{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Brass Construction | type = Studio | artist = Brass Construction | cover = Brassconstruction.jpg | alt = | released = 1975<!--if you think you know the date or month, reference it--> | recorded = | venue = | studio = * Ultra-Sonic, Hempstead, New York * N.Y. Groove, New York City, New York | genre = * Funk * disco * dance * soul | length = 41:00 | label = United Artists | producer = Jeff Lane | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Brass Construction II | next_year = 1976 | misc = {{Singles | name = Brass Construction | type = studio | single1 = Movin{{'-}} | single1date = 1976 | single2 = Changin{{'-}} | single2date = 1976 }} }}
'''''Brass Construction ''''' is the self-titled debut album by the American funk band Brass Construction, released in autumn 1975 by United Artists Records. Recorded with producer Jeff Lane, the album weaves different influences, including Latin music and jazz, into the band's rhythmic funk style, and emphasises the group's brass section. The album's songs, all of which are named using a single verb, feature simplistic, repetitive lyrics, reflecting the group's desire for audiences to interpret the songs as they wish. Critics noted themes of social awareness in the lyrics.
The album's release was delayed due to other projects involving lead member Randy Muller, but proved to be a surprise success, reaching the top ten of the US ''Billboard'' albums chart and the UK Albums Chart, where it was the first disco album to do so. It also reached number one on the US Soul chart, while the singles "Movin'{{-"}} and "Changin{{'"}} also proved commercially successful. Music critics acclaimed the album for its tight sound and lyrical simplicity, and it went on to influence the Britfunk movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Soul Brothers Records re-released the album in 2010.
==Background and recording== Brass Construction formed in Brooklyn, New York under the name The Dynamic Soul in 1967. Originally a rock/R&B quartet under the leadership of Randy Muller, the group gradually expanded until they had become a nine-piece by 1972, with new members bringing influences of jazz and Latin music. Muller felt the enlarged personnel necessitated a name change, so the group renamed themselves Brass Construction, chosen because he believed the group placed a strong emphasis on their brass section "though we keep a tight rhythm going."<ref name="Abbey1">{{cite journal |last1=Abbey |first1=John |title=Brass Construction |journal=Blues & Soul |date=February 1976 |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/brass-construction |access-date=April 29, 2020}}</ref> The group's first single, "Two Timin' Lady", was released in 1972 by Docc, a record label owned by producer Jeff Lane.<ref name="Mason1">{{cite web |last1=Mason |first1=Andrew |title=12 records crafted by disco architect Randy Muller of Brass Construction |url=https://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/features/record-rundown/disco-architect-randy-muller-brass-construction/ |website=Wax Poetics |access-date=April 29, 2020 |page=1}}</ref>
Lane was impressed with Muller's musical arranging skills and asked him to provide string arrangements for B.T. Express, a group he had begun producing. Two of the group's songs to feature Muller's arrangements, "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" and "Express", became major hits and club favourites,<ref name="Wilson" /> and Muller's innovative arrangements helped the songs pioneer disco music.<ref name="Mason1" /> The success of B.T. Express inspired United Artists Records to sign Brass Construction, while Muller, studying music theory at Hunter College, concurrently achieved a degree in musical arrangement.<ref name="Wilson" /><ref name="Mason2" /> In assignments on musical counterpoints, he used some of the arrangements he had written for the Brass Construction album, including that of "Changin'," which features "all these displacements where a phrase is shifted over a bar," as he described in an interview with ''Wax Poetics''.<ref name="Mason2" />
''Brass Construction'' was produced by Lane and recorded at Ultra-Sonic Studios in Hempstead and N.Y. Groove Studios in New York City.<ref name="booklet">{{cite AV media notes| title = Brass Construction| others= Brass Construction| year = 1975| type = liner| publisher = United Artists Records}}</ref> The group compiled a list of the twelve best songs they could record for the album and then used half of them, with several unused songs later appearing on ''Brass Construction II''.<ref name="Taylor">{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Marc |title=A Touch of Classic Soul 2: The Late 1970s |date=2001 |publisher=Aloiv Publishing Co. |location=Jamaica, New York |isbn=0965232875 |pages=27–29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OnEkAQAAMAAJ&q=brass+construction+2 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> Featuring extra vocals from sisters Delores, Bonnie and Denise Dunning,<ref name="Easlea" /> "Movin'{{-"}} emerged from a studio jam session that began with Wade Williamson's bass line, before Muller gave cues to other band members, notably drummer Larry Payton. "That's why you hear some off rolls in there," the musician later explained, "since I would yell to Larry, 'Okay, let's go! Roll coming up!