Eddie Kendricks (album)

Eddie Kendricks is the third album by former Temptations vocalist Eddie Kendricks. Released in the Spring of 1973 on the Tamla imprint of Motown Records.

Eddie Kendricks
Studio album by
Eddie Kendricks
ReleasedMay 1973
Recorded1973
GenreSoul
LabelTamla Records
ProducerFrank Wilson, Leonard Caston, Gloria Jones, Pam Sawyer
Eddie Kendricks chronology
People ... Hold On
(1972)		 Eddie Kendricks
(1973)		 Boogie Down!
(1974)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideC–[2]

This was the breakthrough solo album Eddie Kendricks was looking for. Charting on the pop chart at number eighteen and number five on the R&B chart. This was his only solo album that would land in the top 20 on the pop chart. Includes the number-one pop and R&B single "Keep On Truckin'", which is one of the precursor to disco songs to come out before the explosion of the genre.

This album established Kendricks as the most successful member of The Temptations to go solo. He was the only former member of the group to have a number-one Hot 100 single.

Track listing

Side One
  1. "Only Room for Two" (Don Daniels, Terri McFaddin) 3:02
  2. "Darling Come Back Home" (Frank Wilson, Kathy Wakefield, King Errisson) 4:07
  3. "Each Day I Cry a Little" (Leonard Caston, Terri McFaddin) 7:14
  4. "Can't Help What I Am" (Frank Wilson, Kathy Wakefield, Leonard Caston) 4:24

Side Two
  1. "Keep on Truckin'" (Anita Poree, Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston Jr.) 8:02
  2. "Any Day Now" (Bob Hilliard, Burt Bacharach) 5:09
  3. "Not on the Outside" (Larry Roberts, Sylvia Robinson) 4:35
  4. "Where Do You Go (Baby)" (Gloria Jones, Pam Sawyer) 3:24

Personnel

Charts
Year Album Chart positions[3]
US US
R&B
1973 Eddie Kendricks 18 5

Singles
Year Single Chart positions[4]
US US
R&B		 US
Dance
1973 "Darling Come Back Home" 67 26 —
"Keep on Truckin'" 1 1 —

References
  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r10789/review
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. "Eddie Kendricks US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  4. "Eddie Kendricks US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
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