Get Up and Boogie
Album
ArtistSilver Convention
CoverSilver Convention Get Up and Boogie.JPG
Released1976
Recorded1975
Genre
LabelJupiter Records
ProducerStephan Prager
Prev year1975
Next year1976

Get Up and Boogie (sometimes also known simply as Silver Convention) is the second studio album by the German disco group Silver Convention, and perhaps best known for including the song "Get Up and Boogie", which hit #1 on June 15, 1976, in Canada[1] and reached #2 in the United States. Released in 1976, It gained popularity on the dance floors and also achieved a measure of commercial success, reaching #9 on the Billboard Black Albums chart and #13 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.[2] Critical reception of the album, both back then and today, was mixed, although an Allmusic review called it "a respectable, if uneven, Euro-disco effort that boasts the disco smash 'Get Up and Boogie'".[3] The album has since been released on iTunes in several countries, sometimes under the title Silver Convention.

Personnel

  • Vocals – Penny McLean, Linda G. Thompson and Jackie Carter
  • Drums and Percussion – Keith Forsey and Martin Harrison
  • Bass – Gary Unwin
  • Keyboards – Sylvester Levay
  • Congas – Charlie Campbell
  • Strings arranged by Fritz Sonnleithner

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4]15

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[5]22

References

  1. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  2. ^ [ Silver Convention – Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums], allmusic.com
  3. ^ [ Silver Convention – Review], allmusic.com
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated ed. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 273. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "Top 100 Albums of '76". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2021.