Graham Central Station (album)

In late 1972, Larry Graham quit Sly and the Family Stone because of tension between Larry and group leader Sly Stone. After agreeing to produce a band named Hot Chocolate (not to be confused with British pop band Hot Chocolate), he decided to join the band and renamed them Graham Central Station in 1973.

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Released in 1974, the album peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Top Soul Albums charts while single, "Can You Handle It?" peaked at #9 on the Billboard Soul Singles chart.

People was sampled by Das EFX and KAM while It Ain't No Thang to Me was sampled by Da Lench Mob. The Graham Central Station also covered Al Green's It Ain't No Fun to Me on the album.^[2][3]

All songs written by Larry Graham except where indicated

1. "We've Been Waiting" – 0:58
2. "It Ain't No Fun To Me" (Al Green) – 5:11
3. "Hair" – 4:55
4. "We Be's Gettin' Down" – 4:42
5. "Tell Me What It Is" – 5:56
6. "Can You Handle It?" – 5:12
7. "People" (Larry Graham, Freddie Stone) – 4:30
8. "Why?" – 3:37
9. "Ghetto" – 4:24

• Larry Graham – bass, guitar, piano, keyboards, drums, lead and backing vocals, horn arrangements
• Freddie Stone – guitar
• Hershall "Happiness" Kennedy – clavinet, trumpet
• Willie "Wild" Sparks – drums
• David "Dynamite" Vega – guitar
• Robert "Butch" Sam – piano, organ
• P. Caboose – tenor saxophone
• Patryce "Choc'Let" Banks – vocals, drum programming (Funk Box)
• Milt Holland – percussion
• Lenny Williams – vocals
• Clarence McDonald – string arrangements

• Mike Salisbury - cover design
• Herb Greene – photography

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