Hot on the Tracks

Hot on the Tracks
File:The Commodores Hot on the Tracks.jpeg
Studio album by Commodores
Released	June 1976
Recorded	1976 at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Soul, funk
Length	38:25
Label	Motown
Producer	James Anthony Carmichael Commodores
Commodores chronology
Movin' On (1975)Movin' On1975 Hot on the Tracks (1976) Commodores (1977)Commodores1977

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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.

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

Charts

Year	Chart positions
	US	US R&B
1976	12	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1976	"Just to Be Close to You"	7	1	—
	"Let's Get Started"	—	—	3
1977	"Fancy Dancer"	39	9	33

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1976 (U.S.)

External links

• Commodores-Hot On The Tracks at Discogs