In the City (Tavares album)

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In the City
Tavares In The City album.jpg
Studio album by
Tavares
ReleasedJuly 1975
StudioSound Labs
(Hollywood, California)
Genre R&B, soul
Length35:25
Label Capitol Records
Producer Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter
Tavares chronology
Hard Core Poetry
(1974)		In the City
(1975)		 Sky High!
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Record Guide B+ [2]

In the City is the third studio album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1975 on the Capitol label.

Contents

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 8 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 26 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "It Only Takes a Minute", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, The Edgar Winter Group's "Free Ride", which charted at No. 8 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 52 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "The Love I Never Had", which reached No. 11 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Only Takes a Minute" Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter 3:59
2."Fool's Hall of Fame" George Clinton 3:28
3."The Love I Never Had"Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter3:26
4."Nothing You Can Do" Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball 3:54
5."In the Eyes of Love"Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter3:42
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Ready, Willing and Able"Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter4:17
7."We Fit to a Tee"Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Willie Harry Wilson3:08
8."Free Ride" Dan Hartman 2:57
9."I Hope She Chooses Me"Willie Harry Wilson3:22
10."In the City"Feliciano Tavares, Lola Tavares 3:12

Charts

Album

Chart (1975)Peaks
[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 26
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 8

Singles

YearSinglePeaks
US
[3] 		US
R&B
[3] 		US
Dan
[3]
1975"It Only Takes a Minute"1012
"Free Ride"528—
1976"The Love I Never Had"—11—

References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Alex. In the City review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 15, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "US Charts > Tavares". Billboard . Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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