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The Gap Band - Gap Band VI (1984) [2012, Remastered & Expanded Edition]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 12 Sep 2021 19:34:12

"Gap Band VI" is the eighth album (contrary to the title) by The Gap Band, released in 1984 on Total Experience Records. It was originally intended to be lead singer Charlie Wilson's first solo album, and the first Gap Band album released under Total Experience's new distribution deal with RCA Records. The album reached #1 on the Black Albums chart for 2 weeks in March 1985. In October 29, 2012 the remastered and expanded album including 5 bonus tracks was released by Big Break Records.

~Wikipedia

As the Gap Band's star power rose, they continued to dominate the R&B charts, even when their material didn't necessarily earn that honor. This is certainly the case with their 1984 LP, Gap Band VI, which patters across a set that is surely slick, and wonderfully sophisticated at times, but ultimately lacks the punch and fire listeners had come to expect from their earlier material. Even the guest vocals of fiery Brides of Funkenstein diva Dawn Silva couldn't add a spark. With quiet storm balladeering tempering pop, the most interesting song on the album, "Video Junkie," saw the band open with a snippet from the "Dragnet" theme the Art of Noise wouldn't electronically co-opt the song until 1987 before zeroing in on some of the decade's more lithesome electronic antics, including synth drums and flashy guitar licks. It's surprising the song didn't chart. That honor went instead to "Beep a Freak." The song has some nice funk elements, and does highlight the '80s version of the cell phone, but it's just too sluggish to ever really catch fire. Elsewhere, two short, Eastern-inflected instrumental interludes preface the closing "The Sun Don't Shine Everyday." It's an elegant song that, while occasionally sounding like the Gap Band, looked toward Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" for inspiration. It is nevertheless one of their better ballads, quietly allowing empty space to carry emotion as surely as the vocals do. With several outstanding moments, then, Gap Band VI surely earned its number one spot, with the filler simply filling in as passable pop.

~Review by Amy Hanson

Release of the album: 1984, December, 6 [LP Total Experience Records, Cat.# TEL8-5708, USA]
Release of this CD: 2012, October, 29 [CD Total Experience Records/BBR (UK), Cat.# CDBBR 0056 / UPC: 5013929035621]
℗ 1984. This compilation ℗&© 2012 Minder Records, licensed to Big Break Records under license from Cavalcade Records Ltd, trading as Minder Records.
Marketed and Distributed by Cherry Red Records Ltd.
Made in EU/MCPS

Credits:

Co-producer – Charlie Wilson (tracks: 9, 13), Oliver Scott (tracks: 3, 8)
Design [BBR Logo Designs] – Colin Elliot
Design [CD Booklet], Design [BBR Logo Designs] – Paul Bevoir
Executive Producer – Lonnie Simmons
Liner Notes, Interviewer, Research – L. Michael Gipson
Reissue Producer – Wayne A. Dickson
Reissue Producer [Associate] – Christian John Wikane, Leon Fort
Remastered By [Digitally] – Nick Robbins
Research [Repertoire], Research [Audio] – Marcus Spehr
Research [Tape, Vault] – Andy Skurow
Sleeve [Memorabilia Scans] – Malridge Mace (tracks: Mal Mace)
Sleeve [Original Credits Transribed], Sleeve [Memorabilia Scans] – Leon Fort
Technician [Tape Transfers] – Seth Foster

Tracklist:

01. The Sun Don't Shine Everyday (Inst. Interlude) (01:10)
02. Video Junkie (06:07)
03. Weak Spot (04:01)
04. The Sun Don't Shine Everyday (Inst. Interlude) (00:40)
05. I Believe (04:46)
06. I Found My Baby (04:48)
07. Beep A Freak (06:25)
08. Don't You Leave Me (04:52)
09. Disrespect (04:33)
10. The Sun Don't Shine Everyday (Vocal) (05:15)
Bonus Tracks:
11. Beep A Freak (12'' Long Version) (07:50)
12. I Found My Baby (12'' Club-Dance Mix) (07:08)
13. Disrespect (12'' Club Mix) (07:29)
14. Beep A Freak (12'' Special Dance Mix) (07:53)
15. I Found My Baby (12'' Remix With Breakdown) (05:20)

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