Friends (Shalamar album)

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Friends
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Studio album by Shalamar
Released January 29, 1982
Recorded 1981
Studio Studio Masters
Larrabee Sound
The Record Plant
Kendun Recorders
(Los Angeles)
Genre Urban, soul, R&B, disco
Length 44:55
Label SOLAR
Producer Leon Sylvers III, Jeffrey Daniel
Shalamar chronology
Go for It
(1981)Go for It1981		 Friends
(1982)		 The Look
(1983)The Look1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
BBC favorable[2]
Robert Christgau B-[3]

Friends is the sixth album by American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1982 on the SOLAR label. The album, which features the 'classic' Shalamar line-up (Jeffrey Daniel, Howard Hewett and Jody Watley), topped the R&B chart and peaked at #35 on the Billboard chart.

In the United Kingdom Friends gained impetus from a now-legendary demonstration of body-popping by Daniel during a performance of "A Night to Remember" on the BBC programme Top of the Pops. It reached #6 on the UK Albums Chart and produced four top 20 singles. It is now regarded in the UK as one of the defining albums of 1982.

In 2002, Friends was re-released by Sanctuary Records in the United Kingdom in a Double CD package with Shalamar's previous album Go for It.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "A Night to Remember"   Dana Meyers, Charmaine Sylvers, Nidra Beard 5:08
2. "Don't Try to Change Me"   William Bryant, Tina Scott, Roberta Stiger 4:10
3. "Help Me"   Joey Gallo, Leon Sylvers III, Jody Watley, Nidra Beard 5:10
4. "On Top of the World"   Dana Meyers, Richard Randolph 4:06
5. "I Don't Wanna Be the Last to Know"   Kevin Spencer, William Shelby, Linda Carriere, Nidra Beard 4:02
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
6. "Friends"   William Shelby, Glen Barbee, Nidra Beard 5:00
7. "Playing to Win"   Jody Watley, Ralph E. Clayborne, Charmaine Sylvers 4:24
8. "I Just Stopped By Because I Had To"   Stephen Shockley, Joey Gallo, Leon Sylvers III, Nidra Beard 4:08
9. "There It Is"   Nidra Beard, Dana Meyers, Charmaine Sylvers 4:27
10. "I Can Make You Feel Good"   William Shelby, Howard Hewett, Renwick Jackson 4:20

Personnel

  • Shalamar - lead & backing vocals
  • Leon Sylvers III - bass, percussion, keyboards
  • Wardell Potts, Jr. - drums
  • Foster Sylvers - bass
  • Joey Gallo - keyboards
  • Kevin Spencer - keyboards
  • James Ingram - bass, keyboards
  • Ricky Sylvers - guitar
  • Ed Green - drums
  • Ernest "Pepper" Reed - guitar
  • Richard Randolph - guitar
  • Michael Nash - keyboards
  • William Shelby - keyboards
  • Wayne Milstein - percussion
  • Ricky Smith - keyboards
  • Michael Nash - keyboards
  • Kevin Spencer - keyboards
  • Patricia Sylvers - keyboards
  • Jermaine Stewart - backing vocals

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1982 U.S. Album Chart 35
1982 Top R&B/Black Albums 1

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1982 I Can Make You Feel Good Hot Soul Singles 33
1982 A Night to Remember Billboard Hot 100 44
1982 A Night to Remember Hot Soul Singles 8
1982 A Night to Remember US
Dance		 15

See also

References

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External links

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