Disco Inferno (album)

Disco Inferno is the fourth studio album by American soul-disco group, The Trammps, released in 1976 through Atlantic Records.

Disco Inferno
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 29, 1976
StudioSigma Sound Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
GenreDisco
Length42:36
LabelAtlantic
ProducerNorman Harris, Ronald Baker, Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, Earl Young
The Trammps chronology
Where the Happy People Go
(1976)
Disco Inferno
(1976)
The Trammps III
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 16 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 46 on the Billboard 200. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 9 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, and "I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On the Dark Side of the Moon)", which charted at No. 52 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Body Contact Contract"Norman Harris, Bruce Gray, Jimmy Hendricks6:55
2."Starvin'"Allan Felder, Ronald Tyson, Norman Harris, Earl Young7:05
3."I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On the Dark Side of the Moon)"Ronald Baker6:59
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Disco Inferno"Leroy Green, Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey10:50
5."Don't Burn No Bridges"Allan Felder, Ronald Tyson, T.G. Conway6:00
6."You Touch My Hot Line"Jerry Akins, Johnny Bellmon, Victor Drayton, Reginald Turner4:23

Personnel

The Trammps
  • Jimmy Ellis lead vocal
  • Robert Upchurch lead and baritone vocal
  • Earl Young bass vocal
  • Harold Wade first tenor
  • Stanley Wade second tenor
Additional Personnel
  • Ronald Baker bass
  • Earl Young drums
  • Norman Harris, Bobby Eli, T.J. Tindall guitars
  • Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, T.G. Conway, Bruce Gray, Carlton Kent keyboards
  • Larry Washington, Robert Cupit congas
  • Allen Felder, Ronald Tyson tambourines
  • Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton background vocals
  • Don Renaldo and His Strings and Horns
  • Flash Wilson The Trammps' M.C.

Charts

Album

Chart (1976) Peaks
[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 46
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 16
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 65

Singles

Year Single Peaks
US
[3]
US
R&B

[3]
US
Dan

[3]
1976 "Disco Inferno" 53 9 1
"Starvin'"
"Body Contact Contract"
1977 "I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On the Dark Side of the Moon)" 105 52
1978 "Disco Inferno" (re-release) 11

References

  1. Kellman, Andy. "Disco Inferno review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 16, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  3. "US Charts > The Trammps". Billboard. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 312. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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