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Light of Life (The Bar-Kays album)

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1978 studio album by the Bar-Kays
Light of Life
Studio album by the Bar-Kays
ReleasedDecember 1978
Recorded1978 at Ardent Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre
Length30:53
LabelMercury
ProducerAllen Jones
The Bar-Kays chronology
Money Talks
(1978)
Light of Life
(1978)
Injoy
(1979)

Light of Life is an album by the Memphis, Tennessee, funk band the Bar-Kays.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Released on Mercury Records in December 1978, the album would chart at number fifteen on the Billboard Soul Album charts.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Allen Jones, Charles Allen, Frank Thompson, Harvey Henderson, James Alexander, Lloyd Smith, Michael Beard, Winson Stewart; except where indicated

  1. "Get Up 'N Do It" 3:39
  2. "Shine" 3:41
  3. "I Lean On You (You Lean On Me)" 3:12
  4. "Give It Up" 4:30
  5. "Love's What It's All About" 3:03
  6. "I'll Dance" 3:38
  7. "We're The Happiest People In The World" (Lewis Collins, Michael Toles) 3:16
  8. "Are You Being Real" 2:59
  9. "Angel Eyes" 2:55

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 86
Billboard US Soul 15

Singles

Year Single Chart positions
US
R&B
1979 "Are You Being Real" 61
"I'll Dance" 26
"Shine" 14

References

  1. ^ Hanson, Amy. The Bar Kays: Light Of Life > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  2. Thompson, Dave (2001). Funk. Backbeat Books. p. 74.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  4. ^ "The Bar Kays US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  5. "The Bar Kays US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-14.

External links

Bar-Kays
Studio albums
Singles
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