Toby (album)

1974 studio album by The Chi-Lites

Toby

Studio album by

The Chi-Lites

Released| June 1974
Genre| R&B, soul
Length| 44:32
Label| Brunswick
Producer| Eugene Record
The Chi-Lites chronology
| Chi-Lites
(1973)  | Toby
(1974)  | Half a Love
(1975)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic|  [1]

Toby is the seventh studio album by American soul group The Chi-Lites, produced by lead singer Eugene Record. The album was released in 1974 on the Brunswick label.

## History

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By 1974, Brunswick had started to struggle financially so Toby was less heavily-promoted than the group's previous albums and fared less well commercially. It was the first Chi-Lites album since 1970 to stall outside the R&B top 10 (peaking at #12) and to miss the top 100 on the Pop listings. Three singles from the album were top 20 R&B hits. In the UK however, where the Chi-Lites had previously established themselves as a successful singles group, none of the issued singles made any impact on the national chart.

## Track listing

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Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Toby"| Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin| 3:44
2.| "You Got to Be the One"| Eugene Record, Marshall Arrington| 3:54
3.| "The Sound of Lonely"| Eugene Record, Stan McKenney| 5:01
4.| "The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)"| Chesley McCaull| 5:26
5.| "There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated at the Conference Table)"| Eugene Record| 5:12

Side twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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6.| "That's How Long"| Archie Powell, Tony Boyd| 5:03
7.| "Happiness Is Your Middle Name"| Eugene Record| 3:33
8.| "I Lied"| Eugene Record| 5:40
9.| "I Like to Live the Love (That I Sing About)"| Dave Crawford, Charles Mann| 4:00
10.| "Gettin' on Outta Town"| Eugene Record, Sandra Drayton| 2:50

## Charts

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Chart (1974)  | Peak
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U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 181
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 12

Singles
Year  | Single  | Peak chart positions

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[2] | US
R&B
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1974  | "There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated at the Conference Table)"  | 63  | 8
"You Got to Be the One"  | 83  | 15
"Toby"  | 78  | 7
"That's How Long"

## References

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1. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. Toby review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
2. ^ a b c "US Charts > The Chi-Lites". Allmusic. Retrieved March 31, 2013.

## External links

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* Toby at Discogs

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The Chi-Lites

* Marshall Thompson
* Tara Thompson
* Fred Simon

* Robert "Squirrel" Lester
* Eugene Record
* Creadel "Red" Jones
* Clarence Johnson
* Stanley Anderson
* Willie Kensey
* Doc Roberson
* David Scott
* Danny Johnson
* Vandy Hampton
* Frank Reed
* Anthony Watson

Studio albums|

* Give It Away
* I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine?)
* (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People
* A Lonely Man
* A Letter to Myself
* Chi-Lites
* Toby
* Half a Love
* Happy Being Lonely
* Help Wanted

Compilation albums|

* Greatest Hits

Singles|

* "The Twelfth of Never"
* "Have You Seen Her"
* "Oh Girl"
* "Too Good to Be Forgotten"
* "The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)"

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* Discography

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