Hold Your Horses (First Choice album)

Hold Your Horses is a studio album by American female vocal trio First Choice.[3] It was released in 1979 on the Gold Mind label.

Hold Your Horses
Studio album by
Released1979
Recorded
GenreSoul, Philadelphia soul, disco
LabelGold Mind
ProducerTom Moulton, Thor Baldursson, McKinley Jackson, Norman Harris
First Choice chronology
Delusions
(1977)
Hold Your Horses
(1979)
Breakaway
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul[2]

History

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The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 73 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and "Double Cross", which peaked at No. 60 on the same chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let Me Down Easy"David Jordan, Andrew Smith6:20
2."Good Morning Midnight"Thor Baldursson, Mats Bjöerklund, Pete Bellotte3:57
3."Great Expectations"Thor Baldursson, Mats Bjöerklund, Pete Bellotte5:33
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Hold Your Horses"Kathleen Poppy, Les Hurdle, Frank Ricotti, Peter Gosling5:50
5."Love Thang"Melvin Steals, Mervin Steals, McKinley Jackson5:41
6."Double Cross"Norman Harris, Ron Tyson6:59
2013 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
7."Now That I've Thrown It All Away"3:36
8."Let No Man Put Asunder" (12" Disco Madness Remix)4:40
9."Double Cross" (12" Promotional Disco Remix)7:36
10."Love Thang" (12" Disco Mix)7:54
11."Hold Your Horses" (Single Version)2:38
12."Double Cross" (12" Extended Disco Mix)10:01
13."Double Cross" (12" Larry Levan Remix)7:18

Personnel

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  • Rochelle Fleming, Annette Guest, Debbie Martin – vocals
Musicland Studios
Sigma Sound Studios
  • Keith Benson – drums
  • Jimmy Williams – bass
  • Norman Harris, Bobby Eli, T.J. Tindall – guitars
  • Eugene "Lambchops" Curry – keyboards
  • Larry Washington, James Walker – congas
  • Don Renaldo – strings, horns

Charts

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Chart (1979) Peak
[4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 135
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 58
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
R&B

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US
Dan

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1979 "Hold Your Horses" 73
"Double Cross" 60
"Love Thang" 52

References

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  1. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. Hold Your Horses review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 117.
  3. ^ "Kathy's New Hit". Bracknell and Ascot Times. 25 Jan 1979. p. 6.
  4. ^ a b c "US Charts > First Choice". Billboard. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
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