Commodores 13 is a 1983

1983 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983.-January-April:*January – ZTT Records is founded.*January 8 – The UK singles chart is tabulated from this week forward by The Gallup Organization...

 album by the Commodores

Commodores

The Commodores are an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour...

. It was also the first such album without lead singer, Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie

Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records...

, in the group. It is also the last album to feature guitarist Thomas McClary before he left and recorded a solo album for Motown in 1984, then leaving the music business altogether. The song "Turn Off the Lights" was written as a sequel to 1981's "Lady (You Bring Me Up)".

Track listing

1. I'm In Love - 4:05
2. Turn Off the Lights - 4:20
3. Nothing Like a Woman - 4:56
4. Captured - 4:37
5. Touchdown - 4:30
6. Welcome Home - 4:20
7. Ooo, Woman You - 4:22
8. Only You - 4:10

Chart Position

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	122
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	26

Personnel

• Main Performer: Commodores
  Commodores
  The Commodores are an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour...
  
  
• Vocals: Bill Champlin, David Cochrane, Harold Hudson, Melissa Manchester, Thomas McClary, Walter Orange, Phyllis St. James, Deborah Thomas, Tandia White and Vesta Williams
• Electric Guitar: Michael Dunlap, Thomas McClary and Milan Williams
• Electric Bass: David Cochrane and Ronald LaPread
• Keyboards: Bill Champlin, Harold Hudson and Milan Williams
• Piano: Bill Champlin, Eric Daniels and Harold Hudson
• Trumpet: William King
• Percussion: Paulinho Da Costa
  Paulinho Da Costa
  Paulinho da Costa is a Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times. Playing over two hundred percussion instruments, he has participated in thousands of recording sessions, Grammy Award-winning albums, hit songs, soundtracks, radio...
  
  
• Drums: Walter Orange and Steve Schaeffer
• Synthesizer: David Cochrane and Michael Boddicker
  Michael Boddicker
  Michael J. Boddicker , is an American film composer and session musician, specializing in electronic music. Three times N.A.R.A.S. Most Valuable Player "Synthesizer" and MVP Emeritus, he was awarded a Grammy as a songwriter for Imagination from Flashdance in 1984...
  
  
• Saxophone: David Cochrane
• Vocoder: David Cocharne
• Engineer: Jane Clark, Magic Moreno and Norman Whitfield
  Norman Whitfield
  Norman Jesse Whitfield was an American songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s...
  
  
• Mastering: Bernie Grundman
• Arranger: Bruce Miller
• Project Manager: Suzee Ikeda