Right on Time (The Brothers Johnson album)

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Right on Time
File:Right On Time 1977.jpg
Studio album by Brothers Johnson
Released 1977
Recorded Feb 1, 1977 - Mar 21, 1977
Genre Funk, pop
Length 31:33
Label A&M Records
Producer Quincy Jones
Brothers Johnson chronology
Look Out for #1
(1976)Look Out for #11976		 Right on Time
(1977)		 Blam!
(1978)Blam!1978

Right On Time is the second album by the Los Angeles, California-based duo Brothers Johnson. Released in 1977, the album peaked at number two on the R&B albums chart and number thirteen on the pop albums chart in the U.S. It includes the number-one R&B song, Strawberry Letter 23, and winner of a Grammy Award in 1978 for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, "Q".

Critical reception

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "C+" grade and panned the duo for how "bland" and lifeless they made their funk: "Pop professionalism reduced to a concept in which all annoyances and other signs of life are eliminated".[1] In a retrospective review, Allmusic's Stephen Cook gave it four-and-a-half out of five stars and credited Quincy Jones for producing a "seamless mix of pop and funk".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Runnin' For Your Lovin'" - (George Johnson, Louis Johnson) 5:05
  2. "Free Yourself, Be Yourself" - (George Johnson, Louis Johnson) 4:14
  3. "Q" - (George Johnson, Louis Johnson) 3:25
  4. "Right On Time" - (George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Quincy Jones) 3:50
  5. "Strawberry Letter 23" - (Shuggie Otis) 4:58
  6. "Brother Man" - (Dave Grusin, George Johnson, Louis Johnson) 3:10
  7. "Never Leave You Lonely" - (Louis Johnson, Peggy Jones, Valerie Johnson) 3:02
  8. "Love Is" - (George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Peggy Jones, Quincy Jones) 4:20

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[3] 13
Billboard Top Soul Albums[3] 2
Billboard Jazz Albums[3] 4

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[4]
US US
R&B
1977 "Strawberry Letter 23" 5 1
"Runnin' For Your Lovin'" 107 20
1978 "Love Is" — 50

References

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