Go for It (Shalamar album)

Go for It
Studio album by Shalamar
Released August 28, 1981
Recorded 1979-1980 at Studio Masters, Los Angeles, CA
Genre R&B
Length 39:03
Label SOLAR
Producer Leon Sylvers III, Jeffrey Daniel
Shalamar chronology
Three for Love
(1980)
Go for It
(1981)
Friends
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert ChristgauA- [2]

Go for It is the fifth album by American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1981 on the SOLAR label. The album features the 'classic' Shalamar line-up (Jeffrey Daniel, Howard Hewett and Jody Watley).

Daniel has confirmed that Go For It and Friends were recorded at the same time. For distribution purposes, SOLAR was in the process of leaving RCA Records and joining Elektra Records, but still owed a final Shalamar album to RCA: Go for It was that album, while Friends became the first to be delivered to WEA. Go for It received indifferent promotion from RCA, and the garish cover-art was also the subject of negative comment. Only one single ("Sweeter as the Days Go By") was issued, and the album peaked at #18 on the R&B chart and #115 on the Billboard chart.

In 2002, Go for It was re-released by Sanctuary Records in the United Kingdom in a Double CD package with Friends.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Go for It"  Jeffrey Daniel 5:29
2. "Appeal"  Jeffrey Daniel 5:20
3. "The Final Analysis"  Jeffrey Daniel 3:23
4. "You've Got Me Running"  Howard Hewett, James Ingram 3:57
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
5. "Sweeter as the Days Go By"  Linda Carriere, Ricky Smith 3:47
6. "Talk to Me"  Glen Barbee, Jody Watley 6:14
7. "Good Feelings"  William Shelby, Howard Hewett, Wardell Potts, Jr. 4:20
8. "Rocker"  Jeffrey Daniel 6:57

Personnel

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1981 U.S. Album Chart 115
1981 Top R&B/Black Albums 18

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1981 Sweeter as the Days Go By Hot Soul Singles 19

References

  1. Hanson, Amy. "Shalamar – Go for It". AllMusic. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  2. Christgau, Robert. "Shalamar - Go for It". Robert Christgau. Retrieved December 25, 2014.

External links

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