Hot on the Tracks

Hot on the Tracks
Studio album by Commodores
Released	June 1976
Recorded	1976 at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Soul, funk
Length	38:25
Label	Motown
Producer	James Anthony Carmichael Commodores
Commodores chronology
Movin' On (1975) Hot on the Tracks (1976) Commodores (1977)

Hot on the Tracks is a Commodores album issued on Motown Records in 1976. It includes the Top Ten single "Just to Be Close to You". The album was the band's first to make top the R&B albums chart, where it stayed for six non-consecutive weeks, and peaked two positions below the Top 10 on the pop albums chart.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

1. Let's Get Started - (Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Walter Orange, Ronald La Pread, Thomas McClary, William King) 3:55
2. Girl, I Think the World About You - (Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary) 4:33
3. High On Sunshine - (Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary) 4:25
4. Just to Be Close to You - (Lionel Richie) 6:23
5. Fancy Dancer - (Lionel Richie, Ronald La Pread) 3:51
6. Come Inside - (Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary) 4:26
7. Thumpin' Music - (William King) 3:26
8. Captain Quickdraw - (Milan Williams) 4:20
9. Can't Let You Tease Me - (Walter Orange) 3:18

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions
		US	US R&B
1976	Hot on the Tracks	12	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1976	"Just to Be Close to You"	7	1	—
	"Let's Get Started"	—	—	3
1977	"Fancy Dancer"	39	9	33

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1976 (U.S.)

External links

• Commodores-Hot On The Tracks at Discogs