Ten Percent

Ten Percent is the debut studio album recorded by American male vocal quartet Double Exposure, released in 1976 on the Salsoul label.

Ten Percent
Studio album by
Released1976
RecordedSigma Sound Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
GenreSoul, Philadelphia soul, disco
LabelSalsoul
ProducerNorman Harris, Bruce Hawes, Ron Baker, Earl Young, Vincent Montana, Jr.
Double Exposure chronology
Ten Percent
(1976)
Fourplay
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

History

The album features the title track, which peaked at No.2 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 63 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. Also featured are two other chart singles: "My Love Is Free" and "Everyman (Has to Carry His Own Weight)". The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2012 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ten Percent"Allan Felder, T.G. Conway6:51
2."Gonna Give My Love Away"Scott Hawes, James Hendricks3:04
3."Everyman"Allan Felder, Bunny Sigler7:27
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Baby I Need Your Loving"Holland–Dozier–Holland5:26
5."Just Can't Say Hello"Vincent Montana, Jr., Ron Walker3:10
6."My Love Is Free"Allan Felder, T.G. Conway7:00
7."Pick Me"Allan Felder, Bruce Gray, Lettie Holden3:20
2012 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
8."Ten Percent" (Walter Gibbons 12" Disco Mix)9:42
9."Everyman (Has to Carry His Own Weight)" (Joe Claussell 12" Disco Mix)9:54
10."My Love Is Free" (Tom Moulton 12" Disco Mix)9:39
11."Ten Percent" (Single Version)3:03
12."Everyman (Has to Carry His Own Weight)" (Single Version)2:43
13."My Love Is Free" (Single Version)4:22

Personnel

  • Leonard "Butch" Davis, Charles Whittington, Joseph Harris, James Williams vocals
  • Earl Young drums
  • Ron Baker bass
  • Vincent Montana, Jr. vibes
  • Larry Washington congas
  • Norman Harris, Bobby Eli, T.J. Tindall guitars
  • Carlton Kent, Ron Kersey, Bunny Sigler, T.G. Conway, Bruce Hawes keyboards
  • Robert Hartzell, Rocco Bene trumpets
  • Robert Moore, Edward Cascarella, Richard Genovese, Frederick Joiner trombones
  • Jeffery Kirschen, Milton Phibbs French horns
  • John Wilson flugelhorn
  • Don Renaldo (Christine Reeves, Americus Mungiole, Rudolph Malizia, Lance Elbeck, Charles Apollonia, Richard Jones) violins
  • Anthony Sinagoga, Davis Barnett, Peter Nocella violas
  • Romeo Di Stefano, Larry Gold, Patricia Weimer cellos
  • Bunny Harris tambourine
  • Barbara Ingram, Evette Benton, Carla Benson background vocals

Production

  • Norman Harris, Bruce Hawes, Ron Baker, Earl Young, Vincent Montana, Jr. producers
  • Joe Cayre, Stan Cayre, Ken Cayre executive producers
  • Carl Paruolo, Arthur Stoppe, Jim Gallagher, Kenny Present, Jeff Stewart, Peter Humphreys, Dirk Devlin engineers
  • Walter Gibbons, Ken Cayre mixing
  • Al Brown mastering
  • Allan Tannenbaum cover photography
  • Hank Dunning backline photography
  • Karen Bernath design
  • Paula Bisacca art direction

Charts

Chart (1976) Peak
[2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 129
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 40
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[2]
US
R&B

[2]
US
Dan
[2]
1976 "Ten Percent" 54 63 2
"My Love Is Free" 104 44 15
"Everyman (Has to Carry His Own Weight)" 84 8

References

  1. Henderson, Alex. Ten Percent review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  2. "US Charts > Double Exposure". Billboard. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
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