Strikes Again

Strikes Again is the third album by funk band Rose Royce. It was released on the Whitfield label in August 1978. It was produced by Norman Whitfield.

History
The album peaked at number four on the Billboard R&B albums chart and number 28 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. It yielded two Billboard R&B top ten singles, "I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)" and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore". "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" was also successful on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number two, their highest charting single in the UK. A third single, "First Come, First Serve", peaked at number 65 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2016 by Big Break Records.

Personnel

 * Rose Royce
 * Gwen Dickey – lead vocals
 * Kenny Copeland – trumpet, lead vocals
 * Kenji Brown – guitar, lead vocals
 * Lequeint "Duke" Jobe – bass, vocals
 * Michael Nash – keyboards
 * Henry Garner – drums, vocals
 * Freddie Dunn – trumpet
 * Michael Moore – saxophone
 * Terry Santiel – congas


 * Additional musicians
 * Victor Nyx, Mark Davis – keyboards
 * Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson, Cornelius Grant – guitar
 * Jimmy Valdez – drums
 * Walter Downing – organ
 * Mark Kenoly – bass
 * Jack Ashford – percussion

Production

 * Norman Whitfield – producer, arranger, mastering engineer
 * Leanard Jackson – Chief recording engineer mastering engineer*
 * Steve Smith – recording engineer,
 * Gene Page – orchestral direction
 * Eleven Twenty-Four Design – art direction, design
 * Andy Engel – lettering
 * Bobby Holland, Jeffrey Mayer – photography
 * Pamela Clare – cover illustration
 * Bill Whitfield – album coordinator

Charts

 * Singles