| Toby | ||||
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| Studio album by The Chi-Lites | ||||
| Released | June 1974 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul | |||
| Length | 44:32 | |||
| Label | Brunswick | |||
| Producer | Eugene Record | |||
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Toby is the seventh studio album by American soul group The Chi-Lites, produced by lead singer Eugene Record. The album was released in 1974 on the Brunswick label.
By 1974, Brunswick had started to struggle financially so Toby was less heavily-promoted than the group's previous albums and fared less well commercially. It was the first Chi-Lites album since 1970 to stall outside the R&B top 10 (peaking at #12) and to miss the top 100 on the Pop listings. Three singles from the album were top 20 R&B hits. In the UK however, where the Chi-Lites had previously established themselves as a successful singles group, none of the issued singles made any impact on the national chart.