Showcase (The Sylvers album) explained

Showcase
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	the Sylvers
Cover:	Showcase cover.jpeg
Released:	August 20, 1975
Recorded:	1974 - 1975
Studio:	Total Experience Recording Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre:	Soul, Disco
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Freddie Perren
Prev Title:	The Sylvers III
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Something Special
Next Year:	1976

Showcase is the fourth album by the Los Angeles, California-based R&B group the Sylvers.

Reception

Released in 1975, this would be their first of three albums for Capitol Records and one of two that were produced by Freddie Perren.

The album released only two singles: "Boogie Fever" reaching number one in the U.S. on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts as well as reaching number one in Canada on the RPM national singles chart in 1976.^[1] The second single "Cotton Candy" peaked on Billboard R&B Chart Position #19.

Track listing

1. "Cotton Candy" (Kenneth St. Lewis, Freddie Perren, Christine Yarian) – 2:55
2. "The Roulette Wheel of Love" (Freddie Perren, Kenneth St. Lewis) – 3:25
3. "Boogie Fever" (Freddie Perren, Kenneth St. Lewis) – 3:31
4. "Storybook Girl" (R. Wyatt, Christine Yarian, St. Lewis) – 3:20
5. "Ain't No Good in Good-Bye" (Freddie Perren, Kenneth St. Lewis) – 3:40
6. "Free Style" (Leon Sylvers III) – 2:59
7. "I Can Be for Real" (Leon Sylvers III) – 3:38
8. "Clap Your Hands to the Music" (Leon Sylvers III) – 3:30
9. "Keep On Keepin' On" (R. Wyatt, Christine Yarian, Freddie Perren) – 3:16
10. "Ain't Nothin' but a Party" (Leon Sylvers III) – 5:24

Charts

Chart (1975/76)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	37
Billboard Pop Albums^[3]	58
Billboard Top Soul Albums	23

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[4]
		US	US R&B	AUS
1975	"Boogie Fever"	1	1	7
1976	"Cotton Candy"	59	19	-

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.^[5]

• Freddie Perren - producer, arranger
• Wade Marcus - arranger
• Larkin Arnold - executive producer
• Larry Miles - recording engineer, remixing
• Steve Pouliot - assistant engineer
• Andrew Berliner - engineer (strings and horns)
• Jeff Sanders - mastering

External links

• Showcase at Discogs

Notes and References

1. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4124a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=kjerdnvbvl3a8p4jfufutrc7u6 Top Singles - Volume 25, No. 7, May 15 1976
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 303.
3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p20894/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} The Sylvers US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-08-17.
4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p20894/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} The Sylvers US singles chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-08-17.
5. The Sylvers - Showcase (LP liner notes). Capitol Records. ST-11465