''Movin' On'' is the third studio album by the

Commodores Commodores are an American funk and soul band, which were at their peak in the late 1970s through the mid 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown in ...

, released by Motown Records in 1975.

Reception

The album reached number 29 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart and number seven on the R&B albums chart. The only single released from the album, "Sweet Love", a mid-tempo ballad about "the virtues of peace and harmony during troubled times," reached number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1976, making it the group's first top ten hit on the chart. However, the last track, "Cebu", became a staple on the "

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" radio stations, and appeared as a B-side to two of their later singles, "Fancy Dancer" (1976) and "Only You" (1983).

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rated the album four and a half out of five stars. The cover artwork of the 2012

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album '' A Different Kind of Truth'' drew comparisons to that of ''Movin' On''.

Track listing

Personnel

Commodores * Lionel Richie – vocals, saxophones, keyboards *

Milan Williams Milan B. Williams (March 28, 1948 – July 9, 2006) was an American keyboardist and a founding member of The Commodores. Biography Williams was born in Okolona, Mississippi, and began playing the piano after being inspired by his older brother Ea ...

– keyboards * Thomas McClary – vocals, guitars * Ronald LaPread – bass * Walter Orange – vocals, drums, percussion * William King – trumpet Additional personnel * Cal Harris – ARP synthesizer programming

Production

* Commodores – producers, arrangements *

James Anthony Carmichael James Anthony Carmichael (born September 14, 1941) is an American Grammy-winning musician, arranger, and record producer. At first he started off in Los Angeles as an arranger and producer for Motown acts like The Temptations and the Jackson 5. ...

– producer, arrangements * Cal Harris – engineer, mixing, technical direction * Frank Mulvey – art direction, design * Peter Palombi – cover illustration *

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– liner photography

Charts

Singles

External links

Commodores-Movin' On at Discogs

References

{{Authority control Commodores albums 1975 albums Albums produced by James Anthony Carmichael Albums produced by Lionel Richie Motown albums