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 one to make it atop the R&B Albums chart where it peaked for six nonconsecutive, and peaked two positions below the Top 10 on the Pop Albums chart.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

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[2]
US US
R&B
1976 Hot on the Tracks 12 1

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
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

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r4383/review
  2. ^ "The Commodores US albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3948/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-07-15. 
  3. ^ "The Commodores US singles chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3948/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-07-15. 
Commodores
Walter Orange · William King · J.D. Nicholas
Lionel Richie · Thomas McClary · Ronald LaPread · Milan Williams · Sheldon Reynolds · Harold Hudson · Skyler Jett
Albums

Machine Gun (1974) · Caught in the Act (1975) · Movin' On (1975) · Hot on the Tracks (1976) · Commodores (1977) · Natural High (1978) · Midnight Magic (1979) · Heroes (1980) · In the Pocket (1981) · Commodores 13 (1983) · Nightshift (1985) · United (1986) · Rock Solid (1988) · Commodores Christmas (1992) · No Tricks (1993)
Singles

"Slippery When Wet" (1975) · "Just to Be Close to You" (1976) · "Easy" (1977) · "Brick House" (1977) · "Too Hot ta Trot" (1978) · "Three Times a Lady" (1978) · "Still" (1979) · "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" (1981) · "Nightshift" (1985) · "Take It From Me" (1987)
Categories

Albums · Songs
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