My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me explained

My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Larry Graham and Graham Central Station
Cover:	My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me.jpeg
Released:	May 1978
Recorded:	1978
Genre:	Funk
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Larry Graham, Benny Golson
Prev Title:	Now Do U Wanta Dance
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Star Walk
Next Year:	1979

My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me is album by Larry Graham & Graham Central Station.^[1] Released in 1978, the record marked the first time that Graham called his band Larry Graham & Graham Central Station (as opposed to simply Graham Central Station). The album peaked at number eighteen on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.

Critical reception

The Globe and Mail wrote that "Graham's lengthy commitment to good music disguised as silly froth continues with My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me, a collection of tunes for all types of dancers, which avoids both ponderous preaching and the predictable homogenized disco beat."^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Larry Graham.

1. "Pow" 4:42
2. "My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me" 3:57
3. "Is It Love?" 6:37
4. "Boogie Witcha, Baby" 3:47
5. "It's The Engine in Me" 5:16
6. "Turn It Out" 4:37
7. "Mr. Friend" 3:39
8. "Are You Happy?" 4:53

Personnel

• Larry Graham - bass, lead and backing vocals, clavinet, guitar
• Gaylord "Flash" Birch - drums
• Gemi Taylor - guitar
• Nate Ginsberg - keyboards
• Robert "Butch" Sam - keyboards, backing vocals, organ, piano
• Tina Graham - backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums^[3]	105
Billboard Top Soul Albums	18

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[4]
		US Soul
1978	"Is It Love?"	65
	"My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me"	18

External links

• Graham Central Station-My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Leslie . Jim . Larry Graham: Trunk of the Funk Tree . Bass Player . May 2007 . 18 . 5 . 37.
2. News: McGrath . Paul . Larry Graham . The Globe and Mail . 21 June 1978 . F2.
3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p17977/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} Graham Central Station US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-09-26.
4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p17977/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Graham Central Station US singles chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-09-26.