TP is the fourth album by American R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, released on July 25, 1980. It reached No. 14 on the US pop albums chart and No. 3 on the US R&B albums chart. It spawned the top ten singles, "Can't We Try", which was also featured in the soundtrack to the film Roadie, and "Love T.K.O." TP is Pendergrass's only album while at Philadelphia International Records made without any input from label founders Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff.
Critical reception
The Globe and Mail deemed the album "disco Muzak at its most innocuous: lame, unoriginal, and curiously sexless." The New York Times wrote that "the strongest cuts ... were all ballads that showed Mr. Pendergrass developing long narrative laments with unprecedented subtlety and emotional conviction."
Track listing
Charts Weekly charts Chart (1980) Peak US Billboard Top LPs 14 US Billboard Top Soul LPs 3
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US USR&B USDan 1980 "Can't We Try" 52 3 52 "Love T.K.O." 44 2 —
References
External links Teddy Pendergrass-TP at Discogs