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1974 studio album by New York City
Soulful Road
Studio album by New York City
Released1974
RecordedSigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenreSoul
LabelChelsea
ProducerThom Bell
New York City chronology
I'm Doin' Fine Now
(1973) 		Soulful Road
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

Soulful Road is the second and final studio album recorded by American male vocal quartet New York City, released in 1974 on the Chelsea label. The album's cover art parodies that of The Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road.

Singles

The album features the song "Happiness Is", which peaked at No. 20 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. Also featured are two other chart singles: "Love Is What You Make It" and "Got to Get You Back in My Life". Another single released, "Take My Hand", failed to chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joseph B. Jefferson, Bruce Hawes and Charles Simmons, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Happiness Is"3:21
2."I've Had Enough"3:54
3."Darling Take Me Back" (Talmadge Conway, Phil Terry, Theodore Life)4:04
4."Can't Survive Without My Sweets"3:36
5."Got to Get You Back in My Life" (Sherman Marshall, Phillip Pugh)4:10
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Do You Remember Yesterday" (Linda Creed, Thom Bell, Kenny Gamble)4:38
7."Only You"6:02
8."Take My Hand" (Phil Terry, Talmadge Conway, Theodore Life)4:18
9."Can't Go on Without You"4:34
10."Love Is What You Make It"4:31

Personnel

  • Tim McQueen, John Brown, Edward Schell, Claude Johnson – vocals
  • Linda Creed, Evette Benton, Barbara Ingram, Lucille Jones – background vocals

Production

  • Thom Bell – producer, arranger
  • Don Murray, Joe Tarsia – engineers
  • Michael Hutchinson, Jim Gallagher, Dirk Devlin – assistant engineers

Charts

Chart (1974) Peak
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 50
Singles
Year Single Peaks
US
R&B
1974 "Happiness Is" 20
"Love Is What You Make It" 41
1975 "Got to Get You Back in My Life" 76
"Take My Hand" —

References

  1. Soulful Road review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  2. ^ "US Charts > New York City". Billboard. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

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