Devil's Gun (album)
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(Dearborn, Michigan)
Hollywood Sound Recorders
(Hollywood, California)
| Devil's Gun | ||||
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | PAC 3 Recording Company (Dearborn, Michigan) Hollywood Sound Recorders (Hollywood, California) | |||
| Genre | Soul, disco | |||
| Label | Westbound | |||
| Producer | Mike Theodore, Dennis Coffey | |||
| C. J. & Company chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Devil's Gun | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Devil's Gun is the debut studio album recorded by American disco group C. J. & Company, released in 1977 on the Westbound label.
The album peaked at No. 12 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 60 on the Billboard 200. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 2 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "We Got Our Own Thing", which charted at No. 93 on the Hot Soul Singles chart . Both tracks, along with the track "Sure Can't Go to the Moon", peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Connie Durden, Charles Clark, Cornelius Brown, Jr., Joni Tolbert, Mike Theodore, Curtis Durden, Dennis Coffey, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Devil's Gun" | Barry Green, Ron Roker, Gerry Shury | 7:14 |
| 2. | "We Got Our Own Thing" | 9:30 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 3. | "Free to Be Me" | 5:03 |
| 4. | "Get a Groove in Order to Move" | 5:11 |
| 5. | "Sure Can't Go to the Moon" | 7:30 |
Personnel
C.J. & Company
- Cornelius Brown, Jr.
- Joni Tolbert
- Connie Durden
- Curtis Durden
- Charles Clark
Additional Musicians/Personnel
- Uriel Jones, Tiki Fulwood – drums
- Rudy Robinson, Earl Van Dyke – piano
- Greg Coles, Roderick Chandler – bass
- Bruce Nazarian, Robert White – guitar
- Dennis Coffey – guitar solo
- Larry Nozero – flute solo
- Gary Schunk – moog synthesizer solo
- Mike Theodore – horns and strings arrangement
