Hold Your Horses (First Choice album)
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Hold Your Horses is the fifth studio album recorded by American female vocal trio First Choice, released in 1979 on the Gold Mind label.
History
The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 73 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and "Double Cross", which peaked at No. 60 on the same chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by Big Break Records.
Track listing
| headline = Side one | title1 = Let Me Down Easy | writer1 = David Jordan, Andrew Smith | length1 = 6:20 | title2 = Good Morning Midnight | writer2 = Thor Baldursson, Mats Bjöerklund, Pete Bellotte | length2 = 3:57 | title3 = Great Expectations | writer3 = Thor Baldursson, Mats Bjöerklund, Pete Bellotte | length3 = 5:33
| headline = Side two | title4 = Hold Your Horses | writer4 = Kathleen Poppy, Les Hurdle, Frank Ricotti, Peter Gosling | length4 = 5:50 | title5 = Love Thang | writer5 = Melvin Steals, Mervin Steals, McKinley Jackson | length5 = 5:41 | title6 = Double Cross | writer6 = Norman Harris, Ron Tyson | length6 = 6:59
| collapsed = yes | headline = 2013 remastered reissue bonus tracks | title7 = Now That I've Thrown It All Away | note7 = | length7 = 3:36 | title8 = Let No Man Put Asunder | note8 = 12" Disco Madness Remix | length8 = 4:40 | title9 = Double Cross | note9 = 12" Promotional Disco Remix | length9 = 7:36 | title10 = Love Thang | note10 = 12" Disco Mix | length10 = 7:54 | title11 = Hold Your Horses | note11 = Single Version | length11 = 2:38 | title12 = Double Cross | note12 = 12" Extended Disco Mix | length12 = 10:01 | title13 = Double Cross | note13 = 12" Larry Levan Remix | length13 = 7:18
Personnel
- Rochelle Fleming, Annette Guest, Debbie Martin – vocals
- Musicland Studios
- Keith Forsey – percussion, drums
- Les Hurdle – bass
- Mats Björklund – guitar
- Thor Baldursson – keyboards
- Larry Washington – congas
- Tom Moulton – tambourine
- Munich Philharmonic – strings
- Don Renaldo – horns
- John Davis – saxophone solo on "Let Me Down Easy
- Sigma Sound Studios
- Keith Benson – drums
- Jimmy Williams – bass
- Norman Harris, Bobby Eli, T.J. Tindall – guitars
- Eugene "Lambchops" Curry – keyboards
- Larry Washington, James Walker – congas
- Don Renaldo – strings, horns