BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

REQUEST

The Commodores made one final stab at regaining R&B glory when Lionel Richie and producer/arranger James Anthony Carmichael both left in the mid-’80s. J.D. Nicholas became their lead singer, and Dennis Lambert assumed production duties.

“Animal Instinct” was the second single released from the album Nightshift. Regarded as an out-of-the-ordinary track for the Commodores, “Animal Instinct,” featuring Orange on lead vocals, was released almost six months after the hit “Nightshift,” and petered out at #22 on the R&B charts, while only making it to #43 on the US pop charts and #74 in the UK.

SIDE A:
Animal Instinct (Club Mix / Dub Mix) 9:46
Remix – John Morales & Sergio Munzibai
Arranged By, Producer [Associate] – Peter Wolf (3)
Written-By – M. Page*

SIDE B:
Lightin’ Up The Night 4:05
Arranged By [Rhythm] – Jeff Lorber
Arranged By [Horn] – Jerry Hey
Written-By – D. Warren*, J. Lorber*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Mint (company sleeve)

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Animal Instinct	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#43
1985	Animal Instinct	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	#22
1985	Animal Instinct	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#9

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Motown
Catalog#: 67211
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Dennis Lambert

NOTES:
Album version in “NIGHTSHIFT”

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi