Phunk Shui (AKA All Good People) is a 2002 rock

Rock and roll

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 album

Album

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 by John Oates

John Oates

John William Oates is an American rock, R&B and soul guitarist, musician, songwriter and producer best known as half of the rock and soul duo Hall & Oates ....

 who is best known as being part of the rock & soul duo Hall & Oates

Hall & Oates

Hall & Oates are an American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates. They achieved their greatest fame in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. Both sing and play instruments. They specialized in a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues styles, which they dubbed "rock and soul."...

. The album was originally released August 20, 2002.

The Phunk Shui CD was released four more times, with bonus tracks added each time. On October 29, 2002, a Japan

Japan

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ese version added the bonus track "Mona Lisa's Eyes" (this version was released in the USA May 20, 2003 as All Good People). Two more bonus tracks were added November 18, 2003 (title changing back to Phunk Shui) for a new USA version ("Time Will Tell", and a live recording of "People Get Ready

People Get Ready (song)

"People Get Ready" was a 1965 single by The Impressions, and the title track from the album of the same name. The single is today the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the Billboard R&B Chart and number 14 on the Billboard Pop Chart...

"). In 2006 a DualDisc

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 version of Phunk Shui was released in 2006 under the title John Oates Solo - The Album, The Concert

John Oates Solo - The Album, The Concert

John Oates Solo - The Album, The Concert is a DualDisc release by John Oates. It features the DVD content of his 2004 release John Oates: Live At The Historic Wheeler Opera House on the DVD side of the DualDisc, and it contains the 14 track version of his 2002 studio album Phunk Shui on the CD...

. 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

John Oates: Live at the Historic Wheeler Opera House

John Oates: Live At The Historic Wheeler Opera House is a DVD by John Oates that was released May 4, 2004. It features the band Little Blue and Jed Leiber....

; the bonus live CD that accompanied the live DVD is not included.

The album title is a play on the Chinese system of aesthetics Feng Shui

Feng shui

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, which is pronounced 'fung-shway'.

Track listing

1. "Color of Love" (Jed Leiber, Oates) 3:58
2. "It Girl" (Leiber, Oates) 4:09
3. "All Good People" (Oates, Steve Postell) 3:22
4. "Love in a Dangerous Time" (Oates, A. Baker, T. Farager) 4:06
5. "Unspoken" (Keith Follese, Oates) 3:30
6. "Soul Slide" (Oates, Postell) 3:34
7. "Go Deep" (Oates, Leiber, T-Bone Walker) 5:33
8. "Little Angel" (Oates) 5:03
9. "Beauty" (Oates, Jamie Rosenberg) 3:14
10. "Phunk Shui" (Oates, Leiber, J. Pullin) 4:33
11. "Electric Ladyland" (Jimi Hendrix
    Jimi Hendrix
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    ) 3:59
12. "Mona Lisa's Eyes" (available on second and all releases afterward) (Oates, Leiber) 3:52
13. "Time Will Tell" (available on third release and all releases afterward) (Oates, Leiber) 4:14
14. "People Get Ready
    People Get Ready (song)
    "People Get Ready" was a 1965 single by The Impressions, and the title track from the album of the same name. The single is today the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the Billboard R&B Chart and number 14 on the Billboard Pop Chart...
    
    " (live) (available on third release and all releases afterward) (Curtis Mayfield
    Curtis Mayfield
    Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
    
    ) 3:47

Production

• Produced By John Oates & Jed Leiber
• Engineers: Tom Fritze, Ken Gioia, Todd Goldstein, Michael Olsen, Jamie Rosenberg
• Assistant Engineer: Oren Hadar
• Mixing: Peter Moshay

Personnel

• Drums
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  , Percussion: Steve Holley, Kevin Hupp, Shawn Pelton
  Shawn Pelton
  Shawn Pelton is a New York City-based studio and session drummer. Pelton has worked with the Backstreet Boys, Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, Bruce Springsteen, Celine Dion and Billy Joel...
  
  , John Michel
• Bass
  Bass guitar
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  : T-Bone Wolk
• Guitar
  Guitar
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  s: John Oates, Steve Postell, Kennard Ramsey, Jamie Rosenberg, Damian Smith, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk
• Keyboards: Jed Leiber
• Trumpet: Mo Lipps
• Additional Vocals: Blo Notes, Leigh Jude, Michael Jude, Claudia Potimkin, Claire Stasior

Trivia

• The John Oates: Live At The Historic Wheeler Opera House
  John Oates: Live at the Historic Wheeler Opera House
  John Oates: Live At The Historic Wheeler Opera House is a DVD by John Oates that was released May 4, 2004. It features the band Little Blue and Jed Leiber....
  
  DVD has music video
  Music video
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  s for "It Girl" (featuring Paris Hilton
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  ), "Little Angel," and "Color of Love."