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Friends

Studio album by

Released

January 29, 1982

Recorded

1981

Studio

Studio Masters
Larrabee Sound
The Record Plant
Kendun Recorders
(Los Angeles)

Genre

Urban, soul, R&B, post-disco

Length

44:55

Label

SOLAR

Producer

Leon Sylvers III

Shalamar chronology

Go for It
(1981)

Friends
(1982)

The Look
(1983)

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Shalamar is an American R&B and soul music vocal group based in New-York and active in the mid-1970s and throughout the 1980s and beyond. Originally a disco-driven vehicle created by Soul Train booking agent Dick Griffey and show creator and producer Don Cornelius, the band went on to be an influential dance trio masterminded by Cornelius.
Friends is the sixth album by American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1982 on the SOLAR label. The album, which features the 'classic' Shalamar line-up (Jeffrey Daniel, Howard Hewett and Jody Watley), topped the R&B chart and peaked at #35 on the Billboard chart.It has been certified Gold in the United States for sales over 500,000. It would eventually go Platinum.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
BBC	favorable^[2]
Robert Christgau	B-^[3]

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Friends is the sixth album by AmericanR&B group Shalamar, released in 1982 on the SOLAR label. The album, which features the 'classic' Shalamar line-up (Jeffrey Daniel, Howard Hewett and Jody Watley), topped the R&B chart and peaked at #35 on the Billboard chart. It has been certified Gold in the United States for sales over 500,000. It would eventually go Platinum.In the United KingdomFriends gained impetus from a now-legendary demonstration of body-popping by Daniel during a performance of 'A Night to Remember' on the BBC programme Top of the Pops. It reached #6 on the UK Albums Chart and produced four top 20 singles.

In 2002, Friends was re-released by Sanctuary Records in the United Kingdom in a double-CD package with Shalamar's previous album Go for It.

Track listing[edit]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	'A Night to Remember'	Dana Meyers, Charmaine Sylvers, Nidra Beard	5:08
2.	'Don't Try to Change Me'	William Bryant, Tina Scott, Roberta Stiger	4:10
3.	'Help Me'	Joey Gallo, Leon Sylvers III, Jody Watley, Nidra Beard	5:10
4.	'On Top of the World'	Dana Meyers, Richard Randolph	4:06
5.	'I Don't Wanna Be the Last to Know'	Kevin Spencer, William Shelby, Linda Carriere, Nidra Beard	4:02

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	'Friends'	William Shelby, Glen Barbee, Nidra Beard	5:00
7.	'Playing to Win'	Jody Watley, Ralph E. Clayborne, Charmaine Sylvers	4:24
8.	'I Just Stopped By Because I Had To'	Stephen Shockley, Joey Gallo, Leon Sylvers III, Nidra Beard	4:08
9.	'There It Is'	Nidra Beard, Dana Meyers, Charmaine Sylvers	4:27
10.	'I Can Make You Feel Good'	William Shelby, Howard Hewett, Renwick Jackson	4:20

Personnel[edit]

Shalamar - lead & backing vocals
Leon Sylvers III - bass, percussion, keyboards
Wardell Potts, Jr. - drums
Foster Sylvers - bass
Joey Gallo - keyboards
Kevin Spencer - keyboards
James Ingram - bass, keyboards
Ricky Sylvers - guitar
Ed Green - drums
Ernest 'Pepper' Reed - guitar
Richard Randolph - guitar
Michael Nash - keyboards
William Shelby - keyboards
Wayne Milstein - percussion

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[4]	32
UK Albums (OCC)^[5]	6
US Billboard 200^[6]	35
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[7]	1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1982)	Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[8]	96
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[9]	10

Singles[edit]

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	I Can Make You Feel Good	Hot Soul Singles	33
1982	A Night to Remember	Billboard Hot 100	44
1982	A Night to Remember	Hot Soul Singles	8
1982	A Night to Remember	US Dance	15
1982	There It Is	UK Singles	5

Certifications[edit]

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[10]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[11]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

^Elias, Jason. 'Shalamar – Friends'. AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^Easlea, Daryl. 'Shalamar – Friends'. BBC Music. Retrieved December 27, 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^Christgau, Robert. 'Shalamar – Friends'. Robert Christgau. Retrieved December 27, 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^'Dutchcharts.nl – Shalamar – Friends' (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
^'Shalamar | Artist | Official Charts'. UK Albums Chart. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
^'Shalamar, TLP'. Billboard. Retrieved February 14, 2021.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^'Shalamar, BLP'. Billboard. Retrieved February 14, 2021.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^'Jaaroverzichten – Album 1982'. dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved February 14, 2021.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^'Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1982'. Billboard. Retrieved February 14, 2021.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^'British album certifications – Shalamar – Friends'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
^'American album certifications – Shalamar – Friends'. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 14, 2021.If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.

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