Headlights (album)

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Headlights
The Whispers Headlights album.jpg
Studio album by
Released1978
Recorded1978 at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, California
Genre Soul, funk, disco
Label SOLAR
Producer Dick Griffey, The Whispers
The Whispers chronology
Open Up Your Love
(1977)
Headlights
(1978)
Whisper in Your Ear
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Headlights is an album by The Whispers released in 1978 on the SOLAR Records label. This album charted at number 22 on the Billboard Soul Albums chart.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Headlights" Dick Griffey 7:32
2."(Olivia) Lost and Turned Out"Malcolm Anthony4:05
3."(Let's Go) All the Way" Melvin Ragin, Reginald Burke, Art Posey, Josef Brown4:50
4."(You're a) Special Part of My Life" Clarence McDonald, Deniece Williams, Lani Groves3:55
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."The Planets of Life"Ron Carson7:19
6."Try and Make It Better"Dick Griffey, Greg Phillinganes 6:00
7."Disco Melody"Merlin Bell3:40
8."Children of Tomorrow"Wayne Bell4:04

Credits

Charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums [2] 77
Billboard Top Soul Albums [2] 22

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [3]
US
R&B
1978"(Let's Go) All The Way"10
"(Olivia) Lost And Turned Out"13

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References

  1. Lytle, Craig. The Whispers: Headlights > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "The Whispers US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-04-14.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "The Whispers US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-04-14.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)