Claudine (soundtrack)
Claudine | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Gladys Knight & the Pips | ||||
Released | March 1974 | |||
Recorded |
Curtom Studios (Chicago, Illinois) | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 30:18 | |||
Label | Buddah | |||
Producer | Curtis Mayfield | |||
Gladys Knight & the Pips chronology | ||||
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Curtis Mayfield chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Robert Christgau | A− [2] |
Rolling Stone | (not rated) [3] |
Claudine is a Gladys Knight & the Pips album, written and produced by Curtis Mayfield. The disc is the soundtrack album for the 1974 20th Century Fox motion picture Claudine, starring James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll. The album was released in March 1974 on the Buddah label.
The first single release, "On and On", reached #2 R&B and #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. A second single, "Make Yours a Happy Home", was released two years later in 1976 and was a moderate hit, peaking at #13 R&B and #35 on the UK Singles Chart. The album also included one instrumental, "Claudine Theme". The album was also their third of five R&B albums chart-toppers. Also included is a cover of Mayfield's "The Makings of You".
Track listing
All tracks written by Curtis Mayfield.
Side one | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Mr. Welfare Man" | 5:30 |
2. | "To Be Invisible" | 3:45 |
3. | "On and On" | 3:44 |
4. | "The Makings of You" | 2:24 |
Side two | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
5. | "Claudine Theme" (Instrumental) | 4:30 |
6. | "Hold On" | 5:17 |
7. | "Make Yours a Happy Home" | 4:35 |
Personnel
- Rich Tufo – arranger
- Roger Anfinsen – engineer
- Milton Sincoff – creative packaging director
- Joseph "Lucky" Scott - bass
Charts
Chart (1974) | Peak [4] |
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U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 35 |
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 1 |
- Singles
Year | Single | Chart positions[4] | ||
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US | US R&B |
UK[5] | ||
1974 | "On and On" | 5 | 2 | — |
1976 | "Make Yours a Happy Home" | — | 13 | 35 |
See also
References
- ↑ Hogan, Ed. Claudine' review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Claudine review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ↑ Holden, Stephen. "Claudine review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- 1 2 "US Charts > Gladys Knight & the Pips". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ "UK Charts > Gladys Knight & the Pips". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-10-16.