In the Pocket | ||||
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Released | June 22, 1981 | |||
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Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 36:27 | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Producer | James Anthony Carmichael, Commodores | |||
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Singles from In the Pocket | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
Stereo Review | (favourable) [3] [4] |
The Village Voice | B− [5] |
Boston Globe | (favourable) [6] |
In the Pocket is the ninth studio album by the American R&B/Funk group the Commodores, released by Motown Records in 1981.
It is the last Commodores album to feature Lionel Richie, as he left the band to start a solo career the following year. The bulk of the album was recorded at Web IV Recording Studio in Atlanta, Georgia. [7] This album contained two hit singles, "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" (U.S. #8) and "Oh No" (U.S. #4).
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" | Shirley Hanna-King, Harold Hudson, William King | 4:46 |
2. | "Saturday Night" | Hudson, Thomas McClary | 5:00 |
3. | "Keep on Taking Me Higher" | Hudson, McClary | 5:19 |
4. | "Oh No" | Lionel Richie | 2:51 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Why You Wanna Try Me" | David Cochrane, Richie | 4:36 |
2. | "This Love" | Walter Orange | 5:15 |
3. | "Been Loving You" | Orange | 3:52 |
4. | "Lucy" | Richie | 4:48 |
Weekly charts
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Country | Organization | Year | Sales |
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United States | RIAA | 1981 | Platinum (1,000,000) [17] |
Commodores
Additional personnel
The bulk of the album was recorded at Web IV Recording Studio in Atlanta, Georgia. [7]
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