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Шаблон:Infobox album If My Friends Could See Me Now is the second studio album by American singer Linda Clifford, released in 1978 on the Curtom label.

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 9 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 22 on the Billboard 200. The album features a disco-styled cover version of the title track, which peaked at No. 68 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another single, "Runaway Love", also charted at No. 3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 76 on the Billboard Hot 100. Both tracks, along with the track "Gypsy Lady" peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart.

Critical reception

Шаблон:Album ratings The Bay State Banner noted that "Clifford isn't really a disco singer—she lacks the idiom's prankish, frivolous attitude—but rather a torch chanteuse who simply lacks the bodily bulk to bring the red-hot mamma role off."[1]

Track listing

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Personnel

  • Keni Burke – bass guitar
  • Calvin Bridges, Rich Tufo, Eric Hackett – keyboards
  • Eric Hackett – synthesizer
  • Donnell Hagan – drums
  • Curtis Mayfield, Ronnie Vann, William Ross Traut – guitars
  • The Jones Girls – background vocals
  • Sol Bobrov – horns and strings contractor

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] 86

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Year-end charts

Chart (1978) Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] 47

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Singles

Year Single Peaks
US
[4]
US
R&B

[4]
US
Dan

[4]
1978 "Runaway Love" 76 3 1
"If My Friends Could See Me Now" 54 68
"Gypsy Lady"

References

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External links

Шаблон:Linda Clifford

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