{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Nightcruising | type = Studio | artist = Bar-Kays | cover = Nightcruising 1981.jpg | alt = | released = November 1981 | recorded = 1981 | studio = Ardent, Memphis, Tennessee | genre = * R&B<ref name=AM/> * dance<ref name=AM/> | length = | label = Mercury | producer = Allen Jones | prev_title = As One | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Propositions | next_year = 1982 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 =AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name=AM>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r1304 |tab=review |label=The Bar Kays: ''Nightcruising'' > Review |first=Amy |last=Hanson|accessdate=2 September 2011}}</ref> }}
'''''Nightcruising''''' is an album by the Memphis, Tennessee-based band the Bar-Kays, released on Mercury Records in November 1981. The album reached number six on the ''Billboard'' R&B albums chart. The band embraced a more up to date sound with keyboards and synthesizers with this album, and it was much better received by fans than their previous release. ''Nightcruising'' is considered one of the Bar-Kays' best albums, and was their third to be certified Gold for sales of over 500,000 copies.
==Track listing== All tracks composed by the Bar-Kays and Allen Jones, except where indicated. #"Nightcruising" – 4:18 #"Hit and Run" – 5:51 #"Feels Like I'm Falling in Love" – 3:50 #"Freaky Behavior" (Allen Jones, Howard Redmond, Jr.) – 5:10 #"Touch Tone" – 4:15 #"Unforgettable Dream" – 4:35 #"Traffic Jammer" – 5:50 #"Backseat Driver" – 3:54
==Charts== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Chart (1981) ! Peak<br>position |- | ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums<ref name="allmusic albums">{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p54079/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Bar Kays US albums chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-06-14}}</ref> | align=center|55 |- | ''Billboard'' Top Soul Albums<ref name="allmusic albums" /> | align=center|6 |- |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="2"| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic singles">{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p54079/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Bar Kays US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-06-14}}</ref> |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"| US<br>R&B ! width="40"| US<br>Dance |- | rowspan="2"|1981 | align="left"| "Hit and Run" | 5 | 49 (1982) |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.discogs.com/Bar-Kays-Nightcruising/master/66084 The Bar-Kays-Nightcruising at Discogs]
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Category:1981 albums Category:Bar-Kays albums Category:Mercury Records albums