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Frumpy

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2.04 | 9 ratings | 2 reviews | 11% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 1990

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. What It Is (4:13)
2. When I Fall in Love (4:47)
3. Good Good Feeling (3:58)
4. We Can Sing a Song (4:58)
5. One World (3:27)
6. Come On! (5:10)
7. Pirate Style (4:48)
8. Come Together! (4:59)
9. Now and Forever (4:46)
10. All We Need Is Music (6:18) *
11. Living in a Madhouse (3:30)
12. Love Train (4:21) *
13. Now the Gypsy Is Born (6:38) *

Total Time 61:53

* Not on LP

Line-up / Musicians

- Inga Rumpf / lead & backing vocals, rhythm guitars, programming
- Jean-Jacques Kravetz / keyboards, organ, grand piano
- Carsten Bohn / drums, percussion, programming, backing vocals

With:
- Peter Maffay / lead vocals duet (9)
- Carlos Alomar / guitars, Fx, harmonica, bass (11)
- Rainer Baumann / guitar solo (13)
- Christian Wilckens / saxophone solo (6)
- Pascal Kravetz / keyboards (13), chorus vocals
- Reggie Worthy / bass, chorus vocals
- Oumar Koita / African percussion
- Jaquie Virgil / backing vocals
- Jocelyn B. Smith / backing vocals
- Victoria Miles / backing vocals
- Themba / African choir
- Ndlovu / African choir
- Johnny Cassens / African choir
- Jabu Zikalala / African choir
- Victor Williams / African choir
- Alsterspatzen / children's choir
- Teresa Douglas / rapping
- Niko Muller / co-arranger & co-producer

Releases information

CD Mercury ‎- 842517-2 (1990, Germany)

LP Mercury ‎- 842 517-1 (1990, Germany) With 3 *tracks less than on CD edition

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FRUMPY Now ratings distribution


2.04
(9 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music (11%)
11%
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection (0%)
0%
Good, but non-essential (22%)
22%
Collectors/fans only (22%)
22%
Poor. Only for completionists (44%)
44%

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3 stars Strange discovery I bought an Union CD called Now in 1991. Once I tried lately to extract the tracks to have them on my computer, the Frumpy name appeared. In France, I didn't hear from one or another band and I felt happy to find such an astonishong record. Mostly soul and funk with a touch of ... (read more)

Report this review (#2536980) | Posted by kornhelius | Wednesday, April 21, 2021 | Review Permanlink

1 stars Can't say that I'm surprised to be the first person reviewing this album. It's excessively hard to find, and it took me many weeks of combing blogs to unearth a download. Sadly, there is good reason for this obscurity: this album is a horror. Not only does it deviate entirely from Frumpy's amazin ... (read more)

Report this review (#268214) | Posted by Lozlan | Thursday, February 25, 2010 | Review Permanlink

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