Boogie Down! is the fourth album by former Temptations vocalist Eddie Kendricks, released in early 1974 on the Tamla imprint of Motown Records.
Reception The Allmusic review by Jason Elias awarded the album 4 stars stating "Boogie Down cut for cut is Kendricks' strongest album.".Elias, J. Allmusic Review
Track listing "The Thin Man" (Anita Poree, Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston) 3:40 "Tell Her Love Has Felt the Need" (Kathy Wakefield, Leonard Caston) 4:30 "Son of Sagittarius" (Anita Poree, Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston) 3:41 "Boogie Down" (Anita Poree, Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston) 7:07 "Hooked on Your Love" (Don Daniels, Frank Wilson, Terri McFaddin) 3:30 "Honey Brown" (Don Daniels, Frank Wilson, Terri McFaddin) 5:18 "You Are the Melody of My Life" (Don Daniels, Terri McFaddin) 4:00 "Trust Your Heart" (Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston, Terri McFaddin) 4:13 "Girl of My Dreams" (Kathy Wakefield, Leonard Caston) 3:28 "Loving You the Second Time Around" (Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston, Pam Sawyer) 3:12
Personnel Eddie Kendricks - lead and backing vocals Melvin "Wah-Wah" Ragin, Greg Poree, Dean Parks, Dennis Coffey - guitar Jack Ashford - tambourine, percussion King Errisson - congas James Jamerson, Darrell Clayborne - bass Harold Johnson - organ, electric piano Kenny Rice, Ed Greene, James Gadson, Gene Pello, Aaron Smith, Roger Bethelmy - drums Jerry Peters - keyboards Mike Campbell - harmonica Leonard Caston - clavinet, piano, organ, other keyboards
Production
Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston - producer Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston, Dave Van De Pitte, James Carmichael - arrangements James Carmichael, Dave Van De Pitte, Leonard Caston - orchestration Russ Terrana, Art Stewart, Cal Harris, Andrew Berliner - recording engineers Frank Wilson, Andrew Berliner - mixing engineers Lynn Allen - coordination, inspiration Jim Britt - design, photography
Charts Chart (1974) Peakposition Billboard Top LPs30 Billboard Top Soul LPs1
Singles Year Single Chart positions US USR&B1974 "Boogie Down" 2 1 "Son Of Sagittarius" 28 5 "Tell Her Love Has Felt The Need" 50 8
References
External links Eddie Kendricks-Boogie Down! at Discogs