| Peabo | ||||
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| Released | September 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider Studios, Web IV Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound Studios. | |||
| Genre | Soul, funk | |||
| Label | Bullet | |||
| Producer | Peabo Bryson | |||
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Peabo is the debut album by soul vocalist Peabo Bryson. Luther Vandross and Cissy Houston were among the background vocalists on this album.
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Released in 1976 on Bullet Records, this was Bryson's only album with the label before moving on to Capitol Records. Capitol subsequently took control of the rights to this album and the rest of his Bullet recordings released and unreleased.
All songs written by Peabo Bryson, except where noted.
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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| US Top Soul Albums [2] | 48 |
| Year | Single | Chart positions [3] |
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| US R&B | ||
| 1976 | "It's Just A Matter Of Time" | 22 |
| "Underground Music" | 22 | |
| 1977 | "I Can Make It Better" | 23 |
| "Just Another Day" | 27 | |
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Live & More is a two-disc live album between Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson.
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Love Language is the eighth album by R&B/Soul crooner Teddy Pendergrass. It was his first record for Asylum Records after being a longtime artist on Philadelphia International Records. It did much better on the Billboard 200 than his last two records, peaking at #38. He had not reached the top 40 on the album charts since 1981's It's Time for Love. The album was composed and produced by Michael Masser, with the exception of the track You're My Choice Tonight , which was produced by Luther Vandross and featured Cissy Houston on background vocals and as "Solo Female Voice".
Bustin' Loose is a soundtrack album released by Roberta Flack in 1981. It was recorded for the movie of the same title starring Richard Pryor. Luther Vandross and Peabo Bryson contributed vocals to the album and Vandross wrote the song, "You Stopped Loving Me", which he later performed himself on his debut album Never Too Much.
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We're the Best of Friends is a 1979 duet album by American vocalists Natalie Cole and Peabo Bryson. It was released on November 2, 1979 by Capitol Records.
Reaching for the Sky is the second album by soul vocalist Peabo Bryson.
Paradise is the fifth album by soul vocalist Peabo Bryson.
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Can You Stop the Rain is the fifteenth studio album by American singer Peabo Bryson. It was released by Columbia Records on June 4, 1991 in the United States. Following the release of All My Love (1989), his sole return release with his longtime label, Capitol Records, the singer signed with label Columbia to complete work on his next project along with Walter Afanasieff, Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff, and Barry Mann. Bryson himself became instrumental in composing and producing several songs on his own for the album along with Sir Gant and Dwight W. Watkins.
