Go for It is the fifth album by American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1981 on the SOLAR label. The album features the 'classic' Shalamar line-up (Jeffrey Daniel, Howard Hewett and Jody Watley).

Daniel has confirmed that Go For It and Friends were recorded at the same time. For distribution purposes, SOLAR was in the process of leaving RCA Records and joining Elektra Records, but still owed a final Shalamar album to RCA: Go for It was that album, while Friends became the first to be delivered to WEA. Go for It received indifferent promotion from RCA, and the garish cover-art was also the subject of negative comment. Only one single ("Sweeter as the Days Go By") was issued, and the album peaked at No. 18 on the R&B chart and No. 115 on the Billboard chart.

In 2002, Go for It was re-released by Sanctuary Records in the United Kingdom in a double CD package with Friends.

Critical reception

The Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed Go for It "a remarkably wide-ranging pop album."

Track listing

Personnel Shalamar Jeffrey Daniel – lead & backing vocals Howard Hewett – lead & backing vocals Jody Watley – lead & backing vocals

Musical personnel Bass – Jeffrey Daniel, Ernest Biles, James Davis, Leon Sylvers III Cello – Christine Ermacoff, Edgar Lustgarten, Harry Shlutz, Marie Fera Clavinet – Kevin Spencer, William Shelby Congas – Greg "Popeye" Dawkins Drums – Freeman Brown, Gerald Thompson, Wardell Potts Fender Rhodes electric piano – Kossi Gardner, William Shelby Guitar – Ernest Reed, Fred Rheimert, Steve Shockley Keyboards – "Gip" Nobels, Gene Dozier, Joey Gallo, John Barnes, Kevin Spencer, Kossi Gardner, Ron Artists, William Shelby Organ – Kossi Gardner Percussion – Fred Lewis, Greg "Popeye" Dawkins, Leon Sylvers III Violin – Brian Leanord, David Johnson, Jerry Vinci, Ilkka Talvi, Irma Newman, Norman Carr, Norman Leonard, Reginald Hill, Ronald Fulsom, Sheldon Sanou

Charts

Album YearChartPosition1981U.S. Album Chart1151981Top R&B/Black Albums18

Single YearSingleChartPosition1981Sweeter as the Days Go ByHot Soul Singles19

References

External links Shalamar-Go for It at Discogs