Macho Man (album)

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Macho Man
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Studio album by
Village People
ReleasedFebruary 27, 1978
Recorded1977
StudioSigma Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Disco
Length27:23
Label Casablanca
Producer Jacques Morali
Village People chronology
Village People
(1977)		Macho Man
(1978)		 Cruisin'
(1978)
Singles from Macho Man
  1. "Macho Man"
    Released: June 1978
  2. "I Am What I Am"
    Released: 1978
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide C [2]
Rolling Stone Favorable [3]

Macho Man is the second studio album [1] [3] [4] by Village People, released on February 27, 1978. The album gained success due to its hit singles, "Macho Man" (US Billboard pop chart No. 25) and "Key West". Rolling Stone said of the album, "It seems certain to become the first out-and-out disco album without John Travolta on its cover ever to be certified platinum". [4]

Contents

The album was reissued on CD in 1999.

Background

Village People began in 1977 as a studio project of French producers Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo and lead singer Victor Willis. Village People’s first album, Village People , was recorded by Willis with the help of studio musicians. After the success of that album, Morali and Belolo received numerous requests for live performances. In response, Morali and Belolo began to work on the formation of a full group of singers and dancers. They placed an ad in New York theatre trade magazines that read: "Macho Types Wanted: Must Dance and Have a Moustache". [5]

Randy Jones, known as the cowboy member of Village People, explains that "there was a dire need to have six capable performers to breathe life into the fantasies of the music and to sing, promote, and bring the concept of Village People to television and to the live performance onstage." [6] The new line-up of Willis, Jones, Glenn Hughes, Felipe Rose, David Hodo and Alex Briley made its debut on the cover of the already-recorded album Macho Man. [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jacques Morali, Victor Willis, Henri Belolo and Peter Whitehead, except where noted

Macho Man track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Macho Man"5:14
2."I Am What I Am"5:38
3."Key West"5:46
4."Just a Gigolo" (Leonello Casucci, Irving Caesar)1:15
5."I Ain't Got Nobody" (Spencer Williams, Roger A. Graham)3:22
6."Sodom and Gomorrah"6:15

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Macho Man
Chart (1978)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [8] 5
Canadian Albums ( RPM ) [9] 21
French Albums (SNEP) [10] 6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 37
US Billboard 200 [12] 24
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [12] 31
Zimbabwean Albums (ZIMA) [13] 11

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Macho Man
Chart (1978)Position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [14] 14

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Macho Man
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [15] Gold35,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [16] 3× Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [17] Platinum1,000,000^
Summaries
Worldwide—2,000,000 [18]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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