Devil's Gun is the debut studio album recorded by American disco group C. J. & Company, released in 1977 on the Westbound label.
Chart performance The album peaked at No. 12 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 60 on the Billboard 200. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 2 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "We Got Our Own Thing", which charted at No. 93 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. Both tracks, along with the track "Sure Can't Go to the Moon", peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart.
Track listing
Personnel C.J. & Company Cornelius Brown, Jr. Joni Tolbert Connie Durden Curtis Durden Charles Clark
Additional Musicians/Personnel Uriel Jones, Tiki Fulwood – drums Rudy Robinson, Earl Van Dyke – piano Greg Coles, Roderick Chandler – bass Bruce Nazarian, Robert White – guitar Dennis Coffey – guitar solo Larry Nozero – flute solo Gary Schunk – moog synthesizer solo Mike Theodore – horns and strings arrangement
Charts Chart (1977)PeakU.S. Billboard Top LPs60U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs12
Singles Year Single Peaks US USR&B USDan 1977 "Devil's Gun" 36 2 1 "We Got Our Own Thing" — 93 "Sure Can't Go to the Moon" — —
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