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Teddy Pendergrass (album)

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Released
  
June 12, 1977

Genre
  
R&B, Soul

Recorded
  
1976–1977

Studio
  
Sigma Sound Studios, Philadephia

Label
  
Philadephia International

Producer
  
Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, John Whitehead, Gene McFadden

Teddy Pendergrass was the debut solo album from the American R&B/soul singer, Teddy Pendergrass.

Contents

Released in 1977. It did well for a debut album, reaching #17 on the US Billboard 200 and #5 on the Billboard R&B album chart. Two singles were released: "I Don't Love You Anymore"; and "The Whole Town's Laughing at Me", reaching #41 pop & #5 R&B; and R&B #16, respectively.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff; except where indicated

  1. "You Can't Hide from Yourself" 4:08
  2. "Somebody Told Me" (Victor Carstarphen, Kenny Gamble, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead) 5:15
  3. "Be Sure" 5:19
  4. "And If I Had" 4:26
  5. "I Don't Love You Anymore" 4:01
  6. "The Whole Town's Laughing at Me" (Sherman Marshall, Ted Wortham) 4:30
  7. "Easy, Easy, Got to Take It Easy" (Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead) 4:55
  8. "The More I Get, the More I Want" (Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead) 4:26

Personnel

  • Teddy Pendergrass - vocals
  • Roland Chambers, Dennis Harris - guitar
  • Dexter Wansel, Victor Carstarphen, Ron Kersey - keyboards, synthesizers
  • Michael "Sugar Bear" Foreman, Jimmy Williams - bass
  • Keith Benson, Karl Chambers, Charles Collins - drums, percussion
  • Larry Washington - bongos, congas
  • MFSB - strings, horns
  • Bobby Martin, Jack Faith - arrangements
    • Technical
  • Ed Lee - album design, artwork
  • Frank Laffitte - photography

    • Charts

    Singles

    Later samples

  • "You Can't Hide from Yourself"
  • "Portrait of a Masterpiece" by The D.O.C. from the album No One Can Do It Better
  • "And If I Had"
  • "Devil's Pie" by D'Angelo from the album Voodoo
  • "Cradle to the Grave" by Mobb Deep from the album The Infamous
  • "Easy Easy Got to Take It Easy"
  • "Not Enough" by Little Brother from the album The Minstrel Show

    • References

    Teddy Pendergrass (album) Wikipedia
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