Movin' On (Commodores album)

Movin' On is the third studio album by the Commodores, released by Motown Records in 1975.

Movin' On
Studio album by
Commodores
ReleasedOctober 1975
Recorded1975
GenreSoul, funk
Length36:04
LabelMotown
ProducerJames Anthony Carmichael, Commodores
Commodores chronology
Caught in the Act
(1975)		 Movin' On
(1975)		 Hot on the Tracks
(1976)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record GuideB–[1]

The album reached number 29 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and number seven on the R&B albums chart. The only single released from the album, "Sweet Love", a mid-tempo ballad about "the virtues of peace and harmony during troubled times,"[2] reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1976, making it the group's first top ten hit on the chart. However, the last track, "Cebu", became a staple on the "Quiet Storm" radio stations, and appeared as a B-side to two of their later singles, "Fancy Dancer" (1976) and "Only You" (1983).

Allmusic rated the album four and a half out of five stars.[3]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hold On"Thomas McClary, Lionel Richie4:16
2."Free"McClary, Richie3:54
3."Mary, Mary"Milan Williams4:08
4."Sweet Love"Richie6:31
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(Can I) Get a Witness"Walter "Clyde" Orange5:01
2."Gimme My Mule"Ronald LaPread5:05
3."Time"William King, McClary3:21
4."Cebu" ((instrumental))McClary4:48
Total length:36:04

Charts
Year Album Chart positions[4]
US US
R&B
1975 Movin' On 29 7

Singles
Year Single Chart positions[5]
US US
R&B		 US
Dance
1975 "Gimme My Mule" — — 11
1976 "Sweet Love" 5 2 —

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References
  1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  2. Taylor, Marc. A Touch of Classic Soul 2: The Late 1970s. Aloiv Publishing. p. 84 – via Google Books.
  3. Movin' On at AllMusic
  4. "The Commodores US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
  5. "The Commodores US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
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