Pickin' Up The Pieces: Best Of The Average White Band (1974-1980) (CD)

One of the most influential and highly regarded funk groups of the 1970s, the Average White Band was formed by a bunch of R&B enthusiasts from Scotland. Their 1974 album AWB featured their signature song--the slinky, horn-driven instrumental "Pick up the Pieces," which shot to Number One and became a '70s radio staple. The group was inactive for most of the '80s, but reunited in 1989, recording and touring extensively.

• Category:  Music  »  R&B  »  Funk
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: September 15, 1992
• Label: Rhino Records (USA)
• UPC: 081227105426
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106727093
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #5282 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #317 in R&B (See Top 100 R&B Bestsellers)
• #13 in Funk (See Top 100 Funk Bestsellers)

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Average White Band: Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart (vocals, guitar, bass);

Onnie Mcintyre (guitar, background vocals); Malcolm "Molly" Duncan (flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Roger Ball (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, keyboards, synthesizers); Robbie McIntosh, Steve Ferrone (drums, percussion).

Additional personnel: Ben E. King (vocals).

Producers include: Arif Mardin, Jerry Greenberg, Average White Band, Gene Paul, David Foster.

Compilation producers: David McLees, Bill Inglot.

Recorded between 1974 & 1980. Includes liner notes by A. Scott Galloway.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Indisputably the finest Scottish funk act of the 1970s (or any decade), the Average White Band is well represented by this excellent 18-track collection, which focuses heavily on the group's mid-'70s heyday. Highlights include the immediately recognizable groove-laden hit "Pick Up the Pieces," along with other top-notch, dance-floor-packing tunes such as "Got the Love" and "Cut the Cake."

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