''Strikes Again'' is the third album by

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

band

Rose Royce Rose Royce is an American soul and R&B group. They are best known for several hit singles during the 1970s including "Car Wash", " I Wanna Get Next to You", " I'm Going Down", "Wishing on a Star", and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore". Career Th ...

, released on the Whitfield label in August 1978. It was produced by

Norman Whitfield Norman Jesse Whitfield (May 12, 1940 – September 16, 2008) was an American songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s.allmusic Biography/ref> He has been credited as one of the creators of the Motow ...

History

The album peaked at number four on the ''Billboard'' R&B albums chart and number 28 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart. It yielded two Billboard R&B top ten singles, "I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)" and "

Love Don't Live Here Anymore "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" is a song written by Miles Gregory and originally recorded by Rose Royce. It was produced by former Motown songwriter and producer Norman Whitfield for Whitfield Records. Lead vocals were sung by Gwen Dickey a ...

". "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" was also successful on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

, reaching number two, their highest charting single in the UK. A third single, "First Come, First Serve", peaked at number 65 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2016 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

Personnel

;Rose Royce *Gwen Dickey – lead vocals *Kenny Copeland – trumpet, lead vocals *Kenji Brown – guitar, lead vocals *Lequeint "Duke" Jobe – bass, vocals *Michael Nash – keyboards *Henry Garner – drums, vocals *Freddie Dunn – trumpet *Michael Moore – saxophone *Terry Santiel – congas ;Additional musicians *Victor Nyx, Mark Davis – keyboards * Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson,

Cornelius Grant Cornelius Grant (born April 27, 1943) is an American guitarist, composer, and band leader. He served as the musical director, guitar player, and live show arranger for Motown vocal group The Temptations from 1964 until 1982. Early life Grant was ...

– guitar *Jimmy Valdez – drums *Walter Downing – organ *Mark Kenoly – bass *

Jack Ashford Jack Ashford (born May 18, 1934), known to his friends as Jashford, is an American musician widely known as the percussionist for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band during the 1960s and early 1970s. Ashford is most famous for playing the ...

– percussion

Production

– producer, arranger, mastering engineer *Leanard Jackson – Chief recording engineer mastering engineer* *Steve Smith – recording engineer, *

Gene Page Eugene Edgar Page Jr. (September 13, 1939 – August 24, 1998) was an American conductor, composer, arranger and record producer, most active from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s. His sound can be heard in the arrangements he did for Jeffer ...

– orchestral direction *Eleven Twenty-Four Design – art direction, design *Andy Engel – lettering *Bobby Holland, Jeffrey Mayer – photography *Pamela Clare – cover illustration *Bill Whitfield – album coordinator

Charts

;Singles

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1978 albums Rose Royce albums Albums produced by Norman Whitfield Whitfield Records albums