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Gladys Knight & The Pips - About Love (1980) [2010, Remastered & Expanded Edition]
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Gladys Knight & The Pips - About Love (1980) [2010, Remastered & Expanded Edition]
R&B, Soul, Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 46:37 | 381,15 Mb
Label: Big Break Records (UK) | Cat.# CDBBR 0004 | Released: 2010-03-22 (1980)
R&B, Soul, Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 46:37 | 381,15 Mb
Label: Big Break Records (UK) | Cat.# CDBBR 0004 | Released: 2010-03-22 (1980)
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Gladys Knight & The Pips - About Love (1980) [2010, Remastered & Expanded Edition]
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In 1977, 1978, and 1979, Gladys Knight & the Pips put a lot of effort into recording separately. Minus Knight, the Pips recorded two LPs as a trio (1977's At Last The Pips and 1978's Callin', both on Casablanca), while Knight provided her first two solo albums (1978's Miss Gladys Knight on Buddah/Arista and 1979's Gladys Knight on Columbia). But by 1980, the group itself was their top priority again. The R&B department at Columbia had very high hopes for this album, and they weren't disappointed. Both creatively and commercially, About Love was Gladys Knight & the Pips' most successful album since 1974's I Feel a Song. The people they can thank for the album's excellence are the husband and wife team of Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson, who wrote and produced all of the material. The ballad "Landlord" soared to number three on Billboard's R&B singles charts, and the uptempo dance items "Bourgie, Bourgie" (originally recorded by Ashford & Simpson as an instrumental) and "Taste of Bitter Love" also became hits. Meanwhile, About Love also contains its share of gems that weren't released as singles, including the dramatic "Add It Up" and the smooth "Friendly Persuasion." This impressively consistent LP indicated that Gladys Knight & the Pips still had a lot of life left in them as a group, and sure enough, they stayed together for another ten years before parting company for good in 1990.
~Review by Alex Henderson
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Gladys Knight & The Pips - About Love (1980) [2010, Remastered & Expanded Edition]
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Gladys Knight & The Pips - About Love (1980) [2010, Remastered & Expanded Edition]
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Release of the album: 1980 [LP Columbia Records, Cat.# JC 36387, USA]
Release of this CD: 2010, March, 22 [CD Big Break Records (UK), Cat.# CDBBR 0004 / UPC: 5013929030428]
℗ 1980. This compilation ℗&© 2010 Big Break Records.
All tracks licensed from Sony Music Entertainment Ltd.
Marketed & Distributed by Cherry Pop Records
Made in EC/MCPS
Credits:
Arranged By [Horns, Strings] – Paul Riser, Robert Mounsey
Arranged By [Rhythm, Vocals] – Ashford & Simpson
Arranged By [Rhythm] – Ray Chew
Backing Vocals – Merald "Bubba" Knight, Edward Patten, William Guest
Bass – Francisco Centeno
Coordinator [Studio] – Barbara Tiesi
Copyist – Chiefy Salaam
Engineer – John Potoker
Engineer [Assistant] – Carla Bandini, Craig Michaels, Doug Grinbergs, Jim Costello, Steve Katz
Engineer [Recording, Mixing] – Mike Hutchinson
Engineer [Vocal Recording] – Dave Iveland
French Horn – Brooks Tillotson, Donald Corrada, John Clarke, Peter Gordon
Guitar – Eric Gale
Horns, Copyist – Sephra Herman
Lead Vocals – Gladys Knight
Mastered By – Stewart Romain
Mixed By, Mastered By – Jimmy Simpson
Piano – Valerie Simpson
Producer, Written-By – Nickolas Ashford And Valerie Simpson
Saxophone [Alto] – Eddie Daniels
Saxophone [Baritone] – Howard Johnson, Ronnie Cuber
Saxophone [Tenor] – George Young, Michael Brecker
Strings – Gene Orloff
Trumpet – Jon Faddis, Lou Soloff
Tracklist:
01. Landlord (04:33)
02. Taste Of Bitter Love (04:39)
03. Still Such A Thing (05:32)
04. Get The Love (03:41)
05. Add It Up (03:54)
06. Bourgie', Bourgie' (04:40)
07. Friendly Persuasion (04:40)
08. We Need Hearts (03:58)
Bonus Tracks:
09. Landlord (Single Version) (03:44)
10. Taste Of Bitter Love (Single Version) (03:43)
11. Bourgie', Bourgie' (Single Version) (03:33)
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Gladys Knight & The Pips / About Love
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Official DR value: DR8
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 1010 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Analyzed: Gladys Knight & The Pips / About Love
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