Commodores - Hot on the Tracks on CD

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Elemental Music proudly announces the ultimate remastered edition of Hot on the Tracks by the Commodores, Motown s most successful act of the 1970s. One of the Alabama band s most acclaimed and emblematic LPs, this masterpiece was released in 1976. The group s fourth studio album, it includes the Top Ten single 'Just to Be Close to You'. This was the band s first LP to top the R&B albums chart, where it stayed for six non-consecutive weeks, and peaked at number 12 on the pop albums chart. It was the last LP they recorded before becoming a major crossover act. From 1977 on, the Commodores were as big among pop and adult contemporary audiences as they were with R&B audiences. That isn t to say that pop fans ignored them before 1977; 'Just to Be Close to You,' reached number seven on Billboard s pop singles chart as well as number one on its R&B singles chart. Nonetheless, this is an R&B record first and foremost, and the Commodores never sound like they re going out of their way to be pop. R&B purists should have no problem with 'Just to Be Close to You,' which is very much a soul ballad and doesn t have the adult contemporary appeal of subsequent hits like 'Three Times a Lady,' 'Easy,' and 'Still.' Nor should they have any problem with hardcore funk treasures such as 'Fancy Dancer' (a number nine R&B hit), 'Come Inside,' 'Let s Get Started,' and the quirky 'Quick Draw.' For those who prefer the Commodores hardcore funk and soul over their crossover material, Hot on the Tracks is recommended without hesitation.