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Released
  
June 1976

Hot on the Tracks (1976)
  
Commodores (1977)

Release date
  
June 1976

Producer
  
James Anthony Carmichael

Length
  
38:25

Artist
  
Commodores

Label
  
Motown/Universal Records

Genres
  
Funk, Soul music

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Recorded
  
1976 at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA

Similar
  
Commodores albums, Soul music albums

Hot on the Tracks is the fourth studio album by the Commodores, released by Motown Records in 1976. It includes the Top Ten single "Just to Be Close to You". The album was the band's first to make top the R&B albums chart, where it stayed for six non-consecutive weeks, and peaked two positions below the Top 10 on the pop albums chart.

Contents

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Let's Get Started" - (Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Walter Orange, Ronald La Pread, Thomas McClary, William King) – 3:55
  2. "Girl, I Think the World About You" - (Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary) – 4:33
  3. "High On Sunshine" - (Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary) – 4:25
  4. "Just to Be Close to You" - (Lionel Richie) – 6:23

Side Two

  1. "Fancy Dancer" (Lionel Richie, Ronald La Pread) – 3:51
  2. "Come Inside" (Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary) – 4:26
  3. "Thumpin' Music" (William King) – 3:26
  4. "Captain Quickdraw" (Milan Williams) – 4:20
  5. "Can't Let You Tease Me" (Walter Orange) – 3:18

Personnel

  • Lionel Richie – vocals, saxophone, keyboards
  • Thomas McClary – vocals, guitar
  • Milan Williams – keyboards
  • Ronald LaPread – bass guitar
  • William King – trumpet
  • Walter Orange – drums, vocals, percussion

    • Songs

    1Let's Get Started3:58
    2Girl I Think the World About You4:26
    3High on Sunshine3:08

    References

    Hot on the Tracks Wikipedia
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