Ten Percent

Studio album by

Released

1976

Recorded

Sigma Sound Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Genre

Soul, Philadelphia soul, disco

Label

Salsoul

Producer

Norman Harris, Bruce Hawes, Ron Baker, Earl Young, Vincent Montana, Jr.

Double Exposure chronology

Ten Percent
(1976)

Fourplay
(1978)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Ten Percent is the debut studio album recorded by American male vocal quartet Double Exposure, released in 1976 on the Salsoul label.

History

The album features the title track, which peaked at No.2 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 63 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. Also featured are two other chart singles: "My Love Is Free" and "Everyman (Has to Carry His Own Weight)". The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2012 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ten Percent"	Allan Felder, T.G. Conway	6:51
2.	"Gonna Give My Love Away"	Scott Hawes, James Hendricks	3:04
3.	"Everyman"	Allan Felder, Bunny Sigler	7:27

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Baby I Need Your Loving"	Holland–Dozier–Holland	5:26
5.	"Just Can't Say Hello"	Vincent Montana, Jr., Ron Walker	3:10
6.	"My Love Is Free"	Allan Felder, T.G. Conway	7:00
7.	"Pick Me"	Allan Felder, Bruce Gray, Lettie Holden	3:20

2012 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
8.	"Ten Percent" (Walter Gibbons 12" Disco Mix)	9:42
9.	"Everyman (Has to Carry His Own Weight)" (Joe Claussell 12" Disco Mix)	9:54
10.	"My Love Is Free" (Tom Moulton 12" Disco Mix)	9:39
11.	"Ten Percent" (Single Version)	3:03
12.	"Everyman (Has to Carry His Own Weight)" (Single Version)	2:43
13.	"My Love Is Free" (Single Version)	4:22

Personnel

Leonard "Butch" Davis, Charles Whittington, Joseph Harris, James Williams – vocals
Earl Young – drums
Ron Baker – bass
Vincent Montana, Jr. – vibes
Larry Washington – congas
Norman Harris, Bobby Eli, T.J. Tindall – guitars
Carlton Kent, Ron Kersey, Bunny Sigler, T.G. Conway, Bruce Hawes – keyboards
Robert Hartzell, Rocco Bene – trumpets
Robert Moore, Edward Cascarella, Richard Genovese, Frederick Joiner – trombones
Jeffery Kirschen, Milton Phibbs – French horns
John Wilson – flugelhorn
Don Renaldo (Christine Reeves, Americus Mungiole, Rudolph Malizia, Lance Elbeck, Charles Apollonia, Richard Jones) – violins
Anthony Sinagoga, Davis Barnett, Peter Nocella – violas
Romeo Di Stefano, Larry Gold, Patricia Weimer – cellos
Bunny Harris – tambourine
Barbara Ingram, Evette Benton, Carla Benson – background vocals

Production

Norman Harris, Bruce Hawes, Ron Baker, Earl Young, Vincent Montana, Jr. – producers
Joe Cayre, Stan Cayre, Ken Cayre – executive producers
Carl Paruolo, Arthur Stoppe, Jim Gallagher, Kenny Present, Jeff Stewart, Peter Humphreys, Dirk Devlin – engineers
Walter Gibbons, Ken Cayre – mixing
Al Brown mastering
Allan Tannenbaum – cover photography
Hank Dunning – backline photography
Karen Bernath – design
Paula Bisacca – art direction

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak ^[2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	129
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	40

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US ^[2]	US R&B ^[2]	US Dan ^[2]
1976	"Ten Percent"	54	63	2
	"My Love Is Free"	104	44	15
	"Everyman (Has to Carry His Own Weight)"	—	84	8

References

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