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Disco Inferno (album)

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Disco Inferno
Studio album by
The Trammps
ReleasedDecember 29, 1976 (discothèques)
January 1977
StudioSigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenreDisco
Length42:21
LabelAtlantic
Producer
The Trammps chronology
Where the Happy People Go
(1976) 		Disco Inferno
(1976) 		The Trammps III
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]

Disco Inferno is the fourth studio album by American soul-disco group, The Trammps, premiered in discothèques on December 29, 1976 for New Year's Eve celebrations, and then widely released through Atlantic Records in January 1977.

Commercial performance

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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

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Body Contact Contract"Norman Harris, Bruce Gray, Jimmy Hendricks6:55
2."Starvin'"Allan Felder, Ronald Tyson, Norman Harris, Earl Young7:05
3."I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On the Dark Side of the Moon)"Ronald Baker6:59
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Disco Inferno"Leroy Green, Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey10:59
5."Don't Burn No Bridges"Allan Felder, Ronald Tyson, T.G. Conway6:00
6."You Touch My Hot Line"Jerry Akins, Johnny Bellmon, Victor Drayton, Reginald Turner4:23

Personnel

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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

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Album

Chart performance for Disco Inferno
Chart (1976–1977) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[3] 65
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[4] 27
US Billboard Top LPs[5] 46
US Billboard Top Soul LPs[5] 16

Singles

Chart performance of singles from Disco Inferno
Title Year Peaks
US
[5] 		US
R&B
[5] 		US
Dan
[5]
"Disco Inferno" 1976 53 9 1
"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 — —

References

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  1. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Disco Inferno review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 312. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – The Trammps – Disco Inferno". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e "US Charts > The Trammps". Billboard. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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