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Strikes Again is the third album released by the Funk band Rose Royce on the Whitfield label in August 1978. It was produced by Norman Whitfield.

Strikes Again
Studio album by Rose Royce
Released	August 11, 1978
Recorded	1977–1978
Studio	Fort Knox Recording Studio (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Funk, soul, disco
Length	39:10
Label	Whitfield
Producer	Norman Whitfield
Rose Royce chronology
In Full Bloom (1977) Strikes Again (1978) Rainbow Connection IV (1979)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

History

The album peaked at #4 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached #28 on the Billboard 200. It yielded two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)" and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore". "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" was also successful on the UK Singles Chart, reaching #2, their highest charting single in the UK. A third single, "First Come, First Serve", was only moderately successful, peaking at #65 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2016 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

Personnel

Rose Royce

• Gwen Dickey – lead vocals
• Kenny Copeland – trumpet, lead vocals
• Kenji Brown – guitar, lead vocals
• Lequeint "Duke" Jobe – bass, vocals
• Michael Nash – keyboards
• Henry Garner – drums, vocals
• Freddie Dunn – trumpet
• Michael Moore – saxophone
• Terry Santiel – congas

Additional musicians

• Victor Nyx, Mark Davis – keyboards
• Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson, Cornelius Grant – guitar
• Jimmy Valdez – drums
• Walter Downing – organ
• Mark Kenoly – bass
• Jack Ashford – percussion

Production

• Norman Whitfield – producer, arranger, mastering engineer
• Leanard Jackson – Chief recording engineer mastering engineer*
• Steve Smith – recording engineer,
• Gene Page – orchestral direction
• Eleven Twenty-Four Design – art direction, design
• Andy Engel – lettering
• Bobby Holland, Jeffrey Mayer – photography
• Pamela Clare – cover illustration
• Bill Whitfield – album coordinator

Charts

Chart (1978/79)	Peak Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2]	44
U.S. Billboard Top LPs[3]	28
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	4
UK Albums Chart[4]	7

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US [3]	US R&B [3]	UK [4]
1978	"I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)"	—	5	51
	"Love Don't Live Here Anymore"	32	5	2
1979	"First Come, First Serve"	—	65	—

References

External links

• Strikes Again at Discogs (list of releases)

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