Sticky Situation (Expanded Edition)

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. When Epic/CBS Records released Tyrone Brunson's debut solo album, Sticky Situation, in 1983, the times were a-changin' for funk. The horn-powered sounds of Parliament/Funkadelic, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Tower of Power, the Ohio Players, the Bar-Kays and other funksters who had been popular during the 1970s were going out of style, and a new breed of funk was emerging: one that drew on the electronic breakthroughs of Kraftwerk and favored keyboards, synthesizers, drum machines, sequencers and vocoders over trumpets, saxophones and trombones. Singer/bassist/producer Brunson knew that change was in the air for funksters, and Sticky Situation reflects that transition to a more high tech style of funk. Boasting his smash hit The Smurf, 1983's Sticky Situation established singer/producer Tyrone Brunson as a major figure in the futuristic synthfunk and electro-hop movements of the 1980s.