Take It On Up (album)
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Released | 1978 | |||
Genre | Soul, funk | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Verdine White, Robert Wright | |||
Pockets chronology | ||||
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Take It On Up is the second album by the American band Pockets, released in 1978 by Columbia Records.[1][2] The album reached No. 22 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.[3] Maurice White served as the executive producer.
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Washington Post | (favourable)[5] |
The Toronto Star called Pockets "a post-Motown soul group mixing sweet falsetto ballads with raunchy funk numbers."[6]
Alex Henderson of AllMusic wrote that "Pockets' second album Take It On Up isn't as strong as its predecessor Come Go with Me, but it's still enjoyable."[4]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Heaven Only Knows" | Leroy Bell, Casey James | 3:29 |
2. | "Take It On Up" | Kevin Barnes, Louis Satterfield, Robert Wright, Verdine White | 3:14 |
3. | "Tell Me Why" | James Burke, Keni Burke | 4:21 |
4. | "Got To Find My Way" | Al McKinney, Gary Grainger, Louis Satterfield, Robert Wright, Verdine White | 3:34 |
5. | "Happy for Love" | Robert Wright, Verdine White | 4:50 |
6. | "Funk It Over" | Dorian Holley, Pockets, Robert Wright, Verdine White | 3:55 |
7. | "You and Only You" | Ray Parker Jr. | 3:43 |
8. | "Sphinx" | Gary Grainger | 1:55 |
9. | "Lay Your Head (On My Shoulder)" | Allee Willis, Robert Wright, Verdine White | 5:48 |
10. | "In Your Eyes" | Jacob Shaffer, Larry Jacobs, Robert Wright, Verdine White | 2:22 |
References
- ^ Pockets: Take It On Up. Columbia Records. 1978.
- ^ "Pockets Keeps Taking It Up". The Omaha Star. Oct 19, 1978. p. 6.
- ^ "Billboard Top Soul LPs" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Vol. 90, no. 43. Billboard. October 28, 1978. p. 69.
- ^ a b "Pockets: Take It On Up". AllMusic.
- ^ "Clinton and White: Two Camps of Funk Music". washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Davey, Steven (Nov 18, 1978). "Music". Toronto Star. p. D5.