Английская Википедия:Eargasm
Шаблон:Infobox album Eargasm is an album by the American R&B singer Johnnie Taylor, released in March 1976 on Columbia Records.[1][2] The album contains "Disco Lady", which was a No. 1 pop hit for four weeks, and achieved the first platinum certification for a single, with two million copies sold.[3] Eargasm was Taylor's first album for Columbia Records, after many years spent recording for Stax.[4]
The album peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200; it spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Soul Albums chart,[5][6] and peaked at No. 41 in Canada.[7] Taylor's most commercially successful album, Eargasm achieved gold status in 1980 and platinum status in 2001.[8][9][10] The album's second single, "Somebody's Gettin' It", was also a hit.[11]
The album helped Taylor earn the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's award for the 1976 "Entertainer of the Year".[12]
Production and marketing
The album was produced by Don Davis.[13] Recorded in Dallas and Memphis, the backing musicians included Bernie Worrell and Bootsy Collins.[14]
The scholar Houston Baker contends that "Disco Lady" was among the first R&B singles to be advertised to white record buyers; this was part of a 1970s practice of major labels signing veteran black musicians, and then focusing on crossover hits rather than career growth.[15][16]
Critical reception
Шаблон:Album ratings Robert Christgau thought that "Taylor's commitment to the traditional soul style remains unimpeachable even when he accedes to material as modish as the likable but lightweight 'Disco Lady'."[17]
AllMusic deemed "Disco Lady" "the song of year", writing that "the rest of the album was standard soul, but this was overlooked in the rush".[18] The Rolling Stone Album Guide determined that "the songwriting is nowhere near as punchy or pointed as on the Stax records; however, Taylor throws down some heavy gospel-style testimony."[19]
The Dallas Observer, reviewing the album's 1999 rerelease on compact disc, called it "a wonderful record ... full of la-de-de, la-da-dum-da choruses and it-don't-hurt-me verses; the man could sing about infidelity and made it signify even among the most faithful."[14] The Fort Worth Star-Telegram concluded that "Taylor had the good sense to mix strings with the sort of horn-based soul that made him a star on Stax in the '60s and come up with a Memphis/Detroit/Philadelphia hybrid."[20] Music Week wrote that "the album is full of classy urban ballads and tidy midtempo grooves, with only 'It Don't Hurt Me Like It Used To' in true disco tempo."[21]
Track listing
Personnel
- Johnnie Taylor – lead vocals
- Bruce Nazarian, Don Davis, Emmett Smith, Glen Goins, Jimmy Johnson – guitar
- David Hood, Michael Henderson, Bootsy Collins – bass
- Barry Beckett, Bernie Worrell, George Rountree, Melvin Griffin, Rudy Robinson – keyboards
- Jerry Jones, Richard "Pistol" Allen, Roger Hawkins, Zachary Slatter – drums
- Carl Austin and the Detroit Fisher Theatre Strings – strings, horns
- Eli Fontaine – alto saxophone
- Brandye – backing vocals
- Bobby Eaton – backing vocals arrangements
- Bernie Worrell, David Van De Pitte, Don Davis, Wade Marcus, Rudy Robinson, Sonny Sanders – arrangements
Charts
Шаблон:Album chartChart (1976) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[5] | 5 |
US Soul Albums (Billboard)[22] | 1 |
Certifications
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References
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