Duophonic American vocal duo Charles & Eddie , released in August 1992. The album has influences of "classic Northern soul of the '60s and '70s",[1] Would I Lie to You? " along with two further singles: "NYC (Can You Believe This City?)" and "House Is Not a Home".
Critical reception
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Amy Linden from Entertainment Weekly hip-hop beats, gospel organ fills, and languid guitars, Charles & Eddie’s Duophonic creates an R&B paradise."[4] NME funk and well-crafted ballads that manage to avoid the usual sentimentality." He concluded, "It's a fine testament to two young men who are set to become one of the most important soul discoveries of the decade."[6]
Track listing
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Title Writer(s) 1. "House Is Not a Home" Eddie Chacon , J. Freed4:46 2. "NYC (Can You Believe This City?)" Chacon, Freed 5:45 3. "Would I Lie to You? " Mick Leeson, Peter Vale 4:38 4. "Hurt No More" Chacon, Freed 4:33 5. "I Understand" Charles Pettigrew 1:10 6. "Unconditional" Chacon, Andy Dean, Ben Wolff 4:40 7. "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" Seth Swirsky 4:45 8. "Father to Son" Chacon, Dean, Wolff 5:40 9. "December 2" Chacon 1:53 10. "Be a Little Easy on Me" Diane Warren 5:07 11. "Vowel Song" Chacon, Dean, Wolff 4:15 12. "Where Do We Go from Here?" Chacon 4:13 13. "Shine" (includes untitled hidden track starting from 5:50) Chacon, Freed, Rafael Hernandez 7:00
Personnel
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Charles Pettigrew – lead vocals (1-4, 6-8, 10-13), backing vocals (2-4, 6-8, 10-13), all vocals (5)Eddie Chacon – lead vocals (1-4, 6-8, 10-13), backing vocals (2-4, 7, 10-13), all vocals (9), percussion (13)Amp Fiddler – organ (1-4, 8, 12), acoustic piano (1, 3), Wurlitzer electric piano (1, 8), clavinet (2, 4, 12), Rhodes (2, 3, 5, 6)Garry Hughes – strings (1, 3, 7, 8, 12), loops (2), programming (2, 3, 8, 11), sampling (5), keyboard programming (5), percussion (7), clavinet (8), Rhodes (8, 11), keyboards (11)
Josh Deutsch – loops (2), programming (2), guitars (12)
Ed Tuton – loops (2), programming (2)
Greg Smith – additional programming (3)
Paul Gordon – keyboards (10), organ (10)Paul Griffin – organ (10, 13)Chris Bruce – guitars (1, 2, 10)
Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitars (2, 9)David Fiuczynski – guitars (3, 4, 6-8, 11, 12)Jeff Anderson – bass (1-4, 6-8, 10, 12)
Lonnie Hillyer – wah bass (4), guitars (13), bass (13)
Yossi Fine – bass (11)Gene Lake – drums (1-4, 6-8, 11, 12)
Carla Azar – drums (10)Daniel Sadownick – percussion (1-4, 6, 8, 10-12)
Andy Snitzer – saxophone (5, 12)
Michael Davis – trombone (5, 12)Kent Smith – trumpet (5, 12)
Lani Groves – backing vocals (2, 11)
Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (2, 3, 11)Andrew Wyatt – backing vocals (2, 3, 11)
Barry Carl – backing vocals (3)
Production
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Producer – Josh Deutsch
Additional track production on tracks 6, 8 & 11 – Andy Dean and Ben Wolff
Production assistance and technician – Artie Smith
Engineers – Michael Christopher and Ed Tuton
Additional engineer – Bradshaw Leigh
Assistant engineers – Shannon Carr, Suzanne Dyer, Phil Klum and Joe Warda.
Mixing – Femi Jiya and Ed Tuton
Mixed at The Hit Factory , Electric Lady Studios and Sound On Sound Recording Studio (New York, NY).
Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
Project coordination – Janice Prendergast
Art direction and design – Icon (21)
Photography – Richard Lohr
Styling – Cathy Casterine
Management – Tony Smith and Patty Spinks at Hit & Run America.
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Chart (1993)
Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[18]
36
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19]
73
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20]
51
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21]
40
References
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^ a b Duophonic AllMusic ^ "Album Reviews: New & Noteworthy" (PDF) . Billboard . Retrieved January 21, 2023 .^ Christgau, Robert . "Robert Christgau: CG: Charles & Eddie" . robertchristgau.com. Retrieved January 6, 2023 .^ a b Linden, Amy (November 20, 1992). "Duophonic". Entertainment Weekly
^ Johnson, Connie (September 27, 1992). "In Brief" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 21, 2023 . ^ a b Staunton, Terry (December 12, 1992). "Long Play: Deadly Duophonic" . NME . Retrieved March 29, 2023 . ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Duophonic" . People . Retrieved January 21, 2023 .^ "Charles & Eddie's 'N.Y.C.' sample of Buffalo Springfield's 'For What It's Worth' . WhoSampled. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .^ "Austriancharts.at – Charles & Eddie – Duophonic" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 8, 2020.^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Charles & Eddie – Duophonic" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 8, 2020.^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Charles & Eddie – Duophonic" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved October 8, 2020.^ "Charts.nz – Charles & Eddie – Duophonic" . Hung Medien. Retrieved October 8, 2020.^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Charles & Eddie – Duophonic" . Hung Medien. Retrieved October 8, 2020.^ "Swedishcharts.com – Charles & Eddie – Duophonic" . Hung Medien. Retrieved October 8, 2020.^ "Swisscharts.com – Charles & Eddie – Duophonic" . Hung Medien. Retrieved October 8, 2020.^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved October 8, 2020.^ "Charles & Eddie, TLP" . Billboard . Retrieved October 8, 2020 .^ "Jahreshitparade Alben 1993" . austriancharts.at . Retrieved October 8, 2020 .^ "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1993" . dutchcharts.nl . Retrieved October 8, 2020 .^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" . GfK Entertainment . Retrieved October 8, 2020 .^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1993" . hitparade.ch . Retrieved October 8, 2020 .
