Baddest (album)

Baddest
Compilation album by Grover Washington Jr.
Released	February 1981
Genre	Jazz, R&B
Label	Motown TMSP 6011
Producer	Grover Washington, Jr., Creed Taylor
Grover Washington Jr. chronology
Come Morning (1980) Baddest (1981) Anthology (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Baddest is a double compilation (1972–1978) album by American jazz musician Grover Washington Jr.^[3] The album was released in February 1981 via Motown label. The songs were conducted and arranged by Bob James.

Reception

An editor at Dusty Groove stated "An excellent 2LP set that compiles Grover's killer funky cuts for Kudu – packaged here in an expanded best-of set that Motown issued when they took over the Kudu distribution. We hardly need to tell you how great these cuts are..."^[4]

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "It Feels So Good" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter)
2. "Mister Magic" (Ralph MacDonald)
3. "No Tears, In the End" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter)
4. "Black Frost" (Bob James, Grover Washington, Jr.)
5. "Do Dat" (Leonard Gibbs)
6. "Summer Song" (Tyrone Brown, John E. Blake, Jr.)

Disc 2

1. "A Secret Place" (Grover Washington, Jr.)
2. "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers)
3. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (Marvin Gaye)
4. "Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)" (Marvin Gaye, James Nyx)
5. "Lean on Me" (Bill Withers)
6. "Masterpiece" (Norman Whitfield)

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Billboard Pop Albums[5]	96

References

1. "Grover Washington, Jr.: Baddest". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
2. Swenson, John (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. Random House. p. 203. ISBN 9780394726434. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
3. "Grover Washington, Jr. – Baddest". Discogs. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
4. "Baddest Grover Washington Jr". Dusty Groove. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
5. "Baddest". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 30, 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.