Title: Real Funk
Format: CD album
This album is the US version of Liberty�s debut UK album. It was originally released in the UK in 1993. This US version was released in 1997.
Track list:
1. Bouthatime (intro)
2. Paranoid
3. She is Funk (remix)
4. Destiny
5. My Girl
6. God Is Love (interlude)
7. Simple Melody
8. If U Dig
9. It�s The Way (interlude)
10. Who Is She?
11. Paramix (remix)
12. Simple Melody (reprise)
13. Shake �m� Down
14. The Pressure (outro)
Blues & Soul album review
By Bob Killbourne, Editor, Blues & Soul
'The Liberty quintet got off to a pretty good start as winners of Capital Radio�s Young Band of the Year and their debut album, which has been on the streets for a few weeks now, shows sufficient promise and potential to warrant more than a casual glance.
They�re British and they�re funky with more than a passing nod to all manner of funk icons: Clinton and the P-funk thang, JB and Prince all cast their shadows on this debut set which is written, performed and co-produced by da boyz hand in hand with Byron Byrd (who I believe was a member of the 70�s funk group Sun).
The thrust is funk and nothing but funk whether it be the straight ahead rock funk of �Paranoid�; the hard-edged �She Is Funk�; the controlled funk ballad �Destiny� and the more gentle �Simple Melody� and the Teddy Riley-inspired �My Girl� (which, complete with new remixes will be the album�s first offshoot in a couple of weeks).
Elsewhere, the funk enters raw and tuff territory on �Who Is She?� and �Paramix� with the final �The Pressure� cut easing the listener down gently whilst still resting on a bed of funk grooves.
Yes, it�s contemporary, yes it stands on its own merits and yes, it�s British. No Liberty takers here.'
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Blues & Soul 'Who Is She?' single review (taken from the album)
By Mark Webster, Blues & Soul
"Popular live UK band who have got that modern US R&B thing down very nicely indeed transfer effortlessly to vinyl for this, their debut single.
The groove is a thoroughly contemporary, swinging-style thing but where this really makes its point so eloquently is in the fine, catchy tune and the great use of lead and harmony singing. It is slick, intricate stuff that would gall in lesser hands but these chaps have all the skill and confidence to make it happen.
Sounds like a million dollars � and I use that currency pointedly."
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Chris Philips on Kiss FM
Commenting on the 'Who Is She?' single (taken from the album)
�I know it sounds almost degrading to British music but it�s hard to believe that is a British production, a British tune. It sounds so contemporary American�..a wicked, wicked British band.�
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Dave Gregory on Jazz FM
Commenting on the 'Who Is She?' single (taken from the album)
�First British band I�ve heard make that kind of sound in a long time, period I think�.they are going to be big.�
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Wilber Willberforce album review
�The funk is back in a big way thanks to Liberty who�s new CD is jam packed with it."
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Jasper the Vinyl Junkie on Choice FM
Commenting on the 'Who Is She?' single (taken from the album)
�British funk doing the business. If you don�t like this you�re mad.�
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