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The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On (1979) [2006, Remastered Reissue]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 9 Jan 2023 18:10:20

"The Whispers" ("And The Beat Goes On" was added in later releases) is the 9th studio album by American R&B/soul vocal group The Whispers, released on October 20, 1979 by SOLAR Records. It was the first hit album for the veteran group, peaking at #1 on the Billboard Top Soul LPs chart, as well as #6 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. The album launched four singles, including their breakthrough single, the Leon Sylvers III-produced post-disco number, "And the Beat Goes On", which became their biggest hit single to date, reaching #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and crossing over to #19 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as landing in the top ten on various international charts. Other hit singles included "A Song for Donny", a tribute song to American musician Donny Hathaway, who died in January of 1979. The song reached #21 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. The Nicholas Caldwell-composed "Lady" became another hit, peaking at #3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, while also crossing over to the Hot 100 and adult contemporary charts and the UK charts, in 1980. A cover of The Temptations' "My Girl", became a hit in the UK, reaching #26, while a fifth single, "Out the Box", was promoted briefly. The album eventually went double-Platinum becoming the Watts-based group's biggest success and their breakthrough after more than 15 years together.

~Wikipedia

As a group who have recorded since the late '60s, the Whispers seemed to often be textbook journeyman who were one bum steer away from obscurity. Throughout the '70s they got their success by way of sporadic, great tracks like 1970's sad-sack anthem, "Gotta Do Wrong," and 1976's "Living Together (In Sin)." By the late '70s, the group had been maintaining a consistent following for some years. As Soul Train Records became Solar, the group and producer Dick Griffey finally attained a definable sound after much trial and error. The Whispers was their first big album effort. This starts off with "A Song for Donny," a song written by Carrie Lucas that serves as elegy to Donny Hathaway. The ballad, set to the melody of Hathaway's "This Christmas," is touching, apt, and believable. Not so is a take on "My Girl" which pointlessly put the track to a disco beat. By this point, Solar was crafting its own sound. The biggest hit here is "And the Beat Goes On." A brilliant mix of disco's enthusiasm and synth-derived flash, it's proof that the Whispers got to the '80s faster than any of their contemporaries. The Leon Sylvers-produced "Out The Box" is almost as good. Although the group is known for its dance tracks, they had equal success with ballads. The neoclassic "Lady," written by group member Nicholas Caldwell, features a smooth vocal from Wallace "Scotty" Scott. The last track, "Welcome Into My Dream," with its romantic arrangement, stays this side of smarmy and acquitted by the sedulous guitar fills and the well-intended vocals. The Whispers isn't a great album but it more than set the standard for their subsequent work.

~Review by Jason Elias

Release of the album: 1979, October, 24 [LP Solar, Cat.# BXL1-3521, USA]
Release of this CD: 2006, September, 13 [CD Solar/Unidisc (Canada), Cat.# AGEK-2106 / UPC: 068381210623]
℗&© 1979 Unidisc Music Inc.
Made in Canada

Credits:

A&R [A & R Coordination] – Dina Andrews, Marge Meoli
Art Direction – Gribbitt!, Tim Bryant
Bass – Craig "Mr. Bass" Raglin, Leon Sylvers, Melvin Coleman
Co-producer – Leon Sylvers (tracks: 5, 7, 8)
Concertmaster – Janice Gower
Design [Album Design] – Gribbitt!, Henry Vizcarra
Drums – Kirk Perkins, Wardell Potts, William "Buba" Bryant
Engineer [Mixing] – Bob Stone
Guitar – Larry White, Stephen Shockley, Werner Schuchner (Bear)
Horns [Horn Contractor] – John Parrish
Keyboards – Barry Sarna, Grady Wilkins, Kevin Spencer, Kossi Gardner, Norman Beavers, Ricky Smith, William Shelby
Mastered By – Wally Traugott
Mixed By – Rick Gianatos, Steve Hodge
Percussion – Bobbye Hall, Fred "Timbales" Lewis, Karl E. Dickens
Photography By [Back Cover] – Ron Slenzak
Photography By [Front Cover] – Nick Sangiamo
Producer – Dick Griffey, The Whispers
Recorded By – Steve Hodge
Vocals – Leaveil Degree, Marcus Hutson, Nicholas Caldwell, Wallace Scott, Walter Scott

Tracklist:

01. A Song for Donny (04:26)
02. My Girl (06:23)
03. Lady (05:03)
04. Can You Do The Boogie (06:04)
05. And the Beat Goes On (06:47)
06. I Love You (05:14)
07. Out the Box (04:59)
08. Welcome Into My Dream (04:37)
09. And The Beat Goes On (Radio Edit) (03:26)

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