Grand Funk
Studio album by
Grand Funk Railroad
ReleasedDecember 29, 1969
RecordedOctober 10–21, 1969
StudioCleveland Recording Company, Cleveland
GenreHard rock[1]
Length48:25
LabelCapitol
ProducerTerry Knight
Grand Funk Railroad chronology
On Time
(1969) 		Grand Funk
(1969) 		Closer to Home
(1970)
Singles from Grand Funk
  1. "Mr. Limousine Driver" / "High Falootin' Woman"
    Released: November 1969
  2. "Heartbreaker" / "Please Don't Worry"
    Released: February 1970
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]
The Village VoiceC[3]

Grand Funk (commonly known as The Red Album) is the second studio album by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad. It was released on December 29, 1969, by Capitol Records, just four months after their debut album On Time. Recorded at Cleveland Recording Company, the album was produced by Terry Knight and engineered by Ken Hamann. The album was certified gold by the RIAA, the first for the group. It includes a cover of the Animals' 1966 song "Inside Looking Out", which remains a staple of the band's setlist during live concerts.

Grand Funk was originally released by Capitol Records in LP, cassette, 8-track tape, and reel-to-reel configurations. The original reel-to-reel version (manufactured for Capitol/EMI by Ampex) contains edited versions of "Got This Thing on the Move", "Please Don't Worry", "Mr. Limousine Driver" and "Inside Looking Out", the harmonica solo has been deleted, not available elsewhere. The edits on these songs reduce the album's overall running time by approximately five minutes.

In 2002, Grand Funk was remastered on compact disc with bonus tracks and also released in a limited edition box set Trunk of Funk that contained the band's first four albums. The "trunk" has slots for twelve CDs to house the future release of the remaining eight albums that were released by Capitol Records. Also included is a pair of Shinin' On 3-D glasses, a guitar pick and a sticker reproducing a concert ticket.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Mark Farner, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Got This Thing on the Move" 4:38
2."Please Don't Worry"Don Brewer, Farner4:19
3."High Falootin' Woman" 3:00
4."Mr. Limousine Driver" 4:26
5."In Need" 7:52
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Winter and My Soul" 6:38
7."Paranoid" 7:50
8."Inside Looking Out"John Lomax, Alan Lomax, Eric Burdon, Bryan "Chas" Chandler9:31
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."Nothing is the Same (Demo)"5:39
10."Mr. Limousine Driver (Remix)"5:28

Personnel

Grand Funk Railroad

Charts

Album

Year Chart Peak Position
1970 Billboard 200 11[4]
Australia 13[5]
Canada 9[6]

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1969 "Mr. Limousine Driver" Billboard Hot 100 97[7]
Canada 92

References

  1. ^ a b Schwachter, Jeff. "Grand Funk Railroad: Grand Funk > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  2. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 286–287.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (January 29, 1970). "Consumer Guide (7)". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  4. ^ Grand Funk Railroad, Grand Funk US Chart Position Retrieved March 23, 2015
  5. ^ Grand Funk Railroad, Grand Funk Australian Chart Position Archived February 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 23, 2015
  6. ^ Grand Funk Railroad, Grand Funk Canadian Chart Position Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 23, 2015
  7. ^ Grand Funk Railroad, "Mr. Limousine Driver" Chart Position Retrieved March 23, 2015
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