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1977 studio album by the Persuasions
Chirpin'
Studio album by the Persuasions
Released1977
Recorded1977
GenreA capella, R&B
Length34:22
LabelElektra
ProducerDavid Dashev
The Persuasions chronology
More Than Before
(1974) 		Chirpin'
(1977) 		Comin' at Ya
(1979)

Chirpin' is an album by the American musical group the Persuasions, released in 1977. It was rereleased in 1990, following the success of the PBS documentary Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella.

Production

The album was produced by David Dashev. After two albums that contained instrumental accompaniment, Chiripin' was a return to an a capella style, albeit without member Jayotis Washington.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record GuideB+
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Rolling Stone Record Guide

The Richmond Times-Dispatch praised the "rich, gutsy and romantic harmonies," and considered Chirpin' the group's best album.

Greil Marcus, in The Village Voice, wrote of "Willie and Laura Mae Jones": "'That was another place, and another time,' runs the last line of Tony Joe White’s chorus; as the Persuasions sing it, it is full of dignity, close to bitter, and empty of regret. I don’t know that I have heard new black music this strong since the days that followed Sly Stone’s There’s a Riot Goin’ On." He later listed the album as one of the ten best of the 1970s.

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "Papa Oom Mow Mow" (Al Frazier, Carl White, Turner Wilson, John Harris) – 2:18
  2. "Willie and Laura Mae Jones" (Tony Joe White) – 3:15
  3. "Moonlight and Music" (Leroy Fann) – 3:00
  4. "Johnny Porter" (Bobby Ray Appleberry, Bill Cuomo) – 4:34
  5. "Looking for an Echo" (Richard Reicheg) – 4:11
Side 2
  2. "Women and Drinkin'" (Jerry Lawson, David Dashev) – 6:53
  3. "Sixty Minute Man" (Billy Ward) – 2:00
  4. "Win Your Love (For Me)" (Sam Cooke) – 3:32
  5. "It's Gonna Rain Again" (Charles Johnson) – 2:22
  6. "To Be Loved" (Tyran Carlo, Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Berry Gordy)– 2:32

Details

  • Produced by David Dashev.
  • Recorded and mixed at The Hit Factory, New York.
  • Engineered by Michael Getlin.
  • Released in 1977 by Elektra.

References

  1. ^ Pitilli, Lawrence (August 2, 2016). Doo-Wop Acappella: A Story of Street Corners, Echoes, and Three-Part Harmonies. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442244306.
  2. "The Persuasions | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. Whitlock, Jennifer (8 August 1993). "The Persuasions Are in Harmony with the Present". The Morning Call.
  4. Heim, Chris (5 Oct 1990). "Record labels turn on a shower of collections". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. S.
  5. "'Sweet Joe' Russell dies at 72; singer with the Persuasions". Los Angeles Times. May 13, 2012.
  6. Chirpin' at AllMusic
  7. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  8. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 496.
  9. Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. 291.
  10. Bustard, C.A. (Apr 20, 1977). "Chirpin', the Persuasions". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. A12.
  11. "The Persuasions, 'Chirpin" (05/76)". The Village Voice. November 25, 2014.
  12. "Rock in the 1970s: Journey Through the Past". The Village Voice. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
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