| Euphrates River | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | The Main Ingredient |
| Cover: | Euprates river album.jpg |
| Released: | 1974 |
| Recorded: | 1974 |
| Genre: | Funk[1] |
| Label: | RCA |
| Producer: | Tony Silvester, Luther Simmons, Cuba Gooding, Sr. |
| Prev Title: | Afrodisiac |
| Prev Year: | 1973 |
| Next Title: | Rolling Down a Mountainside |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
Euphrates River is the sixth album by American singing group The Main Ingredient. Released in 1974, the album charted at number 8 on the Soul albums chart in the U.S.
In addition to the standard 2 channel stereo version, the album was also released in a 4 channel quadraphonic version in 1976. The quad LP was encoded using the Compatible Discrete 4 system.
This album was reissued in the UK on the Super Audio CD format in 2016 by Dutton Vocalion. The release contains both the stereo and quad mixes.
| Chart (1974) | Peak |
|---|---|
| Billboard Pop Albums | 52 |
| Billboard Top Soul Albums | 8 |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | ||
| 1974 | "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" | 10 | 8 |
| "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend" | 35 | 7 | |
| "California My Way" | 75 | 48 | |