Type: Instrumental, Lyrics are included with the album
Genre: Rhythm & Blues
Review
Its title a snazzy double play, the Bar-Kays' 1979 classic Injoy LP was the first and most successful of a quintet of albums that swept the band to the top of the charts and into the stratosphere of superstardom for half a decade. An energetic and primarily funk-driven set, Injoy was dominated by the supreme "Move Your Boogie Body," an eminently danceable, pop-friendly slab that cut the bass with strings, powered home the excellent vocals, added some Euro-disco synth, and soared into the Top Five to give the Bar-Kays their highest-to-date spot on the charts. But while that track may have captured the public heart, the bandmembers had even better tricks up their very flashy sleeves, powering through the classic funk of "More and More" and "Up in Here" -- a song of unmitigated old-school proportions that reprises the Moroder-isms deep in the mix. Elsewhere, the band toned it down with several ballads, including "Girl I'm on Your Side" and "Running In and Out of My Life." With the Bar-Kays at the top of their form, there was little that could detract from this set. And, while Injoy just missed the top spot on the R&B chart, it still got a nation off the couch and onto the dancefloor. ~ Amy Hanson, All Music Guide
Tracks
Track Title
Composers
Performers
Time
More and More
Michael Beard, Larry "D" Dodson, James Alexander, Winston Stewart, Allen Jones
Lloyd Smith (Guitar), James Alexander (Guitar (Bass)), Larry "D" Dodson (Vocals), Lloyd Smith (Guitar (Rhythm)), Frank "Captain Disaster" Thompson (Horn Arrangements), James Alexander (Group Member), Sherman Guy (Group Member), Frank "Captain Disaster" Thompson (Group Member), Robert Jackson (Engineer), Robert Jackson (Remixing), Paul Riser (String Arrangements), Larry Nix (Mastering), Jud Phillips (A&R), Michael Beard (Drums), Winston Stewart (Group Member), Sherman Guy (Percussion), Paul Riser (Horn Arrangements), Sherman Guy (Vocals), Winston Stewart (Keyboards), Michael Beard (Percussion), Harvey "Joe" Henderson (Group Member), Frank "Captain Disaster" Thompson (Trombone), Mark Bynum (Keyboards), William "Billy" Brown (Engineer), Lloyd Smith (Group Member), Mark Bynum (Vocals), Jim Schubert (Art Direction), William "Billy" Brown (Remixing), Harvey "Joe" Henderson (Saxophone), Michael Beard (Electronic Drums), Alan Messer (Photography), Harvey "Joe" Henderson (Horn Arrangements), Larry "D" Dodson (Group Member), John Youssi (Illustrations), Mark Bynum (Group Member), Winston Stewart (Synthesizer), Michael Beard (Group Member)
