In the City
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1975
StudioSound Labs
(Hollywood, California)
GenreR&B, soul
Length35:25
LabelCapitol Records
ProducerDennis Lambert, Brian Potter
Tavares chronology
Hard Core Poetry
(1974)
In the City
(1975)
Sky High!
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]

In the City is the third studio album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1975 on the Capitol label.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 8 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 26 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "It Only Takes a Minute", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, The Edgar Winter Group's "Free Ride", which charted at No. 8 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 52 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "The Love I Never Had", which reached No. 11 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Only Takes a Minute"Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter3:59
2."Fool's Hall of Fame"George Clinton3:28
3."The Love I Never Had"Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter3:26
4."Nothing You Can Do"Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball3:54
5."In the Eyes of Love"Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter3:42
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Ready, Willing and Able"Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter4:17
7."We Fit to a Tee"Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Willie Harry Wilson3:08
8."Free Ride"Dan Hartman2:57
9."I Hope She Chooses Me"Willie Harry Wilson3:22
10."In the City"Feliciano Tavares, Lola Tavares3:12

Charts

Album

Chart (1975) Peaks
[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 26
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 8

Singles

Year Single Peaks
US
[3]
US
R&B

[3]
US
Dan

[3]
1975 "It Only Takes a Minute" 10 1 2
"Free Ride" 52 8
1976 "The Love I Never Had" 11

References

  1. Henderson, Alex. In the City review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 15, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "US Charts > Tavares". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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