Ten Percent
# Ten Percent

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |

Ten Percent is the debut studio album recorded by American male vocal quartet Double Exposure, released in 1976 on the Salsoul label.

## History

The album features the title track, which peaked at No.2 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 63 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. Also featured are two other chart singles: "My Love Is Free" and "Everyman (Has to Carry His Own Weight)". The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2012 by Big Break Records.

## Personnel

* Leonard "Butch" Davis, Charles Whittington, Joseph Harris, James Williams – vocals
* Earl Young – drums
* Ron Baker – bass
* Vincent Montana, Jr. – vibes
* Larry Washington – congas
* Norman Harris, Bobby Eli, T.J. Tindall – guitars
* Carlton Kent, Ron Kersey, Bunny Sigler, T.G. Conway, Bruce Hawes – keyboards
* Robert Hartzell, Rocco Bene – trumpets
* Robert Moore, Edward Cascarella, Richard Genovese, Frederick Joiner – trombones
* Jeffery Kirschen, Milton Phibbs – French horns
* John Wilson – flugelhorn
* Don Renaldo (Christine Reeves, Americus Mungiole, Rudolph Malizia, Lance Elbeck, Charles Apollonia, Richard Jones) – violins
* Anthony Sinagoga, Davis Barnett, Peter Nocella – violas
* Romeo Di Stefano, Larry Gold, Patricia Weimer – cellos
* Bunny Harris – tambourine
* Barbara Ingram, Evette Benton, Carla Benson – background vocals

## Production

* Norman Harris, Bruce Hawes, Ron Baker, Earl Young, Vincent Montana, Jr. – producers
* Joe Cayre, Stan Cayre, Ken Cayre – executive producers
* Carl Paruolo, Arthur Stoppe, Jim Gallagher, Kenny Present, Jeff Stewart, Peter Humphreys, Dirk Devlin – engineers
* Walter Gibbons, Ken Cayre – mixing
* Al Brown mastering
* Allan Tannenbaum – cover photography
* Hank Dunning – backline photography
* Karen Bernath – design
* Paula Bisacca – art direction

## Charts

| Chart (1976) | Peak |
| - | - |
| U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 129 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 40 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Single | US | US R&B | US Dan |
| 1976 | "Ten Percent" | 54 | 63 | 2 |
| 1976 | "My Love Is Free" | 104 | 44 | 15 |
| 1976 | "Everyman (Has to Carry His Own Weight)" | — | 84 | 8 |
