Album US 1977 on RCA Victor label
R&B/Soul (Disco, Funk, Soul)
This is the 1st USA cover design and mastering with a shorter version for "Shame" with a timing of 4:36. An alternate mastering (same cover design) was issued with a longer time for "Shame" as Smooth Talk It was later repackaged and repressed with the longer 6:35 timing for "Shame" with a different cover photo. Smooth Talk Smooth Talk Note: Some covers for this pressing are gold stamped as promotional. Recorded at RCA Studios, New York and Alpha International, Philadelphia
![]() | Evelyn King bvoc, voc, *1960 US album by |
![]() | Raymond Earl b, bass |
![]() | Sam Peake ep, clavinet, electric piano, organ, arranged by, horns |
![]() | James Lee Fuller congas |
![]() | Johnny McCants congas, percussion |
![]() | Larry Strickland voc, congas |
![]() | Scotty Miller dr, 1951-2017 US drums |
![]() | Dexter Wansel key, syn, *1950 US electric piano, written by |
![]() | John H. Fitch, Jr. , US guitar, written by |
![]() | Kim Miller g, guitar |
![]() | Ronnie James g, bj, US guitar |
![]() | Don Renaldo And His Horns And Strings , horns |
![]() | Dennis Richardson key, p, keyboards |
![]() | Jerald Hill voc, key, keyboards |
![]() | James Sigler key, US organ |
![]() | Theodore Life g, bvoc, US producer, arranged by, backing vocals, guitar, written by |
![]() | Arnold Coley Jr. , arranged by, horns |
![]() | Morris Bailey sax, US arranged by, horns |
![]() | Leon Mitchell , *1934 arranged by, horns |
Annie Sutton backing vocals |
Barbara Ingram backing vocals |
Bunny Sigler backing vocals |
Carla Benson backing vocals |
Evette Benton backing vocals |
Joe Freeman backing vocals |
Lani Groves backing vocals |
M. Roberts backing vocals |
Mikki Farrow backing vocals |
Lauren Klumpp coordinator, production |
Nancy Jeffries coordinator, production |
Boris Midney engineer |
Bruce Weeden engineer, assistant |
Warren Schatz executive-producer |
Jack Adelman mastered by |
Joaquin J. Lopes mixed by, engineer |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Smooth Talk | Evelyn King | Mike Holden, Theodore Life, William Kimes | 5:29 |
2 | I Don't Know If It's Right | Evelyn King | John H. Fitch, Jr., Theodore Life | 4:17 |
3 | Til I Come Off The Road | Evelyn King | John H. Fitch, Jr., Mike Holden, Theodore Life | 2:38 |
4 | Dancin', Dancin', Dancin' | Evelyn King | Teddy Pendergrass, Theodore Life | 4:13 |
5 | Shame | Evelyn King | John H. Fitch, Jr., Reuben Cross | 4:36 |
6 | Nobody Knows | Evelyn King | John H. Fitch, Jr., Reuben Cross, Theodore Life | 4:31 |
7 | We're Going To A Party | Evelyn King | Aubrey Gravatt, Joe Freeman, Theodore Life | 3:48 |
8 | The Show Is Over | Evelyn King | Dexter Wansel, Theodore Life | 5:40 |