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere)
7. "Lay Me Like You Hate Me" (Wilson Pickett)
8. "Funky Situation" (Curtis Wilkins)
9. "Time to Let the Sun Shine on Me" (Wilson Pickett)
10. "Who Turned You On" (Curtis Wilkins)

Personnel

• Wilson Pickett - vocals
• Randy McCormick - keyboards
• Ken Bell, Larry Byrom - guitar
• Bob Wray - bass
• Roger Clark, Roger Hawkins (track 9) - drums
• Mickey Buckins - percussion
• Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes, Ava Aldridge, Cindy Richardson, Suzy Storm - backing vocals
• Muscle Shoals Horns - horns
• Harrison Calloway - horn arrangements

Technical

• Lynn Dreese Breslin - albums design
• Jim Houghton - cover photography

References

1. The 600 Dollar Man. Record Collector.
2. Book: Fletcher, Tony. In the Midnight Hour: The Life & Soul of Wilson Pickett. June 10, 2017. Oxford University Press.
3. News: Obituary: Wilson Pickett. January 20, 2006. The Guardian.
4. News: Freedberg . Mike . Soul Dog . Bay State Banner . 3 . 26 Oct 1978 . 18.
5. News: Gilday . Katherine . Inside the Sleeve Pop . The Globe and Mail . 20 Dec 1978 . F9.
6. News: Varga . George . Box Scores . The San Diego Union-Tribune . 13 Dec 1992 . E7.