{{'"}}. The jam lasted sixteen minutes, one entire side of tape, with Muller subsequently writing the horn parts and "Got myself together" hook, which were overdubbed.<ref name="Mason2">{{cite web |last1=Mason |first1=Andrew |title=12 records crafted by disco architect Randy Muller of Brass Construction |url=https://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/features/record-rundown/disco-architect-randy-muller-brass-construction/2/ |website=Wax Poetics |access-date=April 29, 2020 |page=2}}</ref> The album took three months to complete due to the band's perfectionism, which led to many minor alterations.<ref name="Abbey1" /> After recording ''Brass Construction'', the record's release was delayed while Muller provided further string arrangements for B.T. Express, among other activities.<ref name="Nathan" />
==Composition== {{quote box|quote="I had to put some lyrics on the instrumentals. So, as a concept, I used verbs for all the song titles and came up with some very simple, abstract vocal chants to go with the music. Later I would hear from the fans how much these songs spoke to them–they would have a whole story for these one word songs! That's the trick for writing good songs: Let people plug in their own experiences."|source=—Randy Muller in an interview with ''Wax Poetics''<ref name="Mason2" />|width=20%|align=right|style=padding:8px;|border=2px}} All six songs on ''Brass Construction'' were written by the group, with Muller primarily responsible for five of them.<ref name="Abbey1" /> A highly rhythmic album of funk<ref name="Easlea"/> and disco music,<ref name="Nathan" /> the record is dominated by the brass section, while the James Brown-influenced guitar work of Joseph Arthur Wong provides a rhythmic centre.<ref name="Easlea">{{cite web |last1=Easlea |first1=Daryl |title=Brass Construction Brass Construction Review |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/9q3n/ |website=BBC |access-date=April 29, 2020}}</ref> Influences from American, African and Caribbean music, reflecting the diverse nationalities of the band members, are woven into the music.<ref name="Easlea" /> While comparisons were drawn between the disco songs on ''Brass Construction'' and B.T. Express, who Muller describes as "a solid funk band," the musician highlighted the influence of other styles of music on ''Brass Construction'', including Latin music and jazz.<ref name="Abbey1" />
Muller originally intended the group to be instrumental, having favoured the horn sections of Kool & the Gang, Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears, but the group's label insisted on Muller adding lyrics, so wrote what he described as "some very simple, abstract vocal chants to go with the music."<ref name="Mason2" /> The group described the album's lyrics – the repetition of simple words – as "high abstractions", with Muller describing this as "the universal appeal of the album. We left it for other people to interpret what they wanted to."<ref name="Nathan">{{cite journal |last1=Nathan |first1=David |title=Brass Construction |journal=Blues & Soul |date=December 1976 |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/brass-construction-2 |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> Critics note themes of positivity and social awareness in the lyrics.<ref name="Easlea" /><ref name="Lytle">{{cite web |last1=Lytle |first1=Craig |title=AllMusic Review by Craig Lytle |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/brass-construction-mn0000932922/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=April 29, 2020}}</ref> Continuing the simplistic approach, the titles of all six songs feature only a single verb.<ref name="Abbey1" /><ref name="Mason2" /> "It was a little bit of a concept," Muller told an interviewer, "but basically it was done for simplicity. It's appropriate, too, with our approach to our music because we are basically simple and don't want to become too complicated."<ref name="Abbey1" />
Incorporating driving polyrhythms,<ref name="Larkin" /> the lengthy disco song "Movin{{'"}} is in the tradition of the 9+ minute arrangements explored by James Brown. As the record progresses, Payton's heavy drum work dominates over Joe Wong's "chanking guitars" and the pulsating off-time bass riffs of Wade Williamson, while the horns and chanting permeate.<ref name="Vincent" /> According to author Rickey Vincent, the song was one of the final dance jams of its era to "groove on rhythm instruments," as the synthesizers appear on top of the song's groove rather than in its rhythm track.<ref name="Vincent" /> While not a ballad, "Love" features a slower tempo than the other songs,<ref name="Easlea" /> and incorporates a fanfare into its coda.<ref name="Christgau" />
