Grand Funk Lives is the 12th studio album by Grand Funk Railroad. The album was released in 1981 by Full Moon Records. It was their first album since disbanding in 1976. Although known as a reunion album, it did not feature bassist Mel Schacher or keyboard player Craig Frost. The album was the first to feature bassist Dennis Bellinger and the first and only to feature keyboardist Lance Duncan Ong.

Grand Funk Lives
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1981[1]
Genre
Length34:41
LabelFull Moon
ProducerAndrew Cavaliere, Bob Destocki, Thom Panunzio
Grand Funk Railroad chronology
Grand Funk Hits
(1976)
Grand Funk Lives
(1981)
What's Funk?
(1983)
Singles from Grand Funk Lives
  1. "Y.O.U."
    Released: September 1981
  2. "Stuck in the Middle"
    Released: December 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

The track "Queen Bee" was featured in the 1981 motion picture soundtrack for the animated film Heavy Metal.

Track listing

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All songs written and composed by Mark Farner, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Good Times"2:05
2."Queen Bee"3:13
3."Testify"2:58
4."Can't Be with You Tonight"3:29
5."No Reason Why"4:47
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (Mann, Weil)3:55
7."Y.O.U."2:53
8."Stuck in the Middle"3:09
9."Greed of Man"5:00
10."Wait for Me"4:52

Personnel

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Charts

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Album

Year Chart Peak Position
1981 Billboard 200 149[4]

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1981 "Stuck in the Middle" Billboard 108[5]

References

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  1. ^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 35.
  2. ^ "AllMusic Review by Joe Viglione". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 287.
  4. ^ Grand Funk Railroad, Grand Funk Lives Chart Position Retrieved March 25, 2015
  5. ^ Grand Funk Railroad, "Stuck in the Middle" Chart Positions Retrieved March 25, 2015