''Fourplay'' is the second

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by American male vocal quartet

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, released in 1978 on the

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label.

History

The album features the song "Newsy Neighbors", which failed to chart. One other single, "Perfect Lover", was released. It also failed to chart.

Critical reception

The ''

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'' called the album "a typical Philadelphia production, and some of the arrangements sound like they were taken off the assembly line... But you do hear 'Singing' on this record rather than chanting or background warbling, and that's one thing to be thankful for."

Track listing

Personnel

*Leonard "Butch" Davis, Charles Whittington, Joseph Harris, James Williams – vocals *Keith Benson, Scotty Miller – drums *Jimmy Williams, Raymond Earl – bass *

Ron Kersey Tyrone Garfield Kersey (April 7, 1949 – January 25, 2005), known as Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, was an American keyboardist, songwriter, producer and arranger most known for writing the music to " Disco Inferno" by The Trammps. Kersey was born in ...

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, Bruce Hawes,

Bunny Sigler Walter "Bunny" Sigler (March 27, 1941 – October 6, 2017) was an American R&B singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer who did extensive work with the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and was instrumental in creating t ...

, Dennis Richardson, Bruce Gray – keyboards * Norman Harris,

Bobby Eli Bobby Eli (born Eli Tatarsky; March 2, 1946 – August 17, 2023) was an American musician, arranger, composer and record producer from Philadelphia. He was a founding member and lead guitarist of Philadelphia studio band MFSB. Overview Bobby ...

, T.J. Tindall, Edward Moore – guitars *Larry Washington, James Walker – congas *

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– percussion *Bunny Harris – tambourine *The Don Renaldo Strings and Horns – strings, horns *Evette Benton, Carla Benson,

Barbara Ingram Barbara Jane Ingram (February 9, 1947 – October 20, 1994) was an American R&B singer and songwriter who was active throughout the early 1970s until the mid-late 1980s, enjoying modest success as a backup singer for almost two decades. ...

– background vocals

Production

* Norman Harris,

, Bruce Hawes – producers *Carl Paruolo, Dirk Devlin, Kenny Present, Rocky Schnaars – engineers *Jeff Stewart, Jay Mark – technicians *José Rodriguez – mastering *Stanley Hochstadt – art direction *Michael Nelson – photography *Lloyd Gelassen – graphic supervision

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1978 albums Double Exposure (band) albums Albums produced by Norman Harris Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios Salsoul Records albums