You Want It, You Got It
{{Short description|Album by The Detroit Emeralds}}
{{Infobox album
| name = You Want It, You Got It
| type = Studio album
| artist = The Detroit Emeralds
| cover = Detroit Emeralds You Want It, You Got It album.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1972
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| length =
| label = Westbound
| producer = Katouzzion
| prev_title = Do Me Right
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = I'm in Love with You
| next_year = 1973
| misc = {{Singles
| name = You Want It, You Got It
| type = studio
| single1 = You Want It, You Got It"/"Till You Decide to Come Home
| single1date = December 1971
| single2 = Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)"/"I'll Never Sail the Sea Again
| single2date = May 1972
| single3 = Feel the Need in Me"/"There's a Love for Me Somewhere
| single3date = October 1972
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/you-want-it-you-got-it-mw0000206683 |title=You Want It, You Got It review |website=AllMusic|first=Andrew |last=Hamilton |access-date=2017-06-07}}
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = B+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: D|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=D&bk=70|access-date=February 24, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
}}
You Want It, You Got It is the second studio album by American vocal group, The Detroit Emeralds, released in 1972 through Westbound Records.
Commercial performance
The album peaked at No. 37 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 78 on the Billboard 200. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 5 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)", which charted at No. 4 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Feel the Need in Me", which reached No. 22 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = Abrim Tilmon, except where noted
| title1 = You Want It, You Got It
| length1 = 2:56
| title2 = There's a Love for Me Somewhere
| length2 = 2:23
| title3 = I'll Never Sail the Sea Again
| length3 = 3:34
| title4 = Take My Love
| length4 = 3:37
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title5 = Feel the Need in Me
| length5 = 3:37
| title6 = I've Got to Move
| length6 = 3:01
| title7 = Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)
| length7 = 3:46
| title8 = I Bet You Get the One You Love
| note8 = Abril Tilmon, James Mitchell
| length8 = 2:09
| title9 = Till You Decide To Come Home
| length9 = 2:43
}}
Personnel
- Katouzzion – producer
- Abrim Tilmon – arranger, conductor
- Johnny Allen – arranger, conductor[http://www.discogs.com/Detroit-Emeralds-You-Want-It-You-Got-It/release/6425317 The Detroit Emeralds, You Want It, You Got It credits] Retrieved January 17, 2016.
Charts
Album
| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1972) !Peaks |
| U.S. Billboard Top LPs
|align="center"|78 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs
|align="center"|37 |
Singles
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="2"| Peaks |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| US ! width="35"| US |
| rowspan="1"| 1971
| align="left"| "You Want It, You Got It" | 36 | 5 |
| rowspan="2"| 1972
| align="left"| "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" | 24 | 4 |
| align="left"| "Feel the Need in Me"
| — | 22 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{discogs master|148557|You Want It, You Got It}}
{{The Detroit Emeralds}}
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