10½ (album)

10½
10½
Studio album by The Dramatics
Released	1980
Studio	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Total Experience, Hollywood, California; Ocean Way, Hollywood, California; Record Plant, Los Angeles, California; The Sound Suite, Detroit, Michigan; United Sound, Detroit, Michigan;
Length	45:21
Label	MCA
Producer	Larry "L.J." Reynolds, Ron Banks
The Dramatics chronology

10½ is a studio album by the Dramatics released in 1980 on MCA Records.^[1] The album reached No. 14 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.^[2]

Overview

10½ was produced by Dramatics members Larry "L.J." Reynolds and Ron Banks. ^[1]

Singles

Welcome Back Home reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]

Ron Wynn of Allmusic gave a four out of five stars review saying "A celebratory album that marked their being together for over a decade, this was one of the group's best MCA/ABC albums".^[4]

Tracklisting

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Music Is the Peoples Choice"	Cecil Womack, Ron Banks	5:54
2.	"Welcome Back Home"	Raymond Johnson, Ron Banks	6:47
3.	"Runnin' From My Love"	Raymond Johnson, Ron Banks, Tony Green	4:55
4.	"Love Is Here"	Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff	5:29
5.	"I Just Wanna Dance the Night Away"	Larry "L.J." Reynolds	7:33
6.	"If You Feel Like You Wanna Dance, Dance"	Larry "L.J." Reynolds, Martinus Montgomery	5:55
7.	"It Ain't Rainin' (On Nobody's House But Mine)"	Larry "L.J." Reynolds	6:04
8.	"Be With the One You Love"	Larry "L.J." Reynolds	3:37

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Personnel

Darnell Kimbrough, Cecil Womack, Dennis Harris, T.J. Tindall, Roland Bautista - guitars
Raymond Johnson, Carlton "Cotton" Kent, Rudy Robinson - keyboards
Vassal Benford - synthesizers
Greg Phillinganes - piano, Moog synthesizers
Robert Lyle - Clavinet, Rhodes and acoustic piano
John Brinson - electric piano
Nathan Lamarr Watts, Tony Green, James Williams - bass
Marvin Webb, Ricky Lawson, Darrell Jennings, Jerome "Jerry" Jones - drums
Lorenzo Brown "Bag of Tricks", Kenneth Hudson, Carl "Butch" Small - percussion
Kerry Campbell - saxophone
Mike Patillo and The Dramatics - backing vocals

Production

Arranged by [Horns & Strings] – Donald Cooke, George Del Barrio, John Brinson, Larry "L.J." Reynolds, Wayne Henderson
Arranged by [Rhythm] – John Brinson, Larry "L.J." Reynolds, Raymond Johnson, Ron Banks, Rudy (?), Tony Green
Coordinator [Album] – Louella Jackson
Coordinator [Production] – Brian Spears, Cynthia Sissle, Louella Jackson
Engineer [Mixing] – Allen Sides, Ellis "Pete" Bishop, Rick Gianatos
Engineer [Re-mix] – Ellis "Pete" Bishop
Engineer [Recording] – B. Benton, Dave Boyer, David Latman, Derk Devlin, J. Kaufman, Jeffrey Stewart, Jim Gallagher, Michael Evans, Michael Grace, Ellis "Pete" Bishop, Terry Tuck, Ty Blair, W. Borchers, Warren Woods
Executive-Producer – Don Davis
Management – Forest Hamilton Personnal
Mastered by – Bernie Grundman
Producer – Larry "L.J." Reynolds, Ron Banks

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Dramatics: 10½. MCA Records. 1980.
^ "The Dramatics: 10½ (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
^ "The Dramatics: Welcome Back Home (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
^ ^a ^b Wynn, Ron. "The Dramatics: 10½". allmusic.com. Allmusic.

[Album-1] The Dramatics: 10½. MCA Records. 1980.

[Billboard-2] "The Dramatics: 10½ (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.

[3] "The Dramatics: Welcome Back Home (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.

[Allmusic-4] Wynn, Ron. "The Dramatics: 10½". allmusic.com. Allmusic.

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