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Raydio (album)

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Released
  
1978

Genre
  
Funk, Soul

Producer
  
Ray Parker Jr.

Recorded
  
1977–1978

Label
  
Arista

Raydio (1978)
  
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Raydio is the self-titled debut album by the group Raydio, formed by session guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Ray Parker Jr.

Contents

History

Released in 1978 on Arista Records, it featured two hit pop singles: "Jack and Jill" (number 8 pop, number 5 R&B, number 11 in the UK) and "Is This A Love Thing" (number 20 R&B, number 27 UK). The album, which was produced, engineered, mixed and mostly written by Parker himself, reached a peak of number 11 on the charts in 1978 and was certified gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

All songs written by Ray Parker Jr. except where noted.

  1. "Is This a Love Thing" – 6:16
  2. "You Need This (To Satisfy That)" – 4:34
  3. "Betcha Can't Love Me Just Once" – 4:38
  4. "Honey I'm Rich" (Parker, Thurlene Johnson) – 3:10
  5. "Jack and Jill" – 4:33
  6. "Me" – 4:58
  7. "Let's Go All the Way" – 3:27
  8. "Get Down" (Instrumental) – 4:20

Raydio

  • Vincent Bonham – vocals
  • Arnell Carmichael – vocals
  • Ray Parker Jr. – guitars, vocals, recording engineer, mixing
  • Jerry Knight – bass, vocals

    • Additional personnel

  • Jack Ashford – tambourine
  • Ollie E. Brown – drums, percussion
  • Charles Fearing – guitars
  • Horatio Gordon – saxophone
  • Ken Peterson – trumpet
  • Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin – guitars, voice box
  • Sylvester Rivers – piano
  • Sylvia Duckworth, Valerie Jones, Francine Pearlman, Rochelle Runnels, Janice Williams - background vocals
  • Bernie Grundman - mastering
  • John E. Barrett, David Gahr, Free Lance Photographers - photography
  • Steve Feldman - art director

    • Charts

    Singles

    References

    Raydio (album) Wikipedia
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