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Get Up and Boogie (sometimes also known simply as Silver Convention) is the second studio album by the German disco group Silver Convention, and perhaps best known for including the song "Get Up and Boogie", which hit #1 on June 15, 1976 in Canada[2] and reached #2 in the United States. As with their previous album, the lyrics are minimalistic.[citation needed] Released in 1976, it proved popular on the dance floors and experienced some commercial success as well, reaching number 9 on the Billboard Black Albums chart and number 13 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.[3] Critical reception of the album was mixed, both back then and today, although an Allmusic review called it "a respectable, if uneven, Euro-disco effort that boasts the disco smash 'Get Up and Boogie'".[4] The album has since been released on iTunes in several countries, sometimes under the title Silver Convention.

Track listing

All tracks written by Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager.

  1. "Get Up and Boogie"
  2. "No, No Joe"
  3. "You've Turned Me On (But You Can't Turn Me Off)"
  4. "San Francisco Hustle"
  5. "You've Got What It Takes (To Please Your Woman)"
  6. "The Boy with Ooh-La-La"
  7. "Old Wine in New Bottles"
  8. "Play Me Like a Yoyo"
  9. "Thank You, Mr. D.J."

Personnel

  • Vocals – Penny McLean, Linda G. Thompson and Jackie Carter
  • Drums and Percussion – Keith Forsey and Martin Harrison
  • Bass – Gary Unwin
  • Keyboards – Sylvester Levay
  • Congas – Charlie Campbell
  • Strings arranged by Fritz Sonnleithner

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  3. ^ Silver Convention – Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums, allmusic.com
  4. ^ Silver Convention – Review, allmusic.com