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EAN: 0042282414229 Label: Polygram Records Manufacturer: Polygram Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Polygram Records Release Date: April 06, 1993 Studio: Polygram Records Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Three brothers from Tulsa, Robert, Charles, and Ronnie Wilson, got their start backing another Tulsa native, Leon Russell. Though this unlikely pairing helped get the Wilson Brothers their first record deal on Russell's Shelter label, it also hurt them as they were initially perceived as a rock group. In 1979 they hooked up with black impresario Lonnie Simmons and signed to his Total Experience label which cast them in a straightforward funk light. II broke them nationwide out of their Southeast stronghold, becoming their first gold album, and contains a number of funky jams modeled on the popular P-Funk style of the day, but it was "I Don't Believe You Want to Dance (oops!)" and "Steppin' (out)" that gave the group back-to-back Top 10 R&B singles. --Tom Vickers Average Rating:
 Rating:  - "Funk really starting to kick in"In late 1979 the Gap Band release their secon album of the year. Produced by Lonnie Simmons you could really see the direction the Wilson brother wanted to take with the first song on the album "Steppin' (Out)" which was also the first single. But things really get going with the laid back midtempo "No Hiding Place" which features some great bass and keyboard work done by brohers Ronnie and Robert Wilson respectively. The second single off the album "I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance ... Read More Rating: - Ooops Upside Your Head!That cut is pretty much the centerpiece of this sophmore album along with the rollor-rink classic "Steppin' Out" and the stopping "Who'd you Call"-how could those tracks go wrong.Well grafting them onto an album not nearly as interesting would be a pretty good start. Rating: - High Steppin, Low Stepppin'When it came to cutting through the mass of funk bands to get recognised, this was the album that did it for Arizona's finest. The Wilson Brothers put the fun into funk, producing their dance floor classic 'I don't Believe you Wanna Get up and Dance'... Party Lights and Steppin' are great little disco numbers, up-tempo tunes that are almost impossible to dislike. And the ballads hint at Charlie Wilson's superb and much under-rated voice. For most people in the UK, 'The Row Boat ... Read More Rating: - Good&bangingthis album has all of the trademark Gap funk.The Horns aren't no joke.this band can do many styles&SUcceed.This album is still good.but they got even better with time.Charlie Wilson has Influenced a whole Generation.ask R.Kelly? or Aaron Hall? Rating: - nice to hear some classics...will mix well with early 80'sBeing a DJ, it is nice to find music that I can blend in with current sounds, to "link" them all together. |
