Hold Your Horses (First Choice album)

Hold Your Horses
Hold Your Horses
Studio album by First Choice
Released	1979
Recorded	Musicland Studios; (Munich, West Germany); Sigma Sound Studios; (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre	Soul, Philadelphia soul, disco
Label	Gold Mind
Producer	Tom Moulton, Thor Baldursson, McKinley Jackson, Norman Harris
First Choice chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Hold Your Horses is the fifth studio album recorded by American female vocal trio First Choice, released in 1979 on the Gold Mind label.

History[]

The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 73 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and "Double Cross", which peaked at No. 60 on the same chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by Big Break Records.

Track listing[]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let Me Down Easy"	David Jordan, Andrew Smith	6:20
2.	"Good Morning Midnight"	Thor Baldursson, Mats Bjöerklund, Pete Bellotte	3:57
3.	"Great Expectations"	Thor Baldursson, Mats Bjöerklund, Pete Bellotte	5:33

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Hold Your Horses"	Kathleen Poppy, Les Hurdle, Frank Ricotti, Peter Gosling	5:50
5.	"Love Thang"	Melvin Steals, Mervin Steals, McKinley Jackson	5:41
6.	"Double Cross"	Norman Harris, Ron Tyson	6:59

2013 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Now That I've Thrown It All Away"	3:36
8.	"Let No Man Put Asunder" (12" Disco Madness Remix)	4:40
9.	"Double Cross" (12" Promotional Disco Remix)	7:36
10.	"Love Thang" (12" Disco Mix)	7:54
11.	"Hold Your Horses" (Single Version)	2:38
12.	"Double Cross" (12" Extended Disco Mix)	10:01
13.	"Double Cross" (12" Larry Levan Remix)	7:18

Personnel[]

Rochelle Fleming, Annette Guest, Debbie Martin – vocals

Musicland Studios

Keith Forsey – percussion, drums
Les Hurdle – bass
Mats Björklund – guitar
Thor Baldursson – keyboards
Larry Washington – congas
Tom Moulton – tambourine
Munich Philharmonic – strings
Don Renaldo – horns
John Davis – saxophone solo on "Let Me Down Easy

Sigma Sound Studios

Keith Benson – drums
Jimmy Williams – bass
Norman Harris, Bobby Eli, T.J. Tindall – guitars
Eugene "Lambchops" Curry – keyboards
Larry Washington, James Walker – congas
Don Renaldo – strings, horns

Charts[]

Chart (1979)	Peak ^[2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	135
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	58

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US R&B ^[2]	US Dan ^[2]
1979	"Hold Your Horses"	73	—
	"Double Cross"	60	—
	"Love Thang"	—	52

References[]

^ Hamilton, Andrew. Hold Your Horses review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "US Charts > First Choice". Billboard. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

External links[]

Hold Your Horses at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Hamilton, Andrew. Hold Your Horses review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-16.

[us-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "US Charts > First Choice". Billboard. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

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