Supercharged (album)

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Not to be confused with Supercharger (album).
Supercharged
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Studio album by
Tavares
ReleasedFebruary 1980
GenreR&B, soul
Length37:28
LabelCapitol
ProducerDavid Foster, Benjamin Wright, Bobby Colomby
Tavares chronology
Madam Butterfly
(1979) 		Supercharged
(1980) 		Love Uprising
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[2]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide3/5 stars[3]

Supercharged is the eighth album by the American soul/R&B group Tavares.[2] It was produced by David Foster, Benjamin Wright and Bobby Colomby, and released in 1980 on Capitol Records.[1] Supercharged is similar in style to the group's previous album Madam Butterfly, although not as highly regarded at its predecessor. Lead single "Bad Times" reached the R&B top 10 and #47 on the pop chart, the group's first showing on that chart since "More Than a Woman" in 1977. Supercharged made #20 on the R&B chart and #75 on the pop chart.

Critical reception[]

AllMusic wrote that "this respectable, if uneven, effort contains a few gems, including the sociopolitical 'Bad Times' (a number ten R&B hit) and the Stylistics-influenced 'I Just Can't Go on Living Without You'."[1]

Track listing[]

  1. "Bad Times" (Gerard McMahon) – 7:15
  2. "We Both Tried" (David Foster, Bill Champlin) – 4:15
  3. "Can't Get Enough" (Benjamin Wright, Kathy Wakefield, Tony Coleman) – 3:49
  4. "Why Can't We Fall In Love" (Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Deniece Williams) – 4:09
  5. "I Just Can't Go On Living Without You" (Wright) – 5:13
  6. "I Don't Want You Anymore" (Foster, Champlin) – 4:03
  7. "Paradise" (Teddy Randazzo) – 4:58
  8. "Got to Have Your Love" (Angelo Richards, Patrick Henderson) – 3:46

Singles[]

  • "Bad Times" (US Pop #47, US R&B #10)
  • "I Just Can't Go On Living Without You" (US R&B #42)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Supercharged - Tavares | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 8: MUZE. p. 53.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 503.
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