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░█████▓█████▓██ ▌Artist__│ The Chi-Lites ██▓█████▓█████░
░████▓▓██▒██▓██ ▌Title___│ Give It Away (1969) ██▓█████▓▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Label___│ Brunswick/Solid Records ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Genre___│ Soul ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Format__│ Album (Remastered) ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Year____│ 2019 ██▓██▒███▓████░
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░░████▓█████▓██ ▌Time____│ 43:39 ██▓█████▓████░░
░░░████▓████▓██ ▌Size____│ 111.04 MB ██▓████▓████░░░
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░░ 01. Give It Away 2:47
░░ 02. Let Me Be The Man My Daddy Was 3:30
░░ 03. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) 3:07
░░ 04. I Heard It Through The Grapevine 3:08
░░ 05. What Do I Wish For 2:58
░░ 06. That's My Baby For You 2:07
░░ 07. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me 2:31
░░ 08. You're No Longer Part Of My Heart 3:01
░░ 09. 24 Hours Of Sadness 2:09
░░ 10. To Change My Love 2:31
░░ 11. The Twelfth Of Never 2:46
░░ 12. Love Me (Bonus Track) 2:48
░░ 13. Love Is Gone (Bonus Track) 2:59
░░ 14. (Um Um) My Baby Loves Me (Bonus Track) 2:16
░░ 15. Price Of Love (Bonus Track) 2:32
░░ 16. Baby It's Time (Bonus Track) 2:29
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░░ One of the most popular smooth soul groups of the early 70's didn't hail
░░ from Philadelphia or Memphis, the two cities known for sweet,
░░ string-laden soul. Instead, The Chi-Lites were from Chicago, a town
░░ better known for its gritty urban blues and driving R&B. Led by vocalist
░░ Eugene Record, The Chi-Lites had a lush, creamy sound distinguished by
░░ their four-part harmonies and layered productions.
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░░ During the early 70's, they racked up 11 Top Ten R&B singles, ranging
░░ from the romantic ballads "Have You Seen Her" and "Oh Girl" to protest
░░ songs like "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People" and "There
░░ Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated at the Conference Table)."
░░ All the songs featured Record's warm, pleading tenor and falsetto, and
░░ the majority of the group's hits were written by Record, often in
░░ collaboration with other songwriters like Barbara Acklin.
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░░ Although Record exited when the Chi-Lites were at their commercial peak,
░░ and was absent for roughly seven years, the group continued to regularly
░░ chart into the mid-'80s. Since Record's second departure in 1988, the
░░ Chi-Lites have been known primarily as a performing act, and remain led
░░ by lone surviving original member Marshall Thompson.
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░░ After nearly a decade of plugging away in the Chicago soul scene, The
░░ Chi-Lites finally reached the charts in 1969 with the effervescent Top
░░ Ten R&B hit "Give It Away". Hot on its heels followed this debut LP, a
░░ strong one thanks to the composing/performing/producing dynamo Eugene
░░ Record as well as the steady hand of producer Carl Davis. "24 Hours of
░░ Sadness" is a copycat of their first hit, but just as enjoyable a
░░ performance and just as sparkling a production, while "Let Me Be the Man
░░ My Daddy Was" is a sweet ballad that avoids the expected melodramatic
░░ pitfalls.
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░░ The group's runthrough of several Motown nuggets ("My Whole World Ended,"
░░ "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me") is also
░░ surprisingly successful, with Record's crystal falsetto on the former
░░ making for a nice translation of David Ruffin's original. The quartet got
░░ a little groovy for "That's My Baby for You," and though a few of the
░░ other album tracks are distinctly inferior, The Chi-Lites' first
░░ full-length was a bright spot for Chicago soul.
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