Fourplay (Double Exposure album) explained

Fourplay
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Double Exposure
Cover:	Fourplay Double Exposure album.jpeg
Released:	1978
Studio:	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Alpha International, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre:	Philadelphia soul
Label:	Salsoul
Producer:	Norman Harris, Ron Tyson, Bunny Sigler, Ron Kersey, Bruce Hawes
Prev Title:	Ten Percent
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Locker Room
Next Year:	1979

Fourplay is the second studio album by American male vocal quartet Double Exposure, released in 1978 on the Salsoul 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 Bay State Banner 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."^[1]

Personnel

• Leonard "Butch" Davis, Charles Whittington, Joseph Harris, James Williams  - vocals
• Keith Benson, Scotty Miller  - drums
• Jimmy Williams, Raymond Earl  - bass
• Ron Kersey, Cotton Kent, Bruce Hawes, Bunny Sigler, Dennis Richardson, Bruce Gray  - keyboards
• Norman Harris, Bobby Eli, T.J. Tindall, Edward Moore  - guitars
• Larry Washington, James Walker  - congas
• Ron Tyson  - percussion
• Bunny Harris  - tambourine
• The Don Renaldo Strings and Horns  - strings, horns
• Evette Benton, Carla Benson, Barbara Ingram  - background vocals

Production

• Norman Harris, Ron Tyson, Bunny Sigler, Ron Kersey, 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

Notes and References

1. News: Shades of Blue . Bay State Banner . 10 . 14 Dec 1978 . 15.