No Parking on the Dance Floor is an album by American vocal band Midnight Star, released on June 6, 1983. The album contains the singles "Freak-A-Zoid", "Wet My Whistle", "Electricity" and "No Parking (On the Dance Floor)", as well as the seminal quiet storm anthem, "Slow Jam". Of all of the group's albums, it is their most successful, in that it achieved the highest chart placings on the U.S. Billboard 200 and R&B albums charts, as well as in New Zealand, where it peaked at No. 30.[2]
No Parking on the Dance Floor | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 6, 1983 | |||
Recorded | 1982–1983 | |||
Studio | QCA Recording Studios Fifth Floor Studio (Cincinnati, Ohio) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 42:07 | |||
Label | SOLAR | |||
Producer | Reggie Calloway | |||
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Singles from No Parking on the Dance Floor | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Track listing
edit- "Electricity" - (Reggie Calloway, Bill Simmons) 6:58
- "Night Rider" - (Jeff Cooper, Melvin Gentry, Belinda Lipscomb, B. Simmons, Bo Watson) 4:40
- "Feels So Good" - (Kenneth Gant, B. Lipscomb) 4:23
- "Wet My Whistle" - (Reggie Calloway) 5:06
- "No Parking (On the Dance Floor)" - (Vincent Calloway, Bobby Lovelace, Simmons) 4:27
- "Freak-A-Zoid" - (Reggie Calloway, V. Calloway, B. Simmons) 8:06
- "Slow Jam" - (Kenneth Edmonds, Lipscomb, B. Watson) 4:17
- "Playmates" - (B. Lipscomb, B. Simmons, B. Watson) 4:10
Charts
editChart (1983) | Peak position |
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Billboard Pop Albums[3] | 27 |
Billboard Top Soul Albums[3] | 2 |
Singles
editYear | Single | Chart positions[4] | ||
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US | US R&B |
US Dance | ||
1983 | "Freak-A-Zoid" | 66 | 2 | 44 |
"Wet My Whistle" | 61 | 8 | 15 | |
1984 | "No Parking (On the Dance Floor)" | 81 | 43 | 44 |
References
edit- ^ Wynn, Ron. Midnight Star: No Parking on the Dance Floor > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz - Discography Midnight Star". Charts.nz.
- ^ a b "Midnight Star US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ "Midnight Star US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-06.