which, many were used on the Nightbird album and on all live performances. The album remains their most successful album, certified platinum in the U.S. for selling over a million copies. Due to this success, Labelle landed on the cover of Rolling Stone. Legacy With Nightbirds, Labelle were praised for mixing their R&B/pop sound with elements of rock and funk. The success of the album's two singles also helped to pioneer the disco movement, which peaked in the late 1970s and influenced dance music for three decades. In 2003, the album was ranked number 272 on Rolling Stone's magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and 274 in a 2012 revised list. That same year, the album's leading hit track, "Lady Marmalade", was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame. Several acts have covered "Lady Marmalade" into international successes on their own including covers by All Saints and the quartet collaboration between singers Christina Aguilera, Mýa, Lil' Kim and Pink. "It Took a Long Time" was featured during the final scene and ending credits to the motion picture Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire. Release history In addition the standard 2 channel stereo version the album was also released by Epic in a 4 channel quadraphonic edition on LP record and 8-track tape. The quad LP was encoded using the SQ matrix format. The album was reissued by Audio Fidelity on the Super Audio CD format in 2015. This version contains the complete stereo and quad mixes. Track listing Personnel Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx & Sarah Dash - lead and backing vocals Allen Toussaint - keyboards, percussion, guitar, arrangements Art Neville - organ George Porter Jr., Walter Payton - bass guitar Leo Nocentelli, Rev. Edward Levone Batts - guitar Smokey Johnson, Herman Ernest III - drums James "Budd" Ellison - piano Earl Turbinton - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet Alvin Thomas, Lon Price - tenor saxophone, flute Clyde Kerr, Jr., Steve Howard - trumpet Lester Caliste - trombone Carl Blouin - baritone saxophone Clarence Ford - alto saxophone Jeffrey Shannon - drums, arrangements, touring band member Hector Seda - bass guitar, arrangements, touring band member Leslie "Chuggy" Carter - percussionist, arrangements, touring band member Technical Vicki Wickham - executive producer Ken Laxton - engineer Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Singles References External links Labelle-Nightbirds at Discogs 1974 albums Labelle albums Albums produced by Allen Toussaint