Boogie Down!

{{Infobox album

| name = Boogie Down!

| type = Studio album

| artist = Eddie Kendricks

| cover = Boogie Down!.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 1974

| recorded = 1973–1974

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Soul

| length =

| label = Tamla Records

| producer = Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston Jr.

| prev_title = Eddie Kendricks

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = For You

| next_year = 1974

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Boogie Down!

| type = studio

| single1 = Boogie Down

| single1date = December 13, 1973

| single2 = Son of Sagittarius

| single2date = April 16, 1974

| single3 = Tell Her Love Has Felt The Need

| single3date = July 2, 1974}}

}}

Boogie Down! is the fourth album by former Temptations vocalist Eddie Kendricks, released in early 1974 on the Tamla imprint of Motown Records.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jason Elias awarded the album 4 stars stating "Boogie Down cut for cut is Kendricks' strongest album.".Elias, J. [http://allmusic.com/album/boogie-down%21-mw0000838365 Allmusic Review]

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

}}

Track listing

"The Thin Man" (Anita Poree, Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston) 3:40
"Tell Her Love Has Felt the Need" (Kathy Wakefield, Leonard Caston) 4:30
"Son of Sagittarius" (Anita Poree, Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston) 3:41
"Boogie Down" (Anita Poree, Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston) 7:07
"Hooked on Your Love" (Don Daniels, Frank Wilson, Terri McFaddin) 3:30
"Honey Brown" (Don Daniels, Frank Wilson, Terri McFaddin) 5:18
"You Are the Melody of My Life" (Don Daniels, Terri McFaddin) 4:00
"Trust Your Heart" (Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston, Terri McFaddin) 4:13
"Girl of My Dreams" (Kathy Wakefield, Leonard Caston) 3:28
"Loving You the Second Time Around" (Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston, Pam Sawyer) 3:12

Personnel

Eddie Kendricks - lead and backing vocals
Melvin "Wah-Wah" Ragin, Greg Poree, Dean Parks, Dennis Coffey - guitar
Jack Ashford - tambourine, percussion
King Errisson - congas
James Jamerson, Darrell Clayborne - bass
Harold Johnson - organ, electric piano
Kenny Rice, Ed Greene, James Gadson, Gene Pello, Aaron Smith, Roger Bethelmy - drums
Jerry Peters - keyboards
Mike Campbell - harmonica
Leonard Caston - clavinet, piano, organ, other keyboards

Production

Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston - producer
Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston, Dave Van De Pitte, James Carmichael - arrangements
James Carmichael, Dave Van De Pitte, Leonard Caston - orchestration
Russ Terrana, Art Stewart, Cal Harris, Andrew Berliner - recording engineers
Frank Wilson, Andrew Berliner - mixing engineers
Lynn Allen - coordination, inspiration
Jim Britt - design, photography

Charts

class="wikitable"
Chart (1974) ! Peak position
Billboard Top LPs{{Cite web\|url={{AllMusic\|class=artist\|id=p93251/charts-awards/billboard-albums\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=Eddie Kendricks US albums chart history\|publisher=allmusic.com\|accessdate=2011-06-27}} \| align="center"\|30
Billboard Top Soul LPs \| align="center"\|1

class="wikitable"

Chart (1974)

! Peak
position

Billboard Top LPs{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p93251/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=Eddie Kendricks US albums chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-06-27}}

| align="center"|30

Billboard Top Soul LPs

| align="center"|1

=Singles=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2"\| Single ! colspan="2"\| Chart positions{{Cite web\|url={{AllMusic\|class=artist\|id=p93251/charts-awards/billboard-singles\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=Eddie Kendricks US singles chart history\|publisher=allmusic.com\|accessdate=2011-06-27}}
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"\| US ! width="40"\| US R&B
rowspan="3"\|1974 \| align="left"\| "Boogie Down" \| 2 \| 1
align="left"\| "Son Of Sagittarius" \| 28 \| 5
align="left"\| "Tell Her Love Has Felt The Need" \| 50 \| 8

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="2"| Chart positions{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p93251/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Eddie Kendricks US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-06-27}}

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="40"| US

! width="40"| US
R&B

rowspan="3"|1974

| align="left"| "Boogie Down"

| 2

| 1

align="left"| "Son Of Sagittarius"

| 28

| 5

align="left"| "Tell Her Love Has Felt The Need"

| 50