Get Up and Boogie

Get Up and Boogie
Artwork for German and some other releases
Studio album by
Silver Convention
Released1976
Recorded1975
Genre
LabelJupiter Records
ProducerStephan Prager
Silver Convention chronology
Save Me
(1975) 		Get Up and Boogie
(1976) 		MadHouse
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]

Get Up and Boogie (sometimes also known simply as Silver Convention) is the second studio album by the German disco group Silver Convention, and perhaps best known for including the song "Get Up and Boogie", which hit #1 on June 15, 1976 in Canada[3] and reached #2 in the United States. Released in 1976, it proved popular on the dance floors and experienced some commercial success as well, reaching #9 on the Billboard Black Albums chart and #13 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.[4] Critical reception of the album, both back then and today, was mixed, although an Allmusic review called it "a respectable, if uneven, Euro-disco effort that boasts the disco smash 'Get Up and Boogie'".[5] The album has since been released on iTunes in several countries, sometimes under the title Silver Convention.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Get Up and Boogie"4:00
2."No, No Joe"2:58
3."You've Turned Me On (But You Can't Turn Me Off)"3:34
4."San Francisco Hustle"4:48
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."You've Got What It Takes (To Please Your Woman)"3:56
2."The Boy with Ooh-La-La"3:48
3."Old Wine in New Bottles"4:07
4."Play Me Like a Yoyo"3:44
5."Thank You, Mr. D.J."3:12

Personnel

  • Vocals – Penny McLean, Linda G. Thompson and Jackie Carter
  • Drums and Percussion – Keith Forsey and Martin Harrison
  • Bass – Gary Unwin
  • Keyboards – Sylvester Levay
  • Congas – Charlie Campbell
  • Strings arranged by Fritz Sonnleithner

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[13] Gold 20,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[14] Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  4. ^ Silver Convention – Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums, allmusic.com
  5. ^ Silver Convention – Review, allmusic.com
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 273. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4135a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Silver Convention – Get Up and Boogie" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  9. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Silver Convention – Get Up and Boogie". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  10. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Silver Convention – Get Up and Boogie". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  11. ^ "The Silver Convention Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  12. ^ "Top 100 Albums of '76". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  13. ^ "RIP/KECA EXTENDS IMAGE" (PDF). Cash Box. 14 August 1976. p. 59. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
  14. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Silver Convention – Silver Convention". Music Canada.


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