Reach for It

Reach for It is a studio album by the American keyboardist and record producer George Duke.^[2] It was recorded at Paramount Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, and released in 1977 through Epic Records. The album peaked at number 25 on the US Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart and number 4 on the Top Soul LPs chart. It was certified Gold by Recording Industry Association of America on January 18, 1978.

Reach for It
Studio album by George Duke
Released	1977
Studio	Paramount Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Jazz-funk
Length	37:17
Label	Epic
Producer	George Duke
George Duke chronology
From Me to You (1977) Reach for It (1977) The Dream (1978)
Singles from Reach for It
"Reach for It" Released: 1977

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Its only single, the eponymous track "Reach for It", peaked at number 54 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Beginning"	George Duke	1:50
2.	"Lemme at It"	George Duke	4:13
3.	"Hot Fire"	Leon Chancler	5:31
4.	"Reach for It"	George Duke Leon Chancler Charles Foster Johnson Byron Miller	4:53
5.	"Just for You"	George Duke	4:28
6.	"Omi" (Fresh Water)	George Duke	4:50
7.	"Searchin' My Mind"	George Duke	3:11
8.	"Watch Out Baby!"	George Duke Leon Chancler Michael Sembello Stanley Clarke	5:25
9.	"Diamonds"	George Duke	6:45
10.	"The End"	George Duke	1:07
11.	"Bring It on Home"		4:25
Total length:			37:17

Personnel

• George Duke – keyboards, vocals
• Charles "Icarus" Johnson – guitar, vocals (4, 9)
• Michael Sembello – guitar (8)
• Byron Miller – bass (4)
• Stanley Clarke – bass (8)
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums, rototoms, timbales, vocals (4, 8)
• Manolo Badrena – congas, bongos, percussion
• Raul De Souza – trombone (6)
• Dee Henrichs – vocals
• Sybil Thomas – vocals
• Deborah Thomas – vocals

Production

• George Duke – producer
• Kerry McNabb – engineer
• John Golden – mastering at Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California).
• Glen Christensen – art direction
• Norman Seeff – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1977) Peak position US Billboard 200[4] 25 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5] 4

Year-end charts Chart (1978) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] 41

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.