Strikes Again

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Strikes Again
Strikes Again 1978.jpg
Studio album by
Rose Royce
ReleasedAugust 11, 1978
Recorded1977–1978
StudioFort Knox Recording Studio
(Los Angeles, California)
GenreFunk, soul, disco
Length39:10
LabelWhitfield
ProducerNorman Whitfield
Rose Royce chronology
In Full Bloom
(1977) 		Strikes Again
(1978) 		Rainbow Connection IV
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars [1]

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
2016 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."First Come, First Serve" (Single Version)3:27
11."Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (Single Version)3:51
12."That's What's Wrong With Me" (Single Version)5:33

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 (1978/79) Peak
Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 44
U.S. Billboard Top LPs[3] 28
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 4
UK Albums Chart[4] 7
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[3] 		US
R&B
[3] 		UK
[4]
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. Strikes Again review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 258. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "US Charts > Rose Royce". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "UK Charts > Rose Royce". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-11-23.

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