Cupid's in Fashion

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Cupid’s in Fashion
Average White Band Cupids In Fashion.jpg
Studio album by
Released1982
StudioSigma Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Blue-eyed soul, funk, soul
Label RCA
Producer Dan Hartman
Average White Band chronology
Shine
(1980)
Cupid’s in Fashion
(1982)
Aftershock
(1989)
Alternative Album Art
Average White Band Cupids In Fashion2.jpg

Cupid's in Fashion is the ninth album by the Average White Band (also AWB), a Scottish funk and R&B band. It was released in 1982 on the RCA label and peaked at #49 in the R&B album charts. [1]

Contents

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "You’re My Number One" (Dan Hartman)
  2. "Easier Said Than Done" (Kashif)
  3. "You Wanna Belong" (Roger Ball, Vivian Cherry)
  4. "Cupid’s in Fashion" (Hamish Stuart, Alan Gorrie, Roger Ball, White)
  5. "Theatre of Excess" (Alan Gorrie, White)
Side 2
  1. "I Believe" (Keith Forsey, Harold Faltermeyer)
  2. "Is it Love That You’re Running From" (Alan Gorrie)
  3. "Reach Out I'll Be There" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  4. "Isn’t it Strange" (Hamish Stuart, Ned Doheny)
  5. "Love’s a Heartache" (Ned Doheny)

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Personnel

Average White Band

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Additional musicians [2]

Production

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References

  1. "Album Search for "cupids in fashion"". AllMusic .
  2. 1 2 3 4 Original album sleeve notes