Showcase (album)

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Showcase
Studio album by The Sylvers
Released 1975
Recorded 1975
Genre Soul Disco
Label Capitol Records
Producer Freddie Perren
The Sylvers chronology
The Sylvers III
(1974)		 Showcase
(1975)		 Something Special
(1976)

Showcase is the fourth album by the Los Angeles, California-based R&B group The Sylvers.

Contents

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]

Released in 1975, This would be their first of three albums for Capital Records. Produced by Freddie Perren.

The album released only two singles: "Boogie Fever" reaching number one in the U.S. on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts as well as reaching number one in Canada on the RPM national singles chart in 1976.[2] The second single Cotton Candy peaked on Billboard R&B Chart Position #19.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Cotton Candy" (Kenneth St. Lewis, Freddie Perren, Yarian) 2:55
  2. "The Roulette Wheel Of Love" (Freddie Perren, Kenneth St. Lewis) 3:25
  3. "Boogie Fever" (Freddie Perren, Kenneth St. Lewis) 3:25
  4. "Storybook Girl" (Wyatt, Yarian, St. Lewis) 3:20
  5. "Ain't No Good in Good-Bye" (Freddie Perren, Kenneth St. Lewis) 3:40
  6. "Free Style" (Leon Sylvers III) 2:59
  7. "I Can Be For Real" (Leon Sylvers III) 3:38
  8. "Clap Your Hands To The Music" (Leon Sylvers III) 3:30
  9. "Keep On Keepin' On" (R. Wyatt, C. Yarian, Freddie Perren) 3:16
  10. "Ain't Nothin' But A Party" (Leon Sylvers III) 5:24

[edit] Charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[3] 58
Billboard Top Soul Albums[3] 23

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart positions[4]
US US
R&B
1975 "Boogie Fever" 1 1
1976 "Cotton Candy" 59 19

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hanson, Amy. The Sylvers: Showcase > Review at Allmusic. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  2. ^ Top Singles - Volume 25, No. 7, May 15 1976
  3. ^ a b "The Sylvers US albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p20894/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-08-17. 
  4. ^ "The Sylvers US singles chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p20894/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-08-17. 
The Sylvers
Studio albums
The Sylvers (1972) · The Sylvers II (1973) · The Sylvers III (1974) · Showcase (1975) · Something Special (1976) · New Horizons (1977) · Forever Yours (1978) · Disco Fever (1979) · Concept (1981) · Bizarre (1984)
Compilation albums
Best of the Sylvers (1978) · Greatest Hits (1994) · Boogie Fever: The Best of the Sylvers (1995) · Classic Masters (2002) · The Best of the Sylvers (2003)
Singles
"I'm Just a Lonely Soul" (1971) · "Time to Ride" (1972) · "Fool's Paradise" (1972) · "Wish I Could Talk To You" (1972) · "Stay Away From Me" (1973) · "Through The Love In My Heart" (1974) · "I Aim To Please" (1974) · "Boogie Fever" (1976) · "Cotton Candy" (1976) · "Hot Line" (1976) · "High School Dance" (1977) · "Any Way You Want Me" (1977) · "New Horizons" (1978) · "Don't Stop, Get Off" (1978) · "Forever Yours" (1979) · "Mahogany" (1979) · "Dance Right Now" (1979) · "Hoochie Coochie Dancin'" (1979) · "Come Back Lover, Come Back" (1981) · "Take It To The Top" (1982) · "In One Love And Out The Other" (1984) · "Falling For Your Love" (1985)
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