Rose Royce III: Strikes Again!

Rose Royce III: Strikes Again!
Studio album by Rose Royce
Released August 11, 1978
Recorded 19771978
Studio Fort Knox Recording Studio
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre Funk, soul, disco
Length 39:10
Label Whitfield
Producer Norman Whitfield
Rose Royce chronology
Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom
(1977)Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom1977
Rose Royce III: Strikes Again!
(1978)
Rose Royce IV: Rainbow Connection
(1979)Rose Royce IV: Rainbow Connection1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Rose Royce III: Strikes Again! is the third album released by the Funk band Rose Royce on the Whitfield label in August 1978. It was produced by Norman Whitfield.

History

The album peaked at #4 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached #8 on the Billboard 200. It yielded two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)" and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore". "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" was also successful on the UK Singles Chart, reaching #2, their highest charting single in the UK. A third single, "First Come, First Serve", was only moderately successful, peaking at #65 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2016 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Get Up Off Your Fat"Norman Whitfield4:35
2."Do It, Do It"Norman Whitfield4:09
3."I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)"Norman Whitfield3:41
4."First Come, First Serve"Norman Whitfield3:19
5."Love Don't Live Here Anymore"Miles Gregory3:56
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Angel in the Sky"Billie Calvin4:56
7."Help"Robert Daniels3:53
8."Let Me Be the First to Know"Miles Gregory3:52
9."That's What's Wrong With Me"Norman Whitfield, Rose Royce6:37

Personnel

Rose Royce
  • Gwen Dickey lead vocals
  • Kenny Copeland trumpet, lead vocals
  • Kenji Brown guitar, lead vocals
  • Lequeint "Duke" Jobe bass, vocals
  • Michael Nash keyboards
  • Henry Garner drums, vocals
  • Freddie Dunn trumpet
  • Michael Moore saxophone
  • Terry Santiel congas
Additional musicians

Production

  • Norman Whitfield producer, arranger, mastering engineer
  • Leanard Jackson Chief recording engineer mastering engineer*
  • Steve Smith recording engineer,
  • Gene Page orchestral direction
  • Eleven Twenty-Four Design art direction, design
  • Andy Engel lettering
  • Bobby Holland, Jeffrey Mayer photography
  • Pamela Clare cover illustration
  • Bill Whitfield album coordinator

Charts

Chart (1978) Peak
[2][3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 28
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 4
UK Albums Chart 7
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[2]
US
R&B

[2]
UK
[3]
1978 "I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)" 5 51
"Love Don't Live Here Anymore" 32 5 2
1979 "First Come, First Serve" 65

References

  1. Hamilton, Andrew. Rose Royce III: Strikes Again! review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  2. 1 2 3 "US Charts > Rose Royce". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  3. 1 2 "UK Charts > Rose Royce". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
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