Slick (album)

Slick
Studio album by Eddie Kendricks
Released	August 1977
Recorded	1975–1976
Studio	The Sound Suite & United Sound Systems, Detroit
Genre	Soul
Label	Tamla Records
Producer	Leonard Caston
Eddie Kendricks chronology
Goin' Up in Smoke (1976) Slick (1977) Vintage '78 (1978)
Singles from Slick
"Intimate Friends" Released: December 22, 1977

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Slick is the ninth album by former Temptations vocalist Eddie Kendricks, released in August 1977 on the Tamla imprint of Motown Records. It reached No. 47 on the Billboard Soul Albums chart. Kendricks made it known to management that he was not going to remain with Motown. For this, his last studio lp for the company he was teamed again with Leonard Caston. Caston, along with Frank Wilson, played a major role in Kendricks solo success. Credited on backing vocals as Jean Thompson is actually Jean Terrell, former lead singer of the Supremes. Terrell is quite audible on Something Shady (Is Going On). Knowing that Kendricks was leaving the label, Motown gave practically no promotion to this album which only made a dent on Soul album charts

Track listing

1. "Something Shady (Is Going On)" (Leonard Caston Jr., Ronn Matlock) 5:07
2. "Baby" (Leonard Caston Jr., Terri McFaddin) 3:52
3. "I Want to Live My Life with You" (Diane Goosby, Leonard Caston Jr.) 3:42
4. "You Got It" (Leonard Caston Jr., Terri McFaddin) 3:25
5. "Intimate Friends" (Garry Glenn) 5:49
6. "Diamond Girl" (Jim Seals, Dash Crofts) 4:25
7. "Then Came You" (Diane Goosby, Leonard Caston Jr.) 7:31
8. "I'll Have to Let You Go" (Kathy Wakefield, Leonard Caston Jr.) 4:34
9. "California Woman" (Kathy Wakefield, Leonard Caston Jr.) 3:31

Personnel

• Eddie Kendricks - lead and backing vocals
• Eddie Willis, Robert White - guitar
• Lee Marcus, Quentin Dennard, Richard "Pistol" Allen, Uriel Jones - drums
• Roderick Chandler - bass
• George Roundtree, Leonard Caston Jr. - keyboards
• Jack Brokensha - percussion
• Gerry Paul - congas
• Larry Nozero - alto saxophone
• Barbara Dickerson, Carolyn Majors, Cheryl Lynn, Danny Smith, Donna Thedford, Jean Thompson, Patricia Smith, Phylis Cole, Theo Turner, Victor Caston - backing vocals
• David Willardson - cover illustration

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Billboard Top Soul Albums [2]	47

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions [3]
		US R&B
1978	"Intimate Friends"	24

Samples

• "Intimate Friends" has been sampled by multiple artists for various songs, including:
  • "Goin' In For Life" by Drake from Comeback Season .
  • "Light" by Big Sean from I Decided .
  • "Unbreakable" by Alicia Keys from Unplugged .
  • "Fall in Love (Your Funeral)" by Erykah Badu from New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) .
  • "Another Summer" by 213 from their The Hard Way album.
  • "Old Times Sake" by Sweet Sable from the soundtrack to Above the Rim .
  • "A Penny For My Thoughts" by Common (known at the time as Common Sense) from Can I Borrow a Dollar? .

References

1. Planer, Lindsay. Eddie Kendricks: Slick > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
2. "Eddie Kendricks US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
3. "Eddie Kendricks US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 23, 2011.

External links

• Eddie Kendricks-Slick at Discogs.com