Slick (album) explained

Slick
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Eddie Kendricks
Cover:	Slick cover.jpg
Released:	August 1977
Recorded:	1975–1976
Studio:	The Sound Suite & United Sound Systems, Detroit
Genre:	Soul
Label:	Tamla Records
Producer:	Leonard Caston
Prev Title:	Goin' Up in Smoke
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Vintage '78
Next Year:	1978

Slick is the ninth album by former Temptations vocalist Eddie Kendricks, released in August 1977 on the Tamla imprint of Motown Records. It reached No. 47 on the Billboard Soul Albums chart.

Track listing

1. "Something Shady (Is Going On)" (Leonard Caston Jr., Ronn Matlock) 5:07
2. "Baby" (Leonard Caston Jr., Terri McFaddin) 3:52
3. "I Want to Live My Life with You" (Diane Goosby, Leonard Caston Jr.) 3:42
4. "You Got It" (Leonard Caston Jr., Terri McFaddin) 3:25
5. "Intimate Friends" (Garry Glenn) 5:49
6. "Diamond Girl" (Jim Seals, Dash Crofts) 4:25
7. "Then Came You" (Diane Goosby, Leonard Caston Jr.) 7:31
8. "I'll Have to Let You Go" (Kathy Wakefield, Leonard Caston Jr.) 4:34
9. "California Woman" (Kathy Wakefield, Leonard Caston Jr.) 3:31

Personnel

• Eddie Kendricks - lead and backing vocals
• Eddie Willis, Robert White - guitar
• Lee Marcus, Quentin Dennard, Richard "Pistol" Allen, Uriel Jones - drums
• Roderick Chandler - bass
• George Roundtree, Leonard Caston Jr. - keyboards
• Jack Brokensha - percussion
• Gerry Paul - congas
• Larry Nozero - alto saxophone
• Barbara Dickerson, Carolyn Majors, Cheryl Lynn, Danny Smith, Donna Thedford, Jean Thompson, Patricia Smith, Phylis Cole, Theo Turner, Victor Caston - backing vocals
• David Willardson - cover illustration

Charts

Singles

Samples

• "Intimate Friends" has been sampled by multiple artists for various songs, including:
  • "Goin' In For Life" by Drake from Comeback Season.
  • "Light" by Big Sean from I Decided.
  • "Unbreakable" by Alicia Keys from Unplugged.
  • "Fall in Love (Your Funeral)" by Erykah Badu from New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh).
  • "Another Summer" by 213 from their The Hard Way album.
  • "Old Times Sake" by Sweet Sable from the soundtrack to Above the Rim.
  • "A Penny For My Thoughts" by Common (known at the time as Common Sense) from Can I Borrow a Dollar?.

External links

• Eddie Kendricks-Slick at Discogs.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p93251/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} Eddie Kendricks US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-07-23.
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p93251/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Eddie Kendricks US singles chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-07-23.