Get Up and Boogie

Get Up and Boogie (sometimes also known simply as Silver Convention) is the second studio album by the German disco group Silver Convention, and perhaps best known for including the song "Get Up and Boogie", which hit #1 on June 15, 1976 in Canada[3] and reached #2 in the United States. As with their previous album, the lyrics are minimalistic. Released in 1976, it proved popular on the dance floors and experienced some commercial success as well, reaching number 9 on the Billboard Black Albums chart and number 13 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.[4] Critical reception of the album was mixed, both back then and today, although an Allmusic review called it "a respectable, if uneven, Euro-disco effort that boasts the disco smash 'Get Up and Boogie'".[5] The album has since been released on iTunes in several countries, sometimes under the title Silver Convention.

Get Up and Boogie
Artwork for German and some other releases
Studio album by
Silver Convention
Released1976
Recorded1975
Genre
LabelJupiter Records
ProducerStephan Prager
Silver Convention chronology
Save Me
(1975)		 Get Up and Boogie
(1976)		 MadHouse
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB–[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Get Up and Boogie"4:10
2."No, No Joe"2:58
3."You've Turned Me On (But You Can't Turn Me Off)"3:34
4."San Francisco Hustle"4:48
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."You've Got What It Takes (To Please Your Woman)"3:56
2."The Boy with Ooh-La-La"3:48
3."Old Wine in New Bottles"4:07
4."Play Me Like a Yoyo"3:44
5."Thank You, Mr. D.J."3:12

Personnel
  • Vocals – Penny McLean, Linda G. Thompson and Jackie Carter
  • Drums and Percussion – Keith Forsey and Martin Harrison
  • Bass – Gary Unwin
  • Keyboards – Sylvester Levay
  • Congas – Charlie Campbell
  • Strings arranged by Fritz Sonnleithner

Charts
Chart (1976) Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart[6] 3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 19
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8] 15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 25
US Billboard 200[10] 13

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[11] Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  4. Silver Convention – Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums, allmusic.com
  5. Silver Convention – Review, allmusic.com
  6. "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 25, No. 12 June 19, 1976". Archived from the original on June 16, 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-30.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). RPM (magazine).
  7. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  8. "Norwegiancharts.com – Silver Convention – Get Up and Boogie". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  9. "Swedishcharts.com – Silver Convention – Get Up and Boogie". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  10. "The Silver Convention Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  11. "Canadian album certifications – Silver Convention – Silver Convention". Music Canada.


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