Take It On Up is the second album by the American band Pockets, released in 1978 by Columbia Records.[1][2] The album reached No. 22 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.[3] Maurice White served as the executive producer.

Take It On Up
Studio album by
Released1978 (1978)
GenreSoul, funk
LabelColumbia
ProducerVerdine White, Robert Wright
Pockets chronology
Come Go with Us
(1977)
Take It On Up
(1978)
So Delicious
(1979)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]
The Washington Post(favourable)[5]

The Toronto Star called Pockets "a post-Motown soul group mixing sweet falsetto ballads with raunchy funk numbers."[6]

Alex Henderson of AllMusic wrote that "Pockets' second album Take It On Up isn't as strong as its predecessor Come Go with Me, but it's still enjoyable."[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heaven Only Knows"Leroy Bell, Casey James3:29
2."Take It On Up"Kevin Barnes, Louis Satterfield, Robert Wright, Verdine White3:14
3."Tell Me Why"James Burke, Keni Burke4:21
4."Got To Find My Way"Al McKinney, Gary Grainger, Louis Satterfield, Robert Wright, Verdine White3:34
5."Happy for Love"Robert Wright, Verdine White4:50
6."Funk It Over"Dorian Holley, Pockets, Robert Wright, Verdine White3:55
7."You and Only You"Ray Parker Jr.3:43
8."Sphinx"Gary Grainger1:55
9."Lay Your Head (On My Shoulder)"Allee Willis, Robert Wright, Verdine White5:48
10."In Your Eyes"Jacob Shaffer, Larry Jacobs, Robert Wright, Verdine White2:22

References

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  1. ^ Pockets: Take It On Up. Columbia Records. 1978.
  2. ^ "Pockets Keeps Taking It Up". The Omaha Star. Oct 19, 1978. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Billboard Top Soul LPs" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Vol. 90, no. 43. Billboard. October 28, 1978. p. 69.
  4. ^ a b "Pockets: Take It On Up". AllMusic.
  5. ^ "Clinton and White: Two Camps of Funk Music". washingtonpost.com.
  6. ^ Davey, Steven (Nov 18, 1978). "Music". Toronto Star. p. D5.