==Release and reception== Due to the lengthy delay that followed recording ''Brass Construction'', the group became sceptical of releasing the album, fearing it would now sound "stale".<ref name="Nathan" /> The album was ultimately released in autumn 1975,<ref name="Nathan" /> and was advertised in the music press by United Artists with the tagline "New York Funk," saying "there's nobody who can ignore the power of the Construction."<ref>{{cite journal |title=New York Funk. |journal=Jet |date=June 10, 1976 |volume=50 |issue=12 |page=55 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UcADAAAAMBAJ&dq=brass+construction&pg=PA55 |access-date=April 29, 2020}}</ref> It proved to be a surprise success,<ref name="Nathan" /> peaking at number ten on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape chart,<ref name="allmusic albums">{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3766/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=Brass Construction US albums chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=2011-06-17}}</ref> and spending three weeks at number one on the ''Billboard'' Top Soul Albums chart in May 1976, lasting thirteen weeks in the chart overall.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS: The week of May 8, 1976 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-albums/1976-05-07 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 29, 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The album was not originally released in the United Kingdom, but quickly became a very popular import,<ref name="Allen">{{cite magazine |last1=Allen |first1=Kevin |title=Soul Stirrings |magazine=Record Mirror & Disc |date=March 6, 1976 |pages=25 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/76/Record-Mirror-1976-03-06.pdf |access-date=June 12, 2020 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> to the point where James Hamilton of ''Record Mirror & Disc'' called it "possibly the biggest-selling import album of all time."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hamilton |first1=James |title=New Spins |magazine=Record Mirror & Disc |date=March 13, 1976 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/76/Record-Mirror-1976-03-13.pdf |department=James Hamilton's Disco Page |page=18 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> Thus, United Artists rush-released ''Brass Construction'' in the UK on March 5, 1976,<ref name="Allen" /><ref name="Brass Facts">{{cite magazine |title=Brass Facts |type=Advertisement |magazine=Record Mirror & Disc |date=March 6, 1976 |page=24 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/76/Record-Mirror-1976-03-06.pdf |access-date=June 12, 2020 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> and it reached number nine on the UK Albums Chart,<ref name="OCC">{{cite web |title=Brass Construction |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15675/brass-construction/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=April 29, 2020}}</ref> becoming the first disco album to make the Top 10.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heatley |first1=Michael |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Rock |date=1993 |publisher=Carlton Books |location=London |isbn=1-85227-432-8 |page=168 |chapter=Dance/Disco}}</ref> The record also peaked at number 55 on the Canadian ''RPM'' charts.<ref name="can">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=hurqbdotddc7nd1ok6pptm0n21&q1=Brass+Construction&q2=&interval=20|title=CAN Charts > Brass Construction|magazine=RPM|access-date=2015-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402161302/https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=hurqbdotddc7nd1ok6pptm0n21&q1=Brass+Construction&q2=&interval=20|archive-date=2015-04-02}}</ref> Its chart success began before the release of any singles, although "Movin{{'"}} and "Changin{{'"}} were earmarked for single release in early 1976.<ref name="Abbey1" /> "Movin{{'"}} reached number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and, largely due to club support,<ref name="Wilson" /> number 23 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="OCC" /> It also reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, while "Changin{{'"}} reached number three.<ref name="Wilson" />
In their contemporary review, ''Blues & Soul'' described ''Brass Construction'' as "perfection" and "''the'' funk album of all-time!"<ref name="Wilson">{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Greg |title=GREG WILSON'S DISCOTHEQUE ARCHIVES #24 |url=https://djmag.com/features/greg-wilsons-discotheque-archives-24 |website=DJ Mag |access-date=April 29, 2020 |date=May 23, 2018}}</ref> In an article on the group for the same magazine, John Abbey noted the album's success and said "it is my firm belief that they will go on to topple their stable-mates, B.T. Express, as the leading exponents of what we have come to term disco-music."<ref name="Abbey1" /> Sue Byrom of ''Record Mirror & Disc'' felt that the album was "tight and fairly funky", but lamented that the tracks were similar, calling it "[s]olid disco music certainly but on this hearing not destined for much else."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Byrom |first1=Sue |title=Albums |magazine=Record Mirror & Disc |date=March 20, 1976 |page=24 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Record-Mirror-IDX/IDX/70s/76/Record-Mirror-1976-03-20-OCR-Page-0023.pdf#search=%22brass%20construction%22 |access-date=June 12, 2020 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> At the 19th Grammy Awards in 1976, ''Brass Construction'' was nominated for Best R&B Instrumental Performance.<ref>{{cite web |title=GRAMMY Award Results for Brass Construction |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/brass-construction |website=Grammy |access-date=April 29, 2020}}{{dead link|date=February 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The album is certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for 1,000,000 sales<ref name="riaa">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=%22Brass%20Construction%22|title=US Certifications > Brass Construction|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=2015-03-25}}</ref> and Silver by the British Phonographic Industry for monetary revenue of £100,000.