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Showcase (The Sylvers album)

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Released
  
August 20, 1975

Release date
  
20 August 1975

Label
  
Capitol Records

Artist
  
The Sylvers

Producer
  
Freddie Perren

Genres
  
Soul music, Disco

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Recorded
  
1974–1975 Total Experience Recording Studios Hollywood, California

Showcase (1975)
  
Something Special (1976)

Similar
  
New Horizons, The Sylvers III, Something Special, The Sylvers II, Forever Yours

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Showcase is the fourth album by the Los Angeles, California-based R&B group The Sylvers.

Contents

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Reception

Released in 1975, This would be their first of three albums for Capitol Records and one of two that were produced by Freddie Perren.

The album released only two singles: "Boogie Fever" reaching number one in the U.S. on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts as well as reaching number one in Canada on the RPM national singles chart in 1976. The second single "Cotton Candy" peaked on Billboard R&B Chart Position #19.

Track listing

  1. "Cotton Candy" (Kenneth St. Lewis, Freddie Perren, Christine Yarian) – 2:55
  2. "The Roulette Wheel of Love" (Freddie Perren, Kenneth St. Lewis) – 3:25
  3. "Boogie Fever" (Freddie Perren, Kenneth St. Lewis) – 3:25
  4. "Storybook Girl" (R. Wyatt, Christine Yarian, St. Lewis) – 3:20
  5. "Ain't No Good in Good-Bye" (Freddie Perren, Kenneth St. Lewis) – 3:40
  6. "Free Style" (Leon Sylvers III) – 2:59
  7. "I Can Be for Real" (Leon Sylvers III) – 3:38
  8. "Clap Your Hands to the Music" (Leon Sylvers III) – 3:30
  9. "Keep On Keepin' On" (R. Wyatt, Christine Yarian, Freddie Perren) – 3:16
  10. "Ain't Nothin' but a Party" (Leon Sylvers III) – 5:24

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Freddie Perren - producer, arranger
  • Wade Marcus - arranger
  • Larkin Arnold - executive producer
  • Larry Miles - recording engineer, remixing
  • Steve Pouliot - assistant engineer
  • Andrew Berliner - engineer (strings and horns)
  • Jeff Sanders - mastering
  • Songs

    1Cotton Candy2:55
    2The Roulette Wheel of Love3:25
    3Boogie Fever3:28

    References

    Showcase (The Sylvers album) Wikipedia