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. The album was originally released on August 20, 2002. The ''Phunk Shui'' CD was released four more times, with bonus tracks added each time. On October 29, 2002, a Japanese version added the bonus track "Mona Lisa's Eyes" (this version was released in the United States on May 20, 2003, as ''All Good People''). Two more bonus tracks were added on November 18, 2003, (title changing back to ''Phunk Shui'') for a new USA version ("Time Will Tell" and a live recording of "

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version of ''Phunk Shui'' was released under the title '' John Oates Solo – The Album, The Concert''. The CD side is the 14-track version of ''Phunk Shui'' and the DVD side is '' John Oates: Live At The Historic Wheeler Opera House''; the bonus live CD that accompanied the live DVD is not included. The album title is a play on the words "

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Track listing

# "Color of Love" (Jed Leiber, Oates) – 3:58 # "It Girl" (Leiber, Oates) – 4:09 # "All Good People" (Oates, Steve Postell) – 3:22 # "Love in a Dangerous Time" (Oates, Arthur Baker,

Tommy Faragher Thomas Edward Faragher is an American producer, composer, songwriter, singer, and arranger. He is originally from Redlands, California. Performer Faragher started his career as a singer and keyboardist with his family, who formed a group called ...

) – 4:06 # "Unspoken" (Keith Follese, Oates) – 3:30 # "Soul Slide" (Oates, Postell) – 3:34 # "Go Deep" (Oates, Leiber, T-Bone Wolk) – 5:33 # "Little Angel" (Oates) – 5:03 # "Beauty" (Oates, Jamie Rosenberg) – 3:14 # "Phunk Shui" (Oates, Leiber, J. Pullin) – 4:33 # "Electric Ladyland" (

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) – 3:59 # "Mona Lisa's Eyes" (available on second and subsequent releases) (Oates, Leiber) – 3:52 # "Time Will Tell" (available on third release and all releases afterward) (Oates, Leiber) – 4:14 # "

" (live) (available on third and subsequent releases) (

Curtis Mayfield Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music.

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Personnel

Musicians

* John Oates – vocals, guitars * Jed Leiber – keyboards *

Tom "T-Bone" Wolk Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (December 24, 1951 – February 28, 2010) was an American musician and bassist for the music duo Daryl Hall & John Oates and a member of the ''Saturday Night Live'' house band. Life and career Wolk was born and raised in Y ...

– bass, guitars (5, 8, 11, 12) *

Steve Holley Stephen Jeffrey Holley (born 24 August 1954) is an English rock drummer. He was a member of Wings from August 1978 to April 1981. In 1984 he played drums and percussion in Julian Lennon's debut album ''Valotte''. He has also toured with Ian Hu ...

– drums, percussion * The "Blo Notes" – backing vocals Additional musicians * Steve Postell – backing vocals (1, 3, 6, 10, 14), guitars (3, 5) * Jamie Rosenberg – guitars (9) * Damian Smith – guitars (10) * Kennard Ramsey – guitars (13) * Kevin Hupp – drums (3, 9) *

Shawn Pelton Shawn Pelton is an American drummer and percussionist. He has recorded with a wide range of artists and has been a first call player since moving to New York in the late 1980s. Shawn has recorded with artists such as Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, ...

– drums (13) * Michael Olson – percussion (1, 2) * John Michel – backing vocals (1, 3, 6, 10, 14), percussion (8, 9, 10) * Mo Lipps – trumpet (2) * Michael Jude – backing vocals (1, 3, 6, 10, 14) * Leigh Jude – backing vocals (10) * Claudia Potimkin – backing vocals (10) * Claire Stasior – backing vocals (10) * Paris Delane – vocals (14)

Production

* John Oates – producer, arrangements * Jed Leiber – producer, arrangements * Peter Moshay – rhythm track recording, mixing * Jamie Rosenberg – vocal, guitar and percussion recording * Todd Goldstein – recording (14) * Tom Fritze – additional recording (1-11), recording (12, 13) * Michael Olsen – additional recording (1-11), recording (12, 13) * Tanner Oates – assistant engineer (1-11) * Oren Hader – assistant engineer (13) *

Bob Ludwig Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...

– mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) * Art Burrows – design, photography * Aimee Oates – titles

References

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