Odyssey - Hang Together (1980) - €10,00

Odyssey is originally a New York City, United States-based singing group, best known for their 1977 hit "Native New Yorker," and a series of other mainly dance and soul hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Now based in the United Kingdom, the band is led and fronted by Steven Collazo and continues to perform and record.

In the United Kingdom, the band, with its diverse musical style had more chart success, totalling five Top Ten hits between 1977 and 1982. One of them, "Use It Up and Wear It Out", reached number one in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in 1980. The UK follow-up single, "If You're Lookin' for a Way Out" had Lillian Lopez on lead vocals; the single reaching no. 6 in 1980.

Odyssey as consistent as they could have been; Hang Together, the group's third album, has more pluses than minuses but is still uneven. The more memorable songs on this 1980 LP range from the sleek "Don't Tell Me, Tell Her" to the ballad "If You're Looking for a Way Out" and the funky, Labelle-ish "Rooster Loose in the Barnyard." Meanwhile, the catchy "Down Boy" finds Odyssey experimenting with rock elements, which was a rarity for the New Yorkers.
Overall, this is a decent record, but it isn't a great one -- and Odyssey were quite capable of being consistently excellent instead of merely adequate.
Listening to Hang Together is a lot like seeing a student with above average intelligence bringing home a report card with B's and C's; those B's and C's are preferable to D's and F's, but they're still disappointing when you know that the kid is capable of bringing home straight A's.


Side A
A1.  Hang Together - 6:00 
A2.  Never Had It All - 3:32 
A3.  Don’t Tell Me, Tell Her - 5:28 
A4.  Down Boy - 3:53 

Side B
B1.  Follow Me (Play Follow The Leader) - 4:05 
B2.  Use It Up And Wear It Out - 4:56 
B3.  If You’re Lookin’ For A Way Out - 4:19 
B4.  Rooster Loose In The Barnyard - 3:44


Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Records
• Copyright (c) – RCA Records
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Produced At – The Hit Factory
• Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
• Record Company – RCA Corporation
• Published By – Unichappell Music, Inc.
• Published By – Featherbed Music
• Published By – Larball Music Inc.
• Published By – Chappell & Co., Inc.
• Published By – Sumac Music, Inc.

Credits

• Arranged By, Conductor – Ray Chew
• Art Direction – Dick Smith 
• Backing Vocals – Kaihsheane Collazo, Keith Collazo, Steven Collazo
• Bass – Francisco Santano, Marcus Miller (tracks: B3)
• Contractor – Sephra Herman
• Coordinator [RCA LP Coordinator] – Nancy Parisi
• Copyist – Albert Schoonmaker, Steve Prisby
• Drums – Chris Parker (tracks: A1, B2), Paul Kimbarow
• Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Lillian Lopez (tracks: B2, B4)
• Engineer – Ed Sprigg
• Engineer [Assistant] – Chris Tergesen
• Guitar – Andy Schwartz (tracks: A3, A4, B3), Cliff Morris
• Illustration – Jeffrey Schreier
• Keyboards, Synthesizer – Ray Chew
• Mixed By – Frank D'Augusta (tracks: A4, B3)
• Percussion – Sammy Figueroa
• Percussion [Additional] – Lillian Lopez, Sandy Linzer
• Producer – Sandy Linzer
• Vocals – Billy McEachern, Lillian Lopez, Louise Lopez
• Vocals [Additional] – Boo Boo Monk (tracks: A3, B1, B3), T. S. Monk (tracks: A3, B1, B3), Yvonne Fletcher (tracks: A3, B1, B3) 

Notes
Release:  1980
Format:  LP
Genre:  Quiet Storm
Label:  RCA Records
Catalog#  PL 1356

Vinyl:  Goed
Cover:  Goed

Prijs: €10,00