Commodores (album)
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| Studio album by Commodores | ||||
| Released | March 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1976-77 | |||
| Genre | Funk, Soul | |||
| Length | 38:22 | |||
| Label | Motown Records | |||
| Producer | James Anthony Carmichael The Commodores | |||
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Commodores is a self-titled album released in 1977 by the Commodores. The album spent eight weeks atop the R&B/Soul Albums chart as their second album to do so, and was their first Top 5 Pop Album.
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[edit] Reception
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The band employed a variety of musical stylings for the album, highlighted by the popular sex anthem "Brick House". With Walter Orange's squeaking/growling voice on the lead, and Ronald LaPread's roundtone bassline, this cut peaked on the U.S. Hot 100 at #5, and the U.S. R&B Chart at #4. As their second single, "Brick House" helped propel the Commodores into the spotlight as a premier R&B act.
In contrast to "Brick House", "Easy" is a pop-souls ballad featuring mellow vocals by Lionel Richie with a Southern country twist. A famous cover of "Easy" was done by the band Faith No More.
"Zoom" is one of the Commodores best known tunes despite not being released as a single in the US. It reached #38 on the UK singles chart. [2] Fergie sampled "Zoom" in her song "All That I Got (The Make-Up Song)" from the album The Dutchess.
In the UK this album was released as Zoom on Tamla Motown STML 12057.
The album was dedicated to Kathy Faye LaPread, bassist Ronald LaPread's wife who passed away from cancer around that time.
[edit] Track listing
- Squeeze the Fruit - (Walter Orange) 3:00
- Funny Feelings - (Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary) 4:51
- Heaven Knows - (Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary) 4:41
- Zoom - (Lionel Richie, Ronald La Pread) 6:43
- Won't You Come Dance With Me - (Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary) 3:47
- Brick House - (Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Walter Orange, Ronald La Pread, Thomas McClary, William King) 3:27
- Funky Situation - (William King) 3:39
- Patch It Up - (Milan Williams) 3:58
- Easy - (Lionel Richie) 4:16
[edit] Charts
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| 1977 | Commodores | 3 | 1 |
[edit] Singles
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| 1977 | "Brick House" | 5 | 4 | 34 |
| "Easy" | 4 | 1 | — | |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r4384/review
- ^ Zoom Songfacts
- ^ "The Commodores US albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3948/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ "The Commodores US singles chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3948/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
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