Movin' On (Commodores album)

Movin' On is the third studio album by the Commodores, released by Motown Records in 1975.

Movin' On
Studio album by
The Commodores
ReleasedOctober 1975
Recorded1975
GenreSoul, funk
Length36:04
LabelMotown
ProducerJames Anthony Carmichael, Commodores
The Commodores chronology
Caught in the Act
(1975)		 Movin' On
(1975)		 Hot on the Tracks
(1976)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record GuideB–[1]

The album reached number 29 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and number seven on the R&B albums chart. The only single released from the album, "Sweet Love", a mid-tempo ballad about "the virtues of peace and harmony during troubled times,"[2] reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1976, making it the group's first top ten hit on the chart. However, the last track, "Cebu", became a staple on the "Quiet Storm" radio stations, and appeared as a B-side to two of their later singles, "Fancy Dancer" (1976) and "Only You" (1983).

Allmusic rated the album four and a half out of five stars.[3]

The cover artwork of the 2012 Van Halen album A Different Kind of Truth drew comparisons to that of Movin' On.[4]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hold On"Thomas McClary, Lionel Richie4:16
2."Free"McClary, Richie3:54
3."Mary, Mary"Milan Williams4:08
4."Sweet Love"Richie6:31
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(Can I) Get a Witness"Walter "Clyde" Orange5:01
2."Gimme My Mule"Ronald LaPread5:05
3."Time"William King, McClary3:21
4."Cebu" ((instrumental))McClary4:48
Total length:36:04

Charts
Year Album Chart positions[5]
US US
R&B		 Aus[6]
1975 Movin' On 29 7 80

Singles
Year Single Chart positions[7]
US US
R&B		 US
Dance
1975 "Gimme My Mule" — — 11
1976 "Sweet Love" 5 2 —

Later samples

References
  1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  2. Taylor, Marc. A Touch of Classic Soul 2: The Late 1970s. Aloiv Publishing. p. 84 – via Google Books.
  3. Movin' On at AllMusic
  4. Wardlaw, Matt (January 12, 2012). "Did Van Halen Borrow Their Album Cover From A Legendary Motown Band?". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  5. "The Commodores US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
  6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 72. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. "The Commodores US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
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