Make Your Move (album) explained
| Make Your Move |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Captain & Tennille |
| Cover: | CaptainTennille - Make A Move.jpg |
| Released: | October 1, 1979 |
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| Genre: | Disco[1] |
| Length: | 41:30 |
| Label: | Casablanca |
| Producer: | Daryl Dragon |
| Prev Title: | Dream |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | Keeping Our Love Warm |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
Make Your Move is the fifth album by the American duo Captain & Tennille.[2] [3] Released in 1979, the album includes the #1 hit single "Do That to Me One More Time". The album was certified Gold by the RIAA. It is their first album on Casablanca Records.
The song "Happy Together (A Fantasy)" is a cover of the 1967 number 1 hit "Happy Together" by the Turtles.
Charting singles
Personnel
Credits sourced from the original album liner notes.
Captain & Tennille
- Toni Tennille - lead (all tracks) and backing vocals (1, 2, 6, 7), piano (3, 7), Fender Rhodes electric piano (5)
- Daryl Dragon - piano (1, 4, 6–8), clavinet (1, 2, 4, 6), Hammond organ (1, 6–8), Fender Rhodes electric piano (2, 4, 8), ARP Odyssey (1, 2, 4), ARP Omni (1, 2), EU synthesizer (2, 4, 6), ARP String Ensemble (3), Yamaha TRX (3, 6), Minimoog (3), Oberheim 4-Voice (5–7), Oberheim OB-1 (8), electric (2, 4, 6) and acoustic guitars (1), bass guitar (4, 6, 7), tambourine (1, 2, 6), castanets (2), vibraphone (4, 7)
Additional musicians
- Lee Ritenour - electric (1) and acoustic guitars (5)
- Fred Tackett - electric guitar (8)
- Abraham Laboriel - bass guitar (1, 2, 8)
- Scott Edwards - bass guitar (5, 7)
- Ralph Humphrey - drums (1, 4–8)
- Jim Gordon - drums (2)
- Hal Blaine - drums (3), percussion (3)
- Ken Watson - congas (4, 8), triangle (6), tambourine (8), cowbell (8), percussion (5, 6)
- Tom Scott - alto (2, 3) and tenor saxophones (7), Lyricon (5, 7)
- Bobby Bryant - trumpet (4, 6–8)
- John Rosenberg - trumpet (7)
- Garnett Brown - trombone (4, 6–8)
- Fred Selden - alto saxophone (4, 6–8)
- Glen Garrett - tenor saxophone (4, 6–8)
- John Mitchell - baritone saxophone (4, 6–8)
- Ron Hicklin - backing vocals (1, 2)
- Oren Waters - backing vocals (1, 2)
- Mitch Gordon - backing vocals (1, 2)
- Melissa Boettner - backing vocals (6)
- Lenard Allen - backing vocals (6)
- Gary Sims - backing vocals (6)
Notes and References
- Web site: Tom . Breihan . The Number Ones: The Captain & Tennille's "Do That To Me One More Time". . March 16, 2020 . ...Captain & Tennille tried out a new image, moving toward disco with the 1979 LP Make Your Move.. July 14, 2023.
- Web site: Captain & Tennille Biography by William Ruhlmann . AllMusic . 12 January 2024.
- Tuber . Keith . The Captain and Tennille Make Their Move to Disco . Orange Coast Magazine . Feb 1980 . 6 . 2 . 78, 79.
