Propositions (album)

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Propositions
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 9, 1982
Recorded1982 at Ardent Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre
Label Mercury Records
Producer Allen Jones
The Bar-Kays chronology
Nightcruising
(1981)
Propositions
(1982)
Dangerous
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Propositions is an album by the Memphis, Tennessee-based funk band the Bar-Kays, released on Mercury Records in November 1982. The album reached number nine on the Billboard R&B albums chart and contained three hits: the uptempo singles "Do It (Let Me See You Shake)" and "She Talks To Me With Her Body", plus the Bar-Kays' most popular ballad "Anticipation".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Propositions" 5:49
  2. "Tripping Out" 4:54
  3. "Anticipation" 5:46
  4. "(Busted)" 2:05
  5. "Do It (Let Me See You Shake)" 6:02
  6. "She Talks To Me With Her Body" 6:06
  7. "I Can't Believe You're Leaving Me" 4:04
  8. "You Made a Change in My Life" 4:18

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Billboard Top Pop Albums [2] 51
Billboard Top Black Albums [2] 9

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [3]
US
R&B
US
Dance
1983"She Talks to Me with Her Body"1362
"Do It (Let Me See You Shake)"9-

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References

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  2. 1 2 "The Bar Kays US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  3. "The Bar Kays US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-14.