Disco Inferno (album)

For other uses, see Disco Inferno (disambiguation).

Disco Inferno is the fourth studio album by American soul-disco group, The Trammps, premiered in discothèques on December 29, 1976 for New Year's Eve celebrations, and then widely released through Atlantic Records in January 1977.

Disco Inferno
Studio album by The Trammps
Released	December 29, 1976 (discothèques) January 1977
Studio	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Disco
Length	42:21
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Norman Harris Ronald Baker Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey Earl Young
The Trammps chronology
Where the Happy People Go (1976) Disco Inferno (1976) The Trammps III (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B[2]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 16 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 46 on the Billboard 200. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 9 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, and "I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On the Dark Side of the Moon)", which charted at No. 52 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Body Contact Contract"	Norman Harris, Bruce Gray, Jimmy Hendricks	6:55
2.	"Starvin'"	Allan Felder, Ronald Tyson, Norman Harris, Earl Young	7:05
3.	"I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On the Dark Side of the Moon)"	Ronald Baker	6:59

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Disco Inferno"	Leroy Green, Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey	10:59
5.	"Don't Burn No Bridges"	Allan Felder, Ronald Tyson, T.G. Conway	6:00
6.	"You Touch My Hot Line"	Jerry Akins, Johnny Bellmon, Victor Drayton, Reginald Turner	4:23

Personnel

The Trammps

• Jimmy Ellis – lead vocal
• Robert Upchurch – lead and baritone vocal
• Earl Young – bass vocal, drums
• Harold Wade – first tenor
• Stanley Wade – second tenor

Additional personnel

• Ronald Baker – bass
• Norman Harris, Bobby Eli, T.J. Tindall – guitars
• Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, T.G. Conway, Bruce Gray, Carlton Kent – keyboards
• Larry Washington, Robert Cupit – congas
• Allen Felder, Ronald Tyson – tambourines
• Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton – background vocals
• Don Renaldo and His Strings and Horns
• Flash Wilson – The Trammps' M.C.

Charts

Album

Chart performance for Disco Inferno

Chart (1976–1977)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[3]	65
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[4]	27
US Billboard Top LPs[5]	46
US Billboard Top Soul LPs[5]	16

Singles

Chart performance of singles from Disco Inferno

Title	Year	Peaks
		US [5]	US R&B [5]	US Dan [5]
"Disco Inferno"	1976	53	9	1
"Starvin'"		—	—
"Body Contact Contract"		—	—
"I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On the Dark Side of the Moon)"	1977	105	52	—
"Disco Inferno" (re-release)	1978	11	—	—

References

1. Kellman, Andy. "Disco Inferno review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 312. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
4. "Swedishcharts.com – The Trammps – Disco Inferno". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
5. "US Charts > The Trammps". Billboard. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

External links

• Disco Inferno at Discogs (list of releases)