Claudine | ||||
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Released | March 1974 | |||
Recorded | Curtom Studios (Chicago, Illinois) | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 30:18 | |||
Label | Buddah | |||
Producer | Curtis Mayfield | |||
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Curtis Mayfield chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | A− [2] |
Rolling Stone | (not rated) [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Claudine is a Gladys Knight &the Pips album,written and produced by Curtis Mayfield. The disc is the soundtrack album for the 1974 20th Century Fox motion picture Claudine ,starring James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll. The album was released in March 1974 on the Buddah label.
The first single release,"On and On",reached #2 on the R&B chart and #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. A second single,"Make Yours a Happy Home",was released two years later in 1976 and was a moderate hit,peaking at #13 R&B and #35 on the UK Singles Chart. The album also included one instrumental,"Claudine Theme". The album was also their third of five R&B albums chart-toppers. Also included is a cover of Mayfield's "The Makings of You".
All tracks are written by Curtis Mayfield
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Mr. Welfare Man" | 5:30 |
2. | "To Be Invisible" | 3:45 |
3. | "On and On" | 3:44 |
4. | "The Makings of You" | 2:24 |
No. | Title | Length |
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5. | "Claudine Theme" (Instrumental) | 4:30 |
6. | "Hold On" | 5:17 |
7. | "Make Yours a Happy Home" | 4:35 |
Chart (1974) | Peak [5] |
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U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 35 |
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 1 |
Year | Single | Chart positions [5] | ||
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US | US R&B | UK [6] | ||
1974 | "On and On" | 5 | 2 | — |
1976 | "Make Yours a Happy Home" | — | 13 | 35 |
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