Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) Explained

Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life)
Type:	Album
Artist:	Donald Byrd
Cover:	Thank You for FUML.jpg
Released:	1978
Recorded:	February–July 1978
Studio:	The Sound Factory, Hollywood, CA
Genre:	Rhythm and blues, Funk, Soul music
Length:	39:09
Label:	Elektra 6E-144
Producer:	Donald Byrd
Chronology:	Donald Byrd
Prev Title:	Caricatures
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C.
Next Year:	1979

Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) is an album by trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring compositions by the Blackbyrds, released on the Elektra label in 1978.^{[1] [2]} The album marked a distinct movement away from jazz toward more rhythm and blues and disco influences. The cover art is by Romare Bearden.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Art Posey, Josef Powell and Melvin Ragin except where noted

1. Thank You for Funking Up My Life" (Posey, Powell, Kevin Toney) – 4:15
2. "Sunning in Your Loveshine" (Posey, Powell, Orville Saunders) – 5:40
3. "Your Love Is My Ecstasy" – 5:03
4. "Loving You" (Joe Hall) – 4:48
5. "Have You Heard the News?" – 4:42
6. "In Love with Love" – 4:48
7. "Cristo Redentor" (Duke Pearson) – 4:45
8. "Close Your Eyes and Look Within" (Posey, Powell, Saunders) – 5:15

Personnel

• Donald Byrd – trumpet, vocals
• Greg Phillinganes – piano
• Paul Jackson Jr., Rick Littlefield, Wah Wah Watson – guitar
• Ed Watkins – electric bass
• Anthony Cox – drums
• Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Art Posey, Josef Powell, Syreeta Wright, Ralph Turnbough, Stephanie Spruill, John Lehman, Lisa Roberts, Patricia Henderson, Marlena Jeter, Maxine Anderson, Angela Winbush – vocals

Notes and References

1. Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Elektra/Asylum Album Discography, Part 6: Elektra/Asylum Consolidated 6E-100 Series (1977–1981) accessed December 11, 2017
2. http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Donald%20Byrd.html Soulwalking: Donald Byrd discography
3. Guiding light . Jazziz . Oct 2003 . 20 . 10 . 80.