A Song for You (The Temptations album)

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A Song for You
Suzee Wendy Ikeda, Clayton Ivey, Terry Woodford
The Temptations chronology
1990
(1973) 		A Song for You
(1975) 		House Party
(1975)
Singles from A Song for You
  1. "Happy People"
    Released: November 21, 1974
  2. "Shakey Ground"
    Released: February 17, 1975
  3. "Glasshouse"
    Released: June 18, 1975

A Song for You is a 1975 album by

the Commodores), and "Shakey Ground
", one of the group's final R&B #1 songs.

Music and lyrics

The title track features lead singer Dennis Edwards on a song written by Leon Russell. Richard Street and Melvin Franklin sing lead on the track "Firefly".

A Song for You features a familiar device of the time used to exhibit the versatility of 1970s soul groups: one side features up-tempo cuts and the other side focuses on ballads. Several songs on side one such as "Glass House" and "Shakey Ground" featured

P-Funk-backed dance grooves and even a writing credit for former Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel
, while side two had tracks such as "I'm a Bachelor" and "Memories", which showcased a more subdued style of soul.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]

This album, while it was initially panned by the

Rolling Stone Record Guide, proved its worth, going gold (selling over 500,000 copies) and winning the 1976 American Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album. This was also the final album by Eddie Kendricks's replacement Damon Harris
, who was let go after this album. He would rejoin his Young Tempts (aka "the Young Vandals") bandmates as Impact.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleMusicLength
1."
Kathy Wakefield
, Larry Duncan		4:28
5."Happy People" (Instrumental)Lionel Richie, Jeffrey Bowen, Donald Baldwin2:27
Side two
No.TitleMusicLength
1."A Song for You"Dennis Edwards, Leon Russell4:40
2."Memories"Dennis Edwards, Donald Baldwin, Kathy Wakefield, Jeffrey Bowen6:01
3."I'm a Bachelor"Dennis Edwards, Otis Williams, Damon Harris, Richard Street, Melvin Franklin4:21
4."Firefly"Richard Street, Melvin Franklin, Jesse Boyce4:02

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Australian Albums (
Kent Music Report)[3]
 77
Canadian Albums (RPM)[4] 14
Finnish Albums (
Suomen virallinen lista)[5]
 9
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] 62
US Billboard 200[7] 13

See also

  • List of number-one R&B albums of 1975 (U.S.)

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ISBN 089919026X
    . Retrieved March 15, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
  4. ^ "RPM: The Temptations (albums)". RPM Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-04-15. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  5. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5
    .
  6. ISBN 4-87131-077-9
    .
  7. ^ "The Temptations US Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
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