In the City (Tavares album)

In the City
Studio album by Tavares
Released	July 1975
Studio	Sound Labs (Hollywood, California)
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	35:25
Label	Capitol Records
Producer	Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter
Tavares chronology
Hard Core Poetry (1974) In the City (1975) Sky High! (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[2]

In the City is the third studio album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1975 on the Capitol label.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 8 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 26 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "It Only Takes a Minute", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, The Edgar Winter Group's "Free Ride", which charted at No. 8 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 52 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "The Love I Never Had", which reached No. 11 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It Only Takes a Minute"	Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter	3:59
2.	"Fool's Hall of Fame"	George Clinton	3:28
3.	"The Love I Never Had"	Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter	3:26
4.	"Nothing You Can Do"	Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball	3:54
5.	"In the Eyes of Love"	Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter	3:42

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Ready, Willing and Able"	Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter	4:17
7.	"We Fit to a Tee"	Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Willie Harry Wilson	3:08
8.	"Free Ride"	Dan Hartman	2:57
9.	"I Hope She Chooses Me"	Willie Harry Wilson	3:22
10.	"In the City"	Feliciano Tavares, Lola Tavares	3:12

Charts

Album

Chart (1975)	Peaks [3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	26
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	8

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
		US [3]	US R&B [3]	US Dan [3]
1975	"It Only Takes a Minute"	10	1	2
	"Free Ride"	52	8	—
1976	"The Love I Never Had"	—	11	—

References

1. Henderson, Alex. In the City review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 15, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. "US Charts > Tavares". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

External links

• In the City at Discogs (list of releases)