Out Here on My Own (album) explained

Out Here on My Own
Type:studio
Artist:Lamont Dozier
Cover:Out Here on My Own (album).jpg
Released:1973
Studio:ABC, Los Angeles, California
Genre:Soul
Length:37:00
Label:ABC
Producer:McKinley Jackson
Next Title:Black Bach
Next Year:1974

Out Here on My Own is the debut studio album by singer Lamont Dozier released on the ABC label.

Reception

Ron Wynn of AllMusic stated "It was one of the better combinations of socio-political commentary and urgent soul vocals done in the period. The title cut, as well as the single "Fish Ain't Bitin" and "Out Here On My Own," were sizable hits."

Chart performance

First in December 1973, the album peaked at No. 54 on the Hot Soul albums chart.[1] Its final position was at #17.[2] The single, Trying to Hold on to My Woman, was featured on this album.[3] It reached No. 4 on the U.S. R&B chart and No. 15 on the U.S. pop chart in 1974.[4] The song ranked at No. 87 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1974.[5] Another single, "Fish Ain't Bitin'", peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 26 on the R&B singles chart.

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.[6]

Charts

Chart (1973)Peak
position
scope=rowUS Top LPs[7] 114
scope=rowUS Soul LPs17

Singles

YearSingleChart positions
USUS
R&B
1973"Trying to Hold on to My Woman"15[8] [9] 4[10]
"Fish Ain't Bitin'"26[11] [12] 4[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Billboard. December 22, 1973. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Billboard. February 9, 1974. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
  3. Book: Pollock, Bruce . [{{Google Books |GxYiAwAAQBAJ|page=380|plain-url=yes}} Rock Song Index ]. 2nd Revised. 2013. 9781135462963. 380 . Routledge . Google Books.
  4. Web site: Lamont Dozier, "Trying to Hold on to My Woman" Chart Positions. February 8, 2024.
  5. . Top Pop Singles . Billboard . New York, New York . Billboard Publications, Inc. . December 28, 1974 . April 8, 2019.
  6. Lamont Dozier - Out Here On My Own (liner notes): 1973.
  7. Web site: Lamont Dozier – Awards. AllMusic. August 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20160516165637/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lamont-dozier-mn0000106882/awards. May 16, 2016.
  8. Web site: Lamont Dozier Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts. www.musicvf.com.
  9. Book: Hit Records, 1950-1975 . 978-0-8108-5129-0 . 2005 . Scarecrow Press .
  10. Web site: Billboard. February 9, 1974. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
  11. Web site: Fish Ain't Bitin' (song by Lamont Dozier) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts. www.musicvf.com.
  12. Book: Hit Records, 1950-1975 . 978-0-8108-5129-0 . 2005 . Scarecrow Press .
  13. Web site: Jet. Johnson Publishing. Company. July 11, 1974. Johnson Publishing Company. Google Books.