There's No Good in Goodbye

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There's No Good in Goodbye
Studio album by
Released1978
StudioTotal Experience Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)
GenreSoul, R&B
LabelColumbia
ProducerBobby Martin, The Manhattans
The Manhattans chronology
It Feels So Good
(1977)
There's No Good in Goodbye
(1978)
Love Talk
(1979)

There's No Good in Goodbye is a studio album by American vocal group the Manhattans, released in 1978 through Columbia Records.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul[2]

The album peaked at No. 18 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 78 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Am I Losing You", which peaked at No. 6 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and "Everybody Has a Dream", which reached No. 65 on the same chart.

The Globe and Mail wrote that "the Manhattans are the dying man's O'Jays, content to copy the form of gospel rhythm and blues without offering a fraction of the content."[3]

Track listing[edit]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."There's No Good In Goodbye"Teddy Randazzo, Roger Joyce3:46
2."Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"John D. Loudermilk4:20
3."Tomorrow"Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse4:00
4."Share My Life"Glenn Crockwell, Lloyd Donnelly4:02
5."Am I Losing You"Alvin Fields, Barbara Morr, Doug Stender3:48
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Happiness"Winfred Lovett3:33
7."You're My Life"Teddy Randazzo, Victoria Pike, Roger Joyce4:10
8."Goodbye Is the Saddest Word"Bob Riley3:42
9."Movin'"Winfred Lovett3:52
10."Everybody Has a Dream"Billy Joel7:05

Charts[edit]

Album

Chart (1978) Peaks
[4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 78
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 18

Singles

Year Single Peaks
US
[4]
US
R&B

[4]
1978 "Am I Losing You" 101 6
"Everybody Has a Dream" 65

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. There's No Good in Goodbye review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 214.
  3. ^ McGrath, Paul (8 Mar 1978). "The Manhattans". The Globe and Mail. p. F14.
  4. ^ a b c "US Charts > The Manhattans". Billboard. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

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