Supercharged is the eighth album by American

United States

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 soul

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/R&B group Tavares

Tavares (band)

Tavares are a successful American R&B, funk and soul music group, composed of five Cape Verdean-American brothers from New Bedford, Massachusetts.-Band members:...

, produced by David Foster

David Foster

David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...

, Benjamin Wright and Bobby Colomby

Bobby Colomby

Bobby Colomby is an innovative jazz-rock fusion drummer, and an original member of the group Blood, Sweat & Tears...

 (former drummer of the rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears

Blood, Sweat & Tears

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), and released in 1980 on the Capitol

Capitol Records

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 label. Supercharged is similar in style to the group's previous album Madam Butterfly

Madam Butterfly (album)

Madam Butterfly is the seventh album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, produced by Bobby Martin and released in 1979 on the Capitol label. By this stage in the group's career, they had become known as a disco act due to successful singles such as "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel", "Whodunit" and...

, and although not as highly-regarded at its predecessor, critical reaction is generally positive. Lead single "Bad Times" reached the R&B top 10 and #47 on the pop chart, the group's first showing on that chart since "More Than a Woman

More Than a Woman (Bee Gees song)

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" in 1977. Supercharged made #20 on the R&B chart and #75 on the pop chart

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.

Track listing

1. "Bad Times" (Gerard McMahon
   Gerard McMahon
   Gerard McMahon is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who specialises in creating music for films and TV...
   
   ) - 7:15
2. "We Both Tried" (David Foster, Bill Champlin) - 4:15
3. "Can't Get Enough" (Benjamin Wright, Kathy Wakefield, Tony Coleman) -3:49
4. "Why Can't We Fall In Love" (Carole Bayer Sager
   Carole Bayer Sager
   Carole Bayer Sager is an American lyricist, songwriter, singer, and painter.-Introduction:Born in New York City, Sager graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, dramatic arts and speech...
   
   , David Foster, Deniece Williams
   Deniece Williams
   June Deniece Chandler known by her stage name Deniece Williams is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s...
   
   ) - 4:09
5. "I Just Can't Go On Living Without You" (Wright) - 5:13
6. "I Don't Want You Any More" (Foster, Champlin) - 4:03
7. "Paradise" (Teddy Randazzo
   Teddy Randazzo
   Teddy Randazzo was a NYC born pop songwriter who composed 1960s hit songs such as "Goin' Out of My Head", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle", and "Hurt So Bad"...
   
   ) - 4:58
8. "Got to Have Your Love" (Angelo Richards, Patrick Henderson) - 3:46

Singles

• "Bad Times" (US Pop
  Billboard Hot 100
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   #47, US R&B
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  #10)
• "I Just Can't Go On Living Without You" (US R&B #42)