The Manhattans (album)

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The Manhattans
Manhattans1976.jpg
Studio album by
Released1976
Studio
Genre Soul, R&B
Length34:24
Label Columbia
Producer Manhattans Productions, Inc., Bobby Martin, Bert deCoteaux
The Manhattans chronology
That's How Much I Love You
(1974)
The Manhattans
(1976)
It Feels So Good
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Manhattans is the seventh studio album by American vocal group, The Manhattans, released in 1976 through Columbia Records. This album has been Certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

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Reception

The album peaked at No. 6 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 16 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Kiss and Say Goodbye", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and the Billboard Hot 100, and "Hurt", which reached No. 10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 97 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Searching for Love"Mikki Farrow, Bruce Gray, Allan Felder 4:38
2."We'll Have Forever to Love"Edward Bivins3:09
3."Take It or Leave It" Ben Weisman, Evie Sands, Richard Germinaro3:17
4."Reasons" Maurice White, Charles Stepney, Philip Bailey 3:29
5."How Can Anything So Good Be So Bad for You?"Winfred Lovett3:10
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Hurt"Al Jacobs, Jimmie Crane3:03
7."Wonderful World of Love"Robert Riley Sr.2:47
8."If You're Ever Gonna Love Me"Frank Johnson3:08
9."La La La Wish Upon a Star" Teddy Randazzo, Victoria Pike, Roger Joyce3:27
10."Kiss and Say Goodbye"Winfred Lovett4:28

Charts

Album

Chart (1976)Peaks
[2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 16
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 6
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 39

Singles

YearSinglePeaks
US
[2]
US
R&B

[2]
US
A/C

[2]
1975"Hurt"9710
1976"Kiss and Say Goodbye"1112

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References

  1. Planer, Lindsay. The Manhattans review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "US Charts > The Manhattans". Billboard . Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 190. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.