The Whole World's Dancing

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The Whole World's Dancing
The Whole World's Dancing album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 14, 1979
Studio
Genre Disco, soul
Length38:18
Label Atlantic
Producer Norman Harris, Bruce Gray, Ron Baker, Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey
The Trammps chronology
The Trammps III
(1977)
The Whole World's Dancing
(1979)
Mixin' It Up
(1980)

The Whole World's Dancing is the sixth studio album by American musical group the Trammps, released in 1979 through Atlantic Records.

Contents

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 184 on the Billboard 200. The album features the single "Soul Bones", which peaked at No. 91 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The New York Times noted that, "for simple-minded reductionism, these five men approach the Ramones, and presumably aren't trying to be funny or arty." [3]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Insurance Policy" Norman Harris, Bruce Gray7:02
2."Teaser"Norman Harris, Ron Tyson, Allan Felder 6:16
3."The Whole World's Dancing" Ron Baker 6:03
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."My Love, It's Never Been Better"Bruce Gray5:36
5."Soul Bones" Ron Kersey, Leroy Green5:35
6."Love Magnet"Norman Harris, Leroy Green4:41
7."More Good Times to Remember"Ron Baker3:05

Personnel

The Trammps
Additional personnel

Charts

Album

Chart (1979)Peaks
[4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 184

Singles

YearSinglePeaks
US
R&B

[4]
US
Dan

[4]
1978"Soul Bones"9131
1979"Teaser"75

References

  1. Elias, Jason. The Whole World's Dancing review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  2. Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 336.
  3. Rockwell, John (June 8, 1979). "The Pop Life: Four new disks by established black artists". The New York Times. p. C12.
  4. 1 2 3 "US Charts > The Trammps". Billboard . Retrieved May 25, 2017.