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, released in 1977 by Buddah Records. The album spawned two moderate hit singles: "

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". ''White Witch'' wasn't a commercial success and failed to enter any sales charts. It was the last album released by the group, and the vocalist Andrea True would later release only one solo album in 1980.

Background and production

After the success of her first album and the gold-certified single "

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", the band began to prepare for their second release. The album production included studio musicians with a new band assembled for the tour, which included future

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guitarist

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. The material was co-produced by the disco pioneers Michael Zager and Jerry Love.

Singles

The first single from the album was "

", released in early 1977, which became True's second biggest hit, reaching #27 on ''

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''s pop chart, and #4 on the club chart. It also peaked at #89 on the Canadian singles chart. "

" was released as the second and last single of the album (and also of the group) in late 1977. It reached #56 on the US pop chart, #9 on the club chart, and also #34 in the UK.

Critical reception

In a 1978 review, ''

'' magazine referred to the album as "a mixed bag", describing most of the material as "pop-flavored, curiously carrying a late '60s feel", yet noting that the " und is perky, with useful keyboards, guitar and percussion work behind True's idiosyncratic vocals." In a retrospective mixed review, Alex Henderson from

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gave the album two and a half out of five stars and wrote that "while ''White Witch'' isn't a bad album, it falls short of the excellence fher first album, ''More, More, More''." He also stated that there are a few gems in the album, "including the Michael Zager-produced "What's Your Name, What's Your Number" and the exuberant, Gregg Diamond-produced "N.Y., You Got Me Dancing" – both of which are exercises in unapologetically campy fun." He concluded that the "LP is strictly for diehard disco collectors."

Track listing

References

External links

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