Raydio (album)
# Raydio (album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A− |

Raydio is the debut album by the band Raydio in 1978 on Arista Records. The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Top Soul LPs chart and No. 27 on the Billboard 200 chart. Raydio was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.

## History

Released in 1978 on Arista Records, it featured two hit pop singles: "Jack and Jill" (number 8 pop, number 5 R&B, number 11 in the UK) and "Is This A Love Thing" (number 20 R&B, number 27 UK).

Record World said that the single "Honey I'm Rich" "wrives along on a very Spinner-ish vocal hook."

## Track listing

Adapted from album's text.

## Personnel

Adapted from album's text.

### Raydio

* Vincent Bonham – vocals
* Arnell Carmichael – vocals
* Ray Parker Jr. – guitars, vocals, recording engineer, mixing
* Jerry Knight – bass, vocals

### Additional personnel

* Jack Ashford – tambourine
* Ollie E. Brown – drums, percussion
* Charles Fearing – guitars
* Horatio Gordon – saxophone
* Ken Peterson – trumpet
* Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin – guitars, voice box
* Sylvester Rivers – piano
* Sylvia Duckworth, Valerie Jones, Francine Pearlman, Rochelle Runnels, Janice Williams - background vocals
* Bernie Grundman - mastering
* John E. Barrett, David Gahr, Free Lance Photographers - photography
* Steve Feldman - art director

## Charts

### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - | - |
| Year | Single | US Pop | US R&B |
| 1977 | "Jack and Jill" | 8 | 5 |
| 1978 | "Is This a Love Thing" | — | 20 |
| 1978 | "Honey I'm Rich" | — | 43 |
