Album
Funky Kingston
album
Deluxe Edition
Pressure Sounds
UPC: 0884385002035
Cat: TGR-LP-2024-078
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About this album
A landmark release showcasing the artistry behind Funky Kingston.
The album concept
Conceived after a six-month writing retreat in St. Ann, this record was meant to be a return to first principles — small band, live takes, minimal overdubs. The band tracked most of these sessions standing in a circle facing each other; you can hear the room in every cut.
Liner notes
Big up to the band — Sly and Robbie for the foundation, Earl for the keys, Dean for the horn arrangements that made these songs lift off the page.
Special mention to the late King Tubby — we used his old desk on three of these tracks. You can't hear it specifically, but you can feel it.
Dedicated to our mothers, our daughters, our nieces. The music will outlive us all.
Music video — lead single
Production
- Executive producer
- Donovan Bennett
- Producer
- Sting International
- A&R
- Errol Brown
Engineering
- Mixed by
- Robbie Shakespeare
- Mastered by
- Cleveland "Clevie" Browne
- Mastering studio
- Channel One Studio, Kingston, Jamaica
Visuals
- Art direction
- Aston Walker
- Cover photography
- Wayne Tippetts
Averaged across all tracks on this release. Higher values = more present.
Energy
77%
Danceability
59%
Positivity
49%
Acoustic
45%
Instrumental
12%
Live feel
28%
Speechy
17%
- Release type
- Album
- Format / edition
- Deluxe Edition
- UPC
- 0884385002035
- Catalog number
- TGR-LP-2024-078
- Label
- Pressure Sounds
- Publisher
- Sony/ATV
- Recording studio
- Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
- Recording dates
- Recorded over 6 weeks in spring 2024
- ℗ line
- ℗ 2018 Pressure Sounds
- © line
- © 2018 Sony/ATV