''Toby'' is the seventh studio album by

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, produced by lead singer

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. The album was released in 1974 on the Brunswick label.

History

By 1974, Brunswick had started to struggle financially so ''Toby'' was less heavily-promoted than the group's previous albums and fared less well commercially. It was the first Chi-Lites album since 1970 to stall outside the R&B top 10 (peaking at #12) and to miss the top 100 on the Pop listings. Three singles from the album were top 20 R&B hits. In the UK however, where the Chi-Lites had previously established themselves as a successful singles group, none of the issued singles made any impact on the national chart.

Track listing

Charts

;Singles

References

External links

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