Natural High (Commodores album)
Natural High is the sixth studio album by the musical group Commodores, released in 1978. "Three Times a Lady", released as a single, became their first Billboard Hot 100 number one. The album topped Billboard's R&B Album charts for 8 non-consecutive weeks and peaked at number three on the Billboard 200.
Critical reception
Natural High earned the group a 1979 Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus.Record World called the single "Flying High" a "classically slick r&b hip swinger with cross format appeal."
Track listing
Motown – M7-902R1Personnel
Commodores
- Lionel Richie – vocals, saxophones, keyboards
- Milan Williams – keyboards
- Thomas McClary – vocals, guitars
- Ronald LaPread – bass
- Walter Orange – vocals, drums, percussion
- William King – trumpet
Additional musicians
- Cal Harris – synthesizer programming
- James Anthony Carmichael – horn and string arrangements
- Eddie "Bongo" Brown
- David Cochrane
- Harold Hudson
- Winston Sims
Production
- Commodores – producers, arrangerments
- James Anthony Carmichael – producer, arrangerments
- Cal Harris – engineer, mixing
- Jane Clark – engineer
- Norm Ung – art direction, design
- David McMacken illustration
- Jim Shea – photography
- Suzee Ikeda – project manager