Hot on the Tracks

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Hot on the Tracks
Studio album by Commodores
Released	June 1976
Recorded	1976
Studio	Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Soul, funk
Length	38:25
Label	Motown
Producer	James Anthony Carmichael, Commodores
Commodores chronology
Movin' On (1975) Hot on the Tracks (1976) Commodores (1977)

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Hot on the Tracks is the fourth studio album by the Commodores, released by Motown Records in 1976. It includes the Top Ten single "Just to Be Close to You". The album was the band's first to make top the R&B albums chart, where it stayed for six non-consecutive weeks, and peaked two positions below the Top 10 on the pop albums chart.^{[citation needed]}

Covers and Samples[]

"Girl, I Think the World About You" was sampled by De La Soul featuring the Jungle Brothers and Q Tip. High On Sunshine was also covered by The 5th Dimension and sampled by De La Soul and by Fat Joe.^{[2] [3]}

Track listing[]

Side One

1. "Let's Get Started" - (Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Walter Orange, Ronald La Pread, Thomas McClary, William King) – 3:55
2. "Girl, I Think the World About You" - (Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary) – 4:33
3. "High on Sunshine" - (Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary) – 4:25
4. "Just to Be Close to You" - (Lionel Richie) – 6:23

Side Two

1. "Fancy Dancer" (Lionel Richie, Ronald La Pread) – 3:51
2. "Come Inside" (Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary) – 4:26
3. "Thumpin' Music" (William King) – 3:26
4. "Captain Quickdraw" (Milan Williams) – 4:20
5. "Can't Let You Tease Me" (Walter Orange) – 3:18

Personnel[]

Commodores

• Lionel Richie – vocals, saxophones, keyboards
• Milan Williams – keyboards
• Thomas McClary – vocals, guitars
• Ronald LaPread – bass
• Walter Orange – drums, vocals, percussion
• William King – trumpet

Additional personnel

• Cal Harris – synthesizers

Production[]

• Commodores – producers, arrangements
• James Anthony Carmichael – producer, arrangements
• Benjamin Ashburn – executive producer, management
• Cal Harris – recording, mixing
• Jane Clark – assistant engineer
• Jack Andrews – mastering
• Suzee Ikeda – project manager
• Frank Mulvey – art direction, design
• Michael Steirnagle – illustration

Charts[]

Singles[]

See also[]

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1976 (U.S.)

References[]

External links[]

• Commodores-Hot On The Tracks at Discogs