Right on Time (The Brothers Johnson album)

For the album by Gretchen Wilson, see Right on Time (Gretchen Wilson album).
Right On Time
Studio album by Brothers Johnson
Released 1977
Recorded Feb 1, 1977 - Mar 21, 1977
Genre Funk, pop
Length 31:33
Label A&M Records
Producer Quincy Jones
Brothers Johnson chronology
Look Out for #1
(1976)		 Right On Time
(1977)		 Blam!
(1978)

Right On Time is the second album by the Los Angeles, California-based duo Brothers Johnson. Released in 1977, the album peaked at number two on the R&B albums chart and number thirteen on the pop albums chart in the U.S. It includes the number-one R&B song, Strawberry Letter 23, and winner of a Grammy Award in 1978 for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, "Q".

Critical reception

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "C+" grade and panned the duo for how "bland" and lifeless they made their funk: "Pop professionalism reduced to a concept in which all annoyances and other signs of life are eliminated".[1] In a retrospective review, Allmusic's Stephen Cook gave it four-and-a-half out of five stars and credited Quincy Jones for producing a "seamless mix of pop and funk".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Runnin' For Your Lovin'" - (George Johnson, Louis Johnson) 5:05
  2. "Free Yourself, Be Yourself" - (George Johnson, Louis Johnson) 4:14
  3. "Q" - (George Johnson, Louis Johnson) 3:25
  4. "Right On Time" - (George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Quincy Jones) 3:50
  5. "Strawberry Letter 23" - (Shuggie Otis) 4:58
  6. "Brother Man" - (Dave Grusin, George Johnson, Louis Johnson) 3:10
  7. "Never Leave You Lonely" - (Louis Johnson, Peggy Jones, Valerie Johnson) 3:02
  8. "Love Is" - (George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Peggy Jones, Quincy Jones) 4:20

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[3] 13
Billboard Top Soul Albums[3] 2
Billboard Jazz Albums[3] 4

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[4]
US US
R&B
1977 "Strawberry Letter 23" 5 1
"Runnin' For Your Lovin'" 107 20
1978 "Love Is" — 50

References

  1. ↑ Christgau, Robert (September 5, 1977). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice (New York). Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ Cook, Stephen. "Right on Time - The Brothers Johnson". Allmusic. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Brothers Johnson US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  4. ↑ "The Brothers Johnson US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-27.

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