Everything's Coming Up Love

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Everything's Coming Up Love
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1976
Genre Soul, R&B
Label Motown
Producer Van McCoy
David Ruffin chronology
Who I Am
(1975)
Everything's Coming Up Love
(1976)
In My Stride
(1977)
Singles from Everything's Coming Up Love
  1. "Everything's Coming Up Love"
    Released: May 1976
  2. "On And Off"
    Released: September 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Everything's Coming Up Love is a 1976 album from then-former Temptations singer, David Ruffin.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Van McCoy; except where indicated

  1. "Discover Me"
  2. "First Round Knock-Out"
  3. "Good Good Times" (Charles H. Kipps, Jr.)
  4. "On and Off"
  5. "Ready, Willing And Able"
  6. "Everything's Coming Up Love"
  7. "Let's Get Into Something"
  8. "Until We Said Goodbye" (Charles H. Kipps, Jr.)

Personnel

Chart history

Chart (1976)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 51 [2]
U.S. Billboard R&B Albums 16 [2]

Singles

YearSingleChart positions
US US
R&B
1976"Everthing's Coming Up Love"498
1976"On and Off"48
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 https://www.allmusic.com/album/r17036/charts-awards