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| Released | 1978 | |||
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| Genre | Philadelphia soul | |||
| Label | Salsoul | |||
| Producer | Norman Harris, Ron Tyson, Bunny Sigler, Ron Kersey, Bruce Hawes | |||
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Fourplay is the second studio album by American male vocal quartet Double Exposure, released in 1978 on the Salsoul label.
The album features the song "Newsy Neighbors", which failed to chart. One other single, "Perfect Lover", was released. It also failed to chart.
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The Bay State Banner called the album "a typical Philadelphia production, and some of the arrangements sound like they were taken off the assembly line... But you do hear 'Singing' on this record rather than chanting or background warbling, and that's one thing to be thankful for." [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Declare War" | Norman Harris, Jimmy Hendricks, Mikki Farrow | 5:55 |
| 2. | "Handy Man" | Ron Tyson, Edward Moore | 2:58 |
| 3. | "Why Do You Have to Leave" | Bunny Sigler | 4:16 |
| 4. | "Falling in Love" | Ron Tyson, Edward Moore | 5:26 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 5. | "Newsy Neighbors" | Norman Harris, Allan Felder | 4:52 |
| 6. | "Perfect Lover" | Jerry Akines, Johnny Bellmon, Buddy Turner | 5:03 |
| 7. | "There Is No Reason" | Bruce Gray | 4:25 |
| 8. | "There's Something Missing" | Brian Evens, Mel Hugee, Gene Hendricks | 4:38 |
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