<ref name="bpi">{{cite web |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |title=UK Certified Awards Search > Brass Construction |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |access-date=2015-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124005813/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |archive-date=2013-01-24 }}</ref> The group hoped to tour the UK in 1976 after the college terms of all nine members finished,<ref name="Russell">{{cite magazine |last1=Russell |first1=Rosalind |title=Construction: built to Boogie |magazine=Record Mirror & Disc |date=April 24, 1976 |page=13 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Record-Mirror-IDX/IDX/70s/76/Record-Mirror-1976-04-24-OCR-Page-0013.pdf#search=%22brass%20construction%22 |access-date=June 12, 2020 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> but ran into difficulties when making their applications for travel as Muller realised his mother did not register him as an American citizen when his family settled there from Guyana, fearing if he left the US he may not have been allowed to re-enter.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Russell |first1=Rosalind |title=Construction Difficulties |magazine=Record Mirror & Disc |date=May 1, 1976 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Record-Mirror-IDX/IDX/70s/76/Record-Mirror-1976-05-01-OCR-Page-0003.pdf#search=%22brass%20construction%22 |access-date=June 12, 2020 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> The group did not tour the UK until promoting ''Brass Construction II'' in 1977.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Robin |title=Musical Messiahs |journal=Record Mirror |date=April 30, 1977 |page=33 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Record-Mirror-IDX/IDX/70s/77/Record-Mirror-1977-04-30-OCR-Page-0032.pdf#search=%22brass%20construction%22 |access-date=June 12, 2020}}</ref>
==Retrospective assessment and legacy== {{Music ratings | rev1 =AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r135739/review|pure_url=yes}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Christgau's Record Guide'' |rev2Score = B+<ref name="Christgau">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: B|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=70|access-date=February 22, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Funk'' (Dave Thompson) |rev3Score = 9/10<ref name="Thompson">{{cite book|title=Funk, Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion|author=Dave Thompson|publisher=Hal Leonard|year=2001|isbn=9780879306298|chapter=Brass Construction|pages=223–226}}</ref> |rev4 = ''Funk'' (Rickey Vincent) |rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vincent |first1=Rickey |title=Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One |date=1995 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=0312134991 |chapter=Essential Funk Recordings |page=336}}</ref> |rev5 = ''The Rolling Stone Record Guide'' |rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Record Guide |date=1979 |publisher=Random House |page=46}}</ref> |rev6 = ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music'' |rev6score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music |date=1997 |publisher=Virgin Books |location=London |isbn=0753501546 |pages=60–61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rbo7AQAAIAAJ&q=brass+construction+1976 |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> }} ''Brass Construction'' established the group as one of the leading exponents of jazz-oriented funk.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gregory |first1=Hugh |title=Soul Music A-Z |date=1991 |publisher=Blandford |location=London |isbn=0713721839 |page=26 |chapter=Brass Construction}}</ref> The album has since become regarded as a landmark in funk music and proved influential,<ref name="Wilson" /> particularly on the Britfunk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, with bands like Hi-Tension, Light of the World, Incognito and Level 42.<ref name="Wilson" /><ref name="Easlea" /> The band's music, particularly "Movin{{'"}}, also became popular at influential northern soul nightclub Blackpool Mecca in the late 1970s, where the introduction of jazz-funk helped bring a new audience.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Lauren |title=Northern Soul: An Oral History |url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/01/northern-soul-an-oral-history |website=Red Bull Music Academy |access-date=April 27, 2020 |date=January 14, 2016}}</ref> According to DJ Kev Roberts, "Movin{{'"}} was the song that "brought in a different level of person altogether", calling it "a funkier groove" and "a new tempo for people north of Watford to get into."<ref name="Brewester">{{cite web |last1=Brewster |first1=Bill |title=Interview: Kev Roberts, Wigan Casino DJ |url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/01/kev-roberts-interview |website=Red Bull Music Academy |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref>
