Claudine (soundtrack)
| Claudine | ||||
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| Released | March 1974 | |||
| Recorded | Curtom Studios (Chicago, Illinois) | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 30:18 | |||
| Label | Buddah | |||
| Producer | Curtis Mayfield | |||
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| Source | Rating |
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| Christgau's Record Guide | A− |
| Rolling Stone | (not rated) |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Claudine is a Gladys Knight & the Pips album, written and produced by Curtis Mayfield. The disc is the soundtrack album for the 1974 20th Century Fox motion picture Claudine, starring James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll. The album was released in March 1974 on the Buddah label.
The first single release, "On and On", reached number 2 on the R&B chart and number5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. A second single, "Make Yours a Happy Home", was released two years later in 1976 and was a moderate hit, peaking at number 13 R&B and number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. The album also included one instrumental, "Claudine Theme". The album was also their third of five R&B albums chart-toppers. Also included is a cover of Mayfield's "The Makings of You".