Natural High is the sixth studio album by the musical group Commodores, released in 1978. "Three Times a Lady", released as a single, became their first Billboard Hot 100 number one. The album topped Billboard's R&B Album charts for 8 non-consecutive weeks and peaked at number three on the Billboard 200.
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Critical reception
Natural High earned the group a 1979 Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus.
Record World called the single "Flying High" a "classically slick r&b hip swinger with cross format appeal."
Track listing
Motown – M7-902R1
Personnel
Commodores
Lionel Richie – vocals, saxophones, keyboards
Milan Williams – keyboards, vocals
Thomas McClary – lead guitar, vocals
Ronald LaPread – bass, vocals
Walter Orange – vocals, drums, percussion
William King – vocals, percussion, trumpet
Additional musicians
Cal Harris – synthesizer programming
James Anthony Carmichael – horn and string arrangements
The Mean Machine
Darrell Jones – rhythm guitar
Eddie "Bongo" Brown – percussion
David Cochrane – saxophones
Winston Sims – saxophones
Harold Hudson – trumpet
Production
Commodores – producers, arrangerments
James Anthony Carmichael – producer, arrangerments
Cal Harris – engineer, mixing
Jane Clark – engineer
Tony Jones – album coordinator
Norm Ung – art direction, design
David McMacken illustration
Jim Shea – photography
Suzee Ikeda – project manager
James Tarver – road manager