Heroes (Commodores album)

Heroes is the eighth studio album by the Commodores, released in June 1980 by Motown Records.

Heroes
Studio album by
The Commodores
ReleasedJune 1980
GenreSoul, R&B, gospel
Length43:26
LabelMotown
ProducerJames Anthony Carmichael, The Commodores
The Commodores chronology
Midnight Magic
(1979)		 Heroes
(1980)		 In the Pocket
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Smash Hits9/10[2]
Village Voice(B)[3]
Stereo Review(favourable)[4]

Accolades

Heroes was nominated for a Grammy award in the category of Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.[5]

Track listing
  1. "Got to Be Together" (Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary) – 5:44
  2. "Celebrate" (Harold Hudson, Larry Davis, Thomas McClary) – 5:03
  3. "Old-Fashion Love" (Milan Williams) – 4:56
  4. "Heroes" (Darrell Jones, Lionel Richie) – 5:24
  5. "All The Way Down" (David Cochrane, Walter Orange) – 3:35
  6. "Sorry to Say" (Darrell Jones, Ronald LaPread) – 4:01
  7. "Wake Up Children" (Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary) – 4:33
  8. "Mighty Spirit" (Harold Hudson, William King) – 4:06
  9. "Jesus is Love" (Lionel Richie) – 6:04

Personnel

Commodores

Additional personnel

  • David Cochrane – keyboards, guitars, saxophones
  • Harold Hudson – keyboards, trumpet
  • Darrell Jones – guitars
  • Ollie E. Brown – drums
  • Eddie "Bongo " Brown – percussion
  • James Anthony Carmichael – horn and string arrangements

Production
  • Commodores – producers, arrangements
  • James Anthony Carmichael – producer, arrangements
  • Calvin Harris – engineer, mixing
  • Jane Clark – engineer, mixing
  • Chris Bellman – mastering
  • Suzee Ikeda – production manager

Charts

Album
1980 Billboard US R&B 3
Billboard US Pop 7
Sweden 26[6]
Holland 44[7]
New Zealand 45[8]
Australia 94[9]

Singles
Year Single Chart positions[10]
US US
R&B		 US
Dance
1980 "Old-Fashion Love" 20 8 —
"Heroes" 54 27 —
"Jesus Is Love" - 34 —

References
  1. Lytle, Craig. "Heroes - Commodores". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  2. Hillier, Bev (July 23, 1980). "Commodores: Heroes". archive.org. Vol. 2, no. 14. Smash Hits. p. 31.
  3. Christgau, Robert. "Commodores: Heroes". robertchristgau.com. Village Voice.
  4. Garland, Phyl (November 1980). "Commodores: Heroes" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Vol. 45, no. 5. Smash Hits. p. 110.
  5. "Commodores". grammy.com. The Recording Academy.
  6. "Commodores: Heroes". swedishcharts.com. Sverigetopplistan.
  7. "Commodores: Heroes". dutchcharts.nl. Dutch Charts.
  8. "Commodores: Heroes". charts.nz. Official New Zealand Music Chart.
  9. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 72. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  10. "The Commodores US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
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