Album
We Are Family
1979 · Funk / Soul
17 collectors on Gatefold own this
We Are Family is a Soul & Funk album by Sister Sledge, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 85 pressings tracked, owned by 17 collectors.
About
Sister Sledge was a Philadelphia quartet with some fine singles (but limited success) behind them when the Chic Organization’s Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards took up their case. In early 1979, as Chic themselves rode high with “Le Freak” and “I Want Your Love,” <i>We Are Family</i> slipped into the racks. With the band’s percolating rhythm section behind them, Kathy, Debbie, Kim, and Joni Sledge leapt into the best music of their careers. “We Are Family” itself was an ode to sisterly closeness that was immediately picked up as an anthem by an ever more visible gay culture and the Pittsburgh Pirates, who rode it to a World Series championship in 1979. “He’s the Greatest Dancer,” originally slated for Chic, caught that group’s take on sex and style perfectly, while “Lost in Music” was the smartest kind of dance-floor escapism.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1He's The Greatest Dancer6:04
- A2Lost In Music4:42
- A3Somebody Loves Me4:48
- A4Thinking Of You4:20
Side B
- B1We Are Family8:06
- B2Easier To Love4:55
- B3You're A Friend To Me5:20
- B4One More Time3:07
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Disco
- polished
- celebratory
- groovy
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Pressing, per "SP" matrix suffix.
All songs recorded & mixed at Power Station Studios, New York, New York.
Several versions of this album were issued, all with different matrix suffix.
Some copies came with a circular hype sticker.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alex FosterFLUTE HORNS, FLUTE HORNS, SAXOPHONE
- Alfa AndersonBACKING VOCALS
- Andy SchwartzMUSICIAN, PIANO PIANO
- Barry RogersHORNS, TROMBONE TROMBONE
- Bernard EdwardsBASS MUSICIAN, BASS
- Bernard Edwards & Nile RodgersSONGWRITER , ARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR WRITTEN BY, ARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR WRITTEN-BY, ARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR
- Cheryl HongSTRINGS
- David LasleyBACKING VOCALS
- Debbie SledgeVOCALS
- Diva GrayBACKING VOCALS
- Ellen SeelingHORNS, TRUMPET TRUMPET
- Gene OrloffCONCERTMASTER HORNS, CONCERTMASTER
- Jean FinebergHORNS, SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Jon FaddisHORNS, TRUMPET TRUMPET
- Joni SledgeVOCALS
- Karen MilneSTRINGS
- Kathy SledgeVOCALS
- Kim SledgeVOCALS
17 collectors on Gatefold own this · 85 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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