Car Wash (soundtrack)

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Car Wash
File:RoseRoyceCarWash.jpg
Soundtrack album by Rose Royce
Released September 13, 1976
Genre Funk, soul, disco, R&B
Length 73:10
Label MCA
Producer Norman Whitfield
Rose Royce chronology
Car Wash
(1976)		 In Full Bloom
(1977)
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Singles from Car Wash (soundtrack)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]

Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack double album released by the funk band Rose Royce on the MCA label in September 1976. It was produced by Norman Whitfield. It is the soundtrack/film score to the 1976 hit comedy Car Wash that featured Richard Pryor and George Carlin and is also the debut album for Rose Royce.

History

Although Rose Royce had already recorded most of a non-soundtrack album prior to Car Wash, their producer Norman Whitfield insisted that they record new material for the film's score.[2] Initially, the film's producers approached Whitfield with a basic plot, and Whitfield set about creating the music for a film that, at that point, had not even been written yet.

The album was a major success, yielding three Billboard R&B Top Ten singles: "Car Wash", "I Wanna Get Next to You", and "I'm Going Down". The title track was also a number one single on the Billboard pop charts. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD in 1996 by MCA Records. The Car Wash soundtrack won a 1977 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album.[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Norman Whitfield, except where noted. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Car Wash"   5:06
2. "6 O'Clock DJ (Let's Rock)"   1:09
3. "I Wanna Get Next to You"   3:57
4. "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is"   3:25
5. "Zig Zag"   2:30
Side two
No. Title Length
6. "You're on My Mind"   3:27
7. "Mid Day DJ Theme"   1:43
8. "Born to Love You"   3:06
9. "Daddy Rich"   3:12
10. "Richard Pryor Dialogue"   5:21
Side three
No. Title Length
11. "You Gotta Believe" (Vocals by the Pointer Sisters) 2:51
12. "I'm Going Down"   3:37
13. "Yo Yo"   4:16
14. "Sunrise"   10:48
Side four
No. Title Length
15. "Righteous Rhythm"   2:30
16. "Water"   3:31
17. "Crying"   2:57
18. "Doin' What Comes Naturally"   3:09
19. "Keep on Keepin' On"   6:39

Personnel

Rose Royce

  • Kenji Brown – guitar
  • Lequeint "Duke" Jobe – bass
  • Victor Nix – keyboards
  • Henry Garner – drums
  • Kenny Copeland, Freddie Dunn – trumpet
  • Michael Moore – saxophone
  • Terry Santiel – congas
  • Gwen "Rose" Dickey – vocals

Additional Musicians/Personnel

Production

  • Norman Whitfield – producer, recording engineer
  • Baker Bigsby, Cal Harris, Leanard Jackson – recording engineer
  • Clay McMurray – recording engineer, album coordinator
  • Paul Riser – orchestra direction

Charts

Chart (1976/77) Position
[4][5]
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 40
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 14
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 2
UK Albums Chart 59
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[4]		 US
R&B
[4]		 US
Dan
[4]		 US
A/C
[4]		 AUS
[4]		 UK
[5]
1976 "Car Wash" 1 1 3 — 12 9
1977 "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" — — — — — 44
"I Wanna Get Next to You" 10 3 — 9 14 53
"I'm Going Down" 70 10 — 10 — —

References

  1. ↑ Guarisco, Donald A.. Car Wash review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  2. ↑ Rose Royce bio
  3. ↑ allmusic Biography
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