In ''Christgau's Record Guide'' (1981), Robert Christgau described Brass Construction as a "black-identified" disco band "with lots of funk" and said the album "owes more lyrically to Gil Scott-Heron than to Barry White but evokes both and is candid to the point of wryness (and terseness) about using words primarily for musical color," giving praise to "the way the synthesized violins are timed."<ref name="Christgau" /> In a retrospective review, Craig Lytle of AllMusic made note of "the album's dance/funk appeal," describing the horn-centred music as being laden with vocals and sporadic socially aware lyrics.<ref name="Lytle" /> In his book on funk music, Vincent writes that ''Brass Construction'' "rises above commerciality and delivers a furious funk attack quotient,"<ref name="Vincent">{{cite book |last1=Vincent |first1=Rickey |title=Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One |date=1995 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=0312134991 |pages=217–218 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tb-FBAAAQBAJ&dq=brass+construction+1976&pg=PA217 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |chapter=Brass Construction and B.T. Express}}</ref> while in a "Classic Record" column for ''DJ Mag'', DJ Greg Wilson wrote that, with the release of ''Brass Construction'', the band "immediately took their place at funk's top table". He describes the album as the band's defining release: "Right from the opening brass stab this nine-piece band meant business."<ref name="Wilson" />
The album was re-released by Soul Brother Records in 2009, alongside ''Brass Construction II'' and ''V'', with new sleeve notes by Muller. In a review of the reissue, Micahel de Koningh of ''Blues & Soul'' hailed ''Brass Construction'' as a "pretty solid piece of pre-disco funk" that "no one had heard anything like" before its original release, citing the two "jazz-fuelled disco funk" singles as "era defining". He further credited the album's style – splicing funk music with "banked brass, chattering keyboards and sweeping strings" – as laying the blueprint for the "dozens and dozens" of disco twelve-inch singles that appeared later in the 1970s.<ref name="de Koningh">{{cite web |last1=de Koningh |first1=Michael |title=Column: Michael Koningh's World Music Column (January) |url=http://www.bluesandsoul.com/column/84/michael_de_koningh039s_world_music_column_january/ |website=Blues & Soul |access-date=April 29, 2020 |date=January 2010}}</ref> Daryl Easlea of BBC Music wrote that the "lyrically succinct and musically, monstrously funky" album startled the "soul community" in 1975, adding that the record's "mixture of driving rhythms and positive message showed there could be an alternative to disco that updated the work of Sly Stone and James Brown, while adding a new, urban flavour."<ref name="Easlea" />
==Track listing== All tracks written by Randy Muller except where noted
===Side one=== # "Movin'{{-"}} (Muller, Wade Williamston) – 8:39 # "Peekin{{'"}} (Alexander) – 3:55 # "Changin{{'"}} – 8:12
===Side two=== # <li value=4> "Love" – 6:35 # "Talkin{{'"}} – 4:02 # "Dance" – 9:36
== Personnel == Adapted from the liner notes to ''Brass Construction''<ref name="booklet" /> * Sandy Billups – conga, vocals * Mickey Grudge – saxophone, vocals * Randy Muller – percussion, arranger, keyboards, timbales, vocals * Wayne Parris – trumpet, vocals * Larry Payton – drums, vocals * Morris Price – percussion, trumpet, vocals * Jesse Ward – saxophone, vocals * Wade Williamston – bass * Joseph Arthur Wong – guitar * Irving Spice – strings
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1975–1976) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Brass+Construction&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=TLP|title=Brass Construction, TLP|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 8, 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref> | 10 |- ! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Brass+Construction&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=BLP|title=Brass Construction, BLP|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 8, 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref> | 1 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1976) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1976/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1976|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref> | 12 |- ! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1976/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1976|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref> | 6 |} {{col-end}}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="3"| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic singles">{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3766/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Brass Construction US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=June 17, 2011}}</ref> |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"| US ! width="40"| US<br />R&B ! width="40"| US<br />Dance |- | rowspan="2"|1976 | align="left"| "Changin{{'"}} | — | 24 | 1 |- | align="left"| "Movin{{'"}} | 14 | 1 | 1 |- |}
==See also== * List of number-one R&B albums of 1976 (U.S.)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.discogs.com/Brass-Construction-Brass-Construction/master/6408 Brass Construction-Brass Construction at Discogs]
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