Modern Heart (Champaign album)

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Modern Heart
Champaign - Modern Heart album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1983 (1983-03) [1]
RecordedMay–August 1982
StudioCreative Audio (Urbana), George Massenburg Studios (West Los Angeles). Strings recorded at Universal Recording (Chicago). Track 5 recorded live at Smith Music Hall (University of Illinois)
Genre R&B
Label Columbia
Producer George Massenburg, Champaign
Champaign chronology
How 'Bout Us
(1981)
Modern Heart
(1983)
Woman in Flames
(1984)
Singles from Modern Heart
  1. "Try Again"
    Released: February 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Modern Heart is the second studio album by American rhythm and blues group Champaign, released in March 1983 via Columbia Records. [1] The album did not chart in the United States, but the album's only official single [upper-alpha 1] "Try Again" peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2]

Contents

Track listing

[1]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let Your Body Rock"
  • Michael Day
  • Arthur King
4:18
2."Try Again"
  • Michael Day
  • Rocky Maffit
  • Dana Walden
3:46
3."Party Time"
  • Michael Day
  • Rocky Maffit
3:51
4."Cool Running"
  • Michael Day
  • Pauli Carman
  • Rocky Maffit
3:16
5."Walkin'"Rocky Maffit2:07
6."Keep It Up"
  • Dana Walden
  • Michael Day
  • Pauli Carman
  • Rocky Maffit
3:58
7."Love Games"Dana Walden4:39
8."Get It Again"
  • Dana Walden
  • Leon Howard Reeder
  • Pauli Carman
3:38
9."International Feel"
  • Michael Day
  • Rocky Maffit
  • Dana Walden
4:32

Notes

  1. "Let Your Body Rock" was released from the album as a promotional single.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Wynn, Ron. "Modern Heart - Champaign | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  2. "Champaign - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved August 19, 2017.