Disco Inferno is the fourth studio album by American soul-disco group the Trammps. It premiered in discothèques on December 29, 1976, for New Year's Eve celebrations, and then was widely released through Atlantic Records in January 1977.
Commercial performance The album peaked at No. 16 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 46 on the Billboard 200. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 9 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, and "I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On the Dark Side of the Moon)", which charted at No. 52 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.
Track listing
Personnel The Trammps Jimmy Ellis – lead vocal Robert Upchurch – lead and baritone vocal Earl Young – bass vocal, drums Harold Wade – first tenor Stanley Wade – second tenor
Additional personnel Ronald Baker – bass Norman Harris, Bobby Eli, T.J. Tindall – guitars Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, T.G. Conway, Bruce Gray, Carlton Kent – keyboards Larry Washington, Robert Cupit – congas Allen Felder, Ronald Tyson – tambourines Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton – background vocals Don Renaldo and His Strings and Horns Flash Wilson – The Trammps' M.C.
Charts Album +Chart performance for Disco InfernoChart (1976–1977)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (Kent Music Report) 65US Billboard Top LPs46US Billboard Top Soul LPs16
Singles +Chart performance of singles from Disco Inferno Title Year Peaks US USR&B USDan "Disco Inferno"1976 53 91 "Starvin'" — — "Body Contact Contract" — — "I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On the Dark Side of the Moon)" 1977 105 52 — "Disco Inferno" (re-release) 1978 11 — —
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