''Kung Fu Fighting and Other Great Love Songs'' is the first studio album by Jamaican disco artist
Carl Douglas. It reached number one on the ''Billboard''
Soul LPs chart and number 37 on ''Billboards overall
Top LPs & Tape
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chart in 1975.
In Europe, Asia, Africa and South America the album was released under the name
Kung Fu Fighter'.
Reception
The editorial board of
AllMusic Guide scored this album three out of five stars, with reviewer Alex Henderson noting that while the two lead singles of the album are
novelty songs focusing on disco beats with lyrics about
kung fu, "in fact, most of the tracks aren't novelty items" as "other songs have more romantic lyrics and are competent, if unremarkable, examples of Northern soul-pop".
Track listing
All songs written by Carl Douglas, except where noted
#"
Kung Fu Fighting" – 3:15
#"Witchfinder General" – 2:56
#"When You Got Love" (
Biddu) – 3:31
#"Changing Times" – 3:00
#"I Want to Give You My Everything" (
Larry Weiss
Laurence D. "Larry" Weiss (born March 25, 1941) is an American songwriter and musician. He wrote "Rhinestone Cowboy", a US no.1 hit for Glen Campbell in 1975; and co-wrote "Bend Me, Shape Me", "Hi Ho Silver Lining" and several other international ...
) – 2:37
#"Dance the Kung Fu" (Biddu and Douglas) – 3:09
#"Never Had This Dream Before" (
Lee Vanderbilt) – 3:10
#"I Don't Care What People Say" (Biddu and Vanderbilt) – 3:36
#"Blue Eyed Soul" (Biddu) – 4:49
Personnel
*
Carl Douglas – vocals
*Stephen Allan –
tape operation
*
Biddu –
production, coordination
*Robin Blanchflower – coordination
*Bones – backing vocals
*Richard Dodd –
engineering
*Gerry Shury –
arrangement
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on all songs except "When You Got Love" and "I Don't Care What People Say"
*Pip Williams – arrangement on "When You Got Love" and "I Don't Care What People Say"
Charts
References
External links
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1974 debut albums
Carl Douglas albums
20th Century Fox Records albums
Albums produced by Biddu