Chirpin'

 Chirpin' is an album by the American musical group the Persuasions, released in 1977. It was rereleased in 1990, following the success of the PBS documentary Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella.

Production
The album was produced by David Dashev. After two albums that contained instrumental accompaniment, Chiripin' was a return to an a capella style, albeit without member Jayotis Washington.

Critical reception
The Richmond Times-Dispatch praised the "rich, gutsy and romantic harmonies," and considered Chirpin' the group's best album.

Greil Marcus, in The Village Voice, wrote of "Willie and Laura Mae Jones": "'That was another place, and another time,' runs the last line of Tony Joe White’s chorus; as the Persuasions sing it, it is full of dignity, close to bitter, and empty of regret. I don’t know that I have heard new black music this strong since the days that followed Sly Stone’s There’s a Riot Goin’ On." He later listed the album as one of the ten best of the 1970s.

Track listing

 * Side 1
 * 1) "Papa Oom Mow Mow" (Al Frazier, Carl White, Turner Wilson, John Harris) – 2:18
 * 2) "Willie and Laura Mae Jones" (Tony Joe White) – 3:15
 * 3) "Moonlight and Music" (Leroy Fann) – 3:00
 * 4) "Johnny Porter" (Bobby Ray Appleberry, Bill Cuomo) – 4:34
 * 5) "Looking for an Echo" (Richard Reicheg) – 4:11
 * Side 2
 * 1) "Women and Drinkin'" (Jerry Lawson, David Dashev) – 6:53
 * 2) "Sixty Minute Man" (Billy Ward) – 2:00
 * 3) "Win Your Love (For Me)" (Sam Cooke) – 3:32
 * 4) "It's Gonna Rain Again" (Charles Johnson) – 2:22
 * 5) "To Be Loved" (Tyran Carlo, Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Berry Gordy)– 2:32

Details

 * Produced by David Dashev.
 * Recorded and mixed at The Hit Factory, New York.
 * Engineered by Michael Getlin.
 * Released in 1977 by Elektra.