The Look is the seventh album by American R&B group Shalamar

Shalamar

Shalamar was an American music group, primarily of the 1970s and 1980s, that was originally a disco-driven vehicle created by Soul Train booking agent Dick Griffey and show creator Don Cornelius. They went on to be an influential dance trio, masterminded by Soul Train producer Don Cornelius...

, released in 1983 on the SOLAR

SOLAR Records

S.O.L.A.R. Records was an American record label founded in 1977 by Dick Griffey, reconstituted out of Soul Train Records only two years after it was founded with Soul Train television show host and creator Don Cornelius.-Company history:In 1975, Soul Train Records was founded by Dick Griffey and...

 label. It is the last Shalamar album to feature the line-up of Jeffrey Daniel

Jeffrey Daniel

Jeffrey Daniel is an American dancer, singer-songwriter and choreographer, most notable for being a member of the R&B vocal group Shalamar. In Nigeria he is best known as an Idol series judge...

, Howard Hewett

Howard Hewett

Howard Hewett is an American R&B and gospel singer and former lead vocalist of the R&B group Shalamar.Raised in Akron, Ohio, Hewett moved to Los Angeles. He would eventually meet Soul Train dancer and future first wife Rainey Riley-Cunningham, then a secretary of the show's creator and original...

 and Jody Watley

Jody Watley

Jody Vanessa Watley is an American, singer, songwriter, record producer, and founder of Avitone Records whose music crosses genres from Pop, R&B, Jazz, Dance and Electronic Soul....

, as both Daniel and Watley would leave the group shortly after its release.

The Look peaked at No. 13 on the R&B chart

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...

 and No. 79 on the Billboard pop chart

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

. Like Shalamar's previous album, Friends

Friends (Shalamar album)

Friends is the sixth album by American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1982 on the SOLAR label. The album, which features the 'classic' Shalamar line-up , topped the R&B chart and peaked at #35 on the Billboard chart.In the United Kingdom Friends gained impetus from a now-legendary demonstration...

, it was more successful in the United Kingdom

UK Albums Chart

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, where it reached No. 7.

Track listing

1. "Closer" (Meyers/Raglin/Zimmerman) 5:08
2. "Dead Giveaway" (Dair/Gallo/Sylvers) 5:03
3. "You Can Count on Me" (Lucas/Rarick) 3:48
4. "Right Here" (Brantley/Spencer/Sylvers/Sylvers) 4:17
5. "No Limits (The Now Club)" (Dair/Gallo/Sylvers/Sylvers) 4:59
6. "Disappearing Act" (Cole/Meyers/Sylvers) 5:28
7. "Over and Over" (Leslie/Shelby/Sylvers) 4:35
8. "You're the One for Me" (Gamboa/Hewett/Sylvers) 5:02
9. "You Won't Miss Love (Until It's Gone)" (Hewett/Potts Jr./Smith) 4:08
10. "The Look" (Clarke/Hewett) 3:58

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	79
Billboard Top Soul Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	13
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	7

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US Pop Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	UK Pop UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
1983	"Dead Giveaway"	22	10	8
	"Over and Over"	-	26	23
	"Disappearing Act"	-	-	18
1984	"You Can Count On Me"	-	77	-

External links

• Shalamar-The Look at Discogs