Arabian Nights (album)
{{Infobox album|
| name = Arabian Nights
| type = Studio
| artist = The Ritchie Family
| cover = Arabian Nights album the Ritchie Family.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1976
| recorded = Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Disco
| length = 32:03
| label = Marlin
| producer = Jacques Morali, Richie Rome
| prev_title = Brazil
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Life Is Music
| next_year = 1977
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Arabian Nights
| type = Studio
| single1 = The Best Disco in Town
| single1date = August 1976
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000852170 |label=Arabian Nights review |first=Bil |last=Carpenter |accessdate=2016-06-26}}
}}
Arabian Nights is the second studio album recorded by American female vocal trio The Ritchie Family, released in 1976 on the Marlin label.
History
The album features the track, "The Best Disco in Town", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart, No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 12 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = The Best Disco in Town
| writer1 = Jacques Morali, Richie Rome, Henri Belolo, Phil Hurtt
| length1 = 6:39
| title2 = Baby I'm on Fire
| writer2 = Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo
| length2 = 5:05
| title3 = Romantic Love
| writer3 = Jacques Morali, Richie Rome, Henri Belolo, Peter Whitehead
| length3 = 5:53
| total_length = 17:37
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title4 = Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
| writer4 = Jimmy Kennedy, Nat Simon
| length4 = 4:22
| title5 = Lawrence of Arabia (More Than Yesterday, Less Than Tomorrow)
| writer5 = Maurice Jarre
| length5 = 3:57
| title6 = In a Persian Market (Show Me How You Dance)
| writer6 = Albert Ketèlbey
| length6 = 6:07
| total_length = 14:26
}}
Personnel
- Cheryl Mason Jacks, Cassandra Ann Wooten, Gwendolyn Oliver – vocals
- Don Renaldo – strings, horns
- Richie Rome – electric piano, acoustic piano
- Earl Young, Charles Collins – drums
- Ron Baker, Michael "Sugar Bear" Foreman – bass
- Craig Snyder, Norman Harris, Bobby Eli – guitars
- Nick D'Amico – percussion
- Larry Washington, – congas
- Buddy Turner, Johnny Belmon, Jerry Atkins, James Gitp, Craig Jamerson, William Brown – male vocals
Production
- Jacques Morali, Richie Rome – producers, arrangers
- Henri Belolo – general supervisor
- Joe Tarsia, Jay Mark, Ken Present – engineers
- Michael Hutchinson, Jeff Stewart, Pete Humphreys – assistant engineers
- Vivian Abbott – time coordinator
- John Galluzzi – photographer
Charts
| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1976) |
| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=253}}
| style="text-align:center;"|3 |
| Italian Albums (HitParadeItalia){{cite web|url=https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_weeka/1976/hpa19761127.html|title=HitParadeItalia - Top Album N.48 del 27 Novembre 1976|language=it|publisher=HitParadeItalia}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
| U.S. Billboard Top LPs
|align="center"|30 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs
|align="center"|23 |
Certifications and sales
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{{certification Table Entry|title=Arabian Nights|artist=The Ritchie Family|type=album|region=Australia|award=Platinum|relyear=1976|certyear=1979|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1979/CB-1979-01-20.pdf|title= Morali wins Aussie Awards|magazine=Cash Box|via=World Radio History|page=20|date= January 20, 1979|access-date= December 1, 2021}}}}
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References
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External links
- {{discogs master|117703|Arabian Nights}}
{{The Ritchie Family}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:The Ritchie Family albums
Category:Albums produced by Jacques Morali