''Colonel Abrams'' is the self-titled debut studio

album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by American musician

Colonel Abrams Colonel Abrams (May 25, 1949 – November 24, 2016) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Early life Colonel Abrams was born in Detroit, Michigan. His family later moved to East 13 Street, in Manhattan's East Village, Manhattan, East ...

, released in 1985 through

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. Most of the songs were written by Abrams and his brother, Marston Freeman.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 13 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 75 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album features the singles " Trapped", which peaked at No. 20 on the

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chart and No. 1 on the

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chart, and " I'm Not Gonna Let", which reached No. 7 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart. In addition, all the cuts of the album reached the top of the Hot Dance/Disco chart.

Track listing

Personnel

*Steven Machat - executive producer *

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- "clothes and location" *Chris Duffy - photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1985 debut albums Colonel Abrams albums MCA Records albums