Sunbeam (album)
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| Sunbeam | ||||
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| Studio album by The Emotions | ||||
| Released | April 7, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977–78; Hollywood Sound Recorders and Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | R&B, Soul | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Maurice White | |||
| The Emotions chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Sunbeam is a 1978 album by American band The Emotions. Released on April 7, 1978 by Columbia Records, Sunbeam was certified Gold by the RIAA on September 14, 1978.[2]
Track listing
| Side one | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Smile" | Maurice White, Al McKay | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Love Is Right On" | Joseph Hutchinson, Jr., Keith Henderson | 4:19 |
| 3. | "Time Is Passing By" | Joseph Hutchinson | 3:19 |
| 4. | "Walking the Line" | Maurice White, Skip Scarborough | 5:21 |
| 5. | "Ain't No Doubt About It" | Sheila Hutchinson Whitt | 3:18 |
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 6. | "Love Vibes" | Jeanette Hawes, Lonnie Reaves | 3:12 |
| 7. | "I Wouldn't Lie" | Jon Lind, Fred Tacker | 4:33 |
| 8. | "My Everything" | Pamela Hutchinson, Wanda Hutchinson, Thomas McClary | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Spirit of Summer" | Eumir Deodato | 2:23 |
| 10. | "Whole Lot of Shakin'" | Maurice White, Al McKay | 3:18 |
| 11. | "Music Box" | Maurice White | 0:40 |
Personnel
- The Emotions
- Wanda Hutchinson – vocals
- Sheila Hutchinson Whitt – vocals
- Jeanette Hawes – vocals
- Musicians
- Terry L. Mashall, Skip Scarborough – keyboards
- Charles "Chuck-A-Luck" Hosch, Gary Grainger, Verdine White – bass
- Keith Henderson, Marlo Henderson, Jon Lind, Al McKay – guitars
- Donzell Davis, Fred White, Maurice White – drums
- Paulinho da Costa, Earl DeRouen – percussion
- Victor Feldman – vibes
- Oscar Brashear, Rahm Lee Davis, Chuck Findley, Michael Harris – trumpets
- George Bohanon, Louis Satterfield, Maurice Spears – trombones
- Barbara Korn, Sidney Muldrow, Alan Robinson, Gale Robinson, Marilyn Robinson – French horns
- Donald Myrick, George Patterson, Jr. – saxophones
- Murray Adler, Harry Bluestone, Ron Clark, Assa Drori, Ronald Folsom, Frank Foster, Janice Gower, Endre Granat, William Henderson, Davida Lou Johnson, Bernard Kundrell, Joseph Livoti, Joy Lyle, Stanley Plummer, Nathan Ross, Sheldon Sanov, Ilkka Talvi – violins
- Samuel Boghossian, Denyce Buffum, Gareth Nuttycombe – violas
- Armand Kaproff, Dennis Karmazyn, Raymond Kelley – cellos
- Tom Tom 84 (Thomas Washington) - horn and string arrangements
- Technical
- Tom Perry - engineer
- Andy Engel - album design
- Jürgen Reisch - photography
Charts
| Chart (1978) | Peak [3] |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 40 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 12 |
- Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] |
US R&B [3] |
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| 1978 | "Smile" | 102 | 6 |
| "Whole Lot of Shakin'" | — | 44 | |
| 1979 | "Walking the Line" | — | 58 |
References
- ↑ Lytle, Craig. Sunbeam > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- ↑ RIAA Ceertification for Sunbeam
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