Strikes Again

1978 studio album by Rose Royce

Strikes Again

Studio album by

Rose Royce

Released

August 11, 1978

Recorded

1977–1978

Studio

Fort Knox Recording Studio
(Los Angeles, California)

Genre

Funk, soul, disco

Length

39:10

Label

Whitfield

Producer

Norman Whitfield

Rose Royce chronology

In Full Bloom
(1977)

Strikes Again
(1978)

Rainbow Connection IV
(1979)

Singles from Strikes Again

"Wishing on a Star"
Released: February 1978
"I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)"
Released: July 1978
"Love Don't Live Here Anymore"
Released: November 1978
"First Come, First Serve"
Released: March 1979

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul	^[2]

Strikes Again is the third album by funk band Rose Royce.^[3] It was released on the Whitfield label in August 1978. It was produced by Norman Whitfield.

History

The album peaked at number four on the Billboard R&B albums chart and number 28 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. It yielded two Billboard R&B top ten singles, "I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)" and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore". "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" was also successful on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number two, their highest charting single in the UK. A third single, "First Come, First Serve", peaked at number 65 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2016 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Get Up Off Your Fat"	Norman Whitfield	4:35
2.	"Do It, Do It"	Norman Whitfield	4:09
3.	"I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)"	Norman Whitfield	3:41
4.	"First Come, First Serve"	Norman Whitfield	3:19
5.	"Love Don't Live Here Anymore"	Miles Gregory	3:56

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Angel in the Sky"	Billie Calvin	4:56
7.	"Help"	Robert Daniels	3:53
8.	"Let Me Be the First to Know"	Miles Gregory	3:52
9.	"That's What's Wrong With Me"	Norman Whitfield, Rose Royce	6:37

2016 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
10.	"First Come, First Serve" (Single Version)	3:27
11.	"Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (Single Version)	3:51
12.	"That's What's Wrong With Me" (Single Version)	5:33

Personnel

Rose Royce

Gwen Dickey – lead vocals
Kenny Copeland – trumpet, lead vocals
Kenji Brown – guitar, lead vocals
Lequeint "Duke" Jobe – bass, vocals
Michael Nash – keyboards
Henry Garner – drums, vocals
Freddie Dunn – trumpet
Michael Moore – saxophone
Terry Santiel – congas

Additional musicians

Victor Nyx, Mark Davis – keyboards
Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson, Cornelius Grant – guitar
Jimmy Valdez – drums
Walter Downing – organ
Mark Kenoly – bass
Jack Ashford – percussion

Production

Norman Whitfield – producer, arranger, mastering engineer
Leanard Jackson – Chief recording engineer mastering engineer*
Steve Smith – recording engineer,
Gene Page – orchestral direction
Eleven Twenty-Four Design – art direction, design
Andy Engel – lettering
Bobby Holland, Jeffrey Mayer – photography
Pamela Clare – cover illustration
Bill Whitfield – album coordinator

Charts

Chart (1978–1979)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	44
UK Albums Chart^[5]	7
US Billboard Top LPs^[6]	28
US Billboard Top Soul LPs	4

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US ^[6]	US R&B ^[6]	UK ^[5]
1978	"I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)"	—	5	51
1978	"Love Don't Live Here Anymore"	32	5	2
1979	"First Come, First Serve"	—	65	—

References

^ Hamilton, Andrew. Strikes Again review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 286.
^ Goodson, David (1 Apr 2010). "Giving Gwen Dickey her due". New York Amsterdam News. No. 14. p. 9.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 258. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ ^a ^b "UK Charts > Rose Royce". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c "US Charts > Rose Royce". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-23.