Uptown Festival
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| Uptown Festival | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 12, 1977 | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider Studios, The Sound Factory | |||
| Genre | Disco, R&B | |||
| Length | 38:30 | |||
| Label | Soul Train Records | |||
| Producer | Dick Griffey, Don Cornelius, Simon Soussan | |||
| Shalamar chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Uptown Festival | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork | 4.2/10[2] |
Uptown Festival is the debut album by American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1977 on the Soul Train label. The album was in fact recorded by session singers. It peaked at No. 22 on the US R&B chart and No. 48 on the Billboard albums chart.
The title track, "Uptown Festival" was recorded at Ike & Tina Turner's Bolic Sound studio.[3] It's a medley of ten Motown classics sung over a 1970s disco beat. The single was a hit in both the US and the UK.[4]
Two singles were released from the album:
- "Uptown Festival" (US Hot 100 #25, US R&B #10, Australia #20, UK #30)[4]
- "Ooo Baby Baby" (US R&B #59)[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo" | Norma Toney, Andre Williams | 4:04 |
| 2. | "Beautiful Night" | Jimmy Thomas | 5:20 |
| 3. | "Uptown Festival" ("Going to a Go-Go" / "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" / "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" / "Stop! In the Name of Love" / "It's the Same Old Song" / "The Tears of a Clown" / "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" / "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" / "Baby Love" / "He Was Really Saying Somethin'") | Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Marvin Tarplin, Pete Moore / Holland–Dozier–Holland / Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy / Holland–Dozier–Holland / Holland–Dozier–Holland / Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Hank Cosby / Holland–Dozier–Holland / Holland–Dozier–Holland, Sylvia Moy / Holland–Dozier–Holland / Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Eddie Holland | 8:52 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4. | "High on Life" | Don Cornelius | 3:42 |
| 5. | "Ooh Baby, Baby" | Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore | 3:48 |
| 6. | "You Know" | Don Cornelius | 3:59 |
| 7. | "Forever Came Today" | Holland–Dozier–Holland | 5:55 |
