Love Somebody Today
| Love Somebody Today | ||||
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| Released | March 16, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | November 1979 – February 1980 | |||
| Studio | Power Station, New York City | |||
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| Length | 38:44 | |||
| Label | Cotillion | |||
| Producer | ||||
| Sister Sledge chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Love Somebody Today | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[2] |
| Smash Hits | 7/10[3] |
Love Somebody Today is the fourth studio album by the American R&B vocal group Sister Sledge, released on March 16, 1980, by Cotillion Records.[4][5] The album includes three singles: "Got to Love Somebody", "Reach Your Peak", and "Let's Go on Vacation", which all charted on the US Pop and R&B/Soul charts from late 1979 until 1980.[6]
Background[edit]
Like their highly successful We Are Family released the previous year, this album was both written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of the band Chic. There were three singles released from this album. The first was "Got to Love Somebody" released in December 1979, which peaked at number sixty-four on the US Pop charts and number six on the R&B/Soul charts. In March 1980, the second single "Reach Your Peak" was released; peaking at #101 on the US Pop charts and #21 on the R&B/Soul charts. "Let's Go on Vacation", the last single released from this album failed to reach the US Pop chart but reached number sixty-three on the R&B/Soul chart. The latter was to be included on the Chic-produced soundtrack album Soup for One in 1982. Love Somebody Today was one of four albums to be written and produced by Edwards and Rodgers in 1980, the other three being Sheila and B. Devotion's King of the World including its hit single "Spacer", Chic's fourth studio album Real People and Diana Ross' multi-platinum selling diana which includes "Upside Down", "I'm Coming Out" and "My Old Piano". Love Somebody Today, along with six other Sister Sledge albums, was digitally remastered and reissued on CD in 2007 by Warner Bros. Records.
The album reached #31 in the US Billboard Hot 100 Album chart.
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.
- "Got to Love Somebody" – 6:53
- "You Fooled Around" – 4:28
- "I'm a Good Girl" – 4:11
- "Easy Street" – 4:34
- "Reach Your Peak" – 4:55
- "Pretty Baby" – 4:03
- "How to Love" – 4:32
- "Let's Go on Vacation" – 5:08
Personnel[edit]
- Sister Sledge
- Kathy Sledge – lead vocals (1, 2, 6, 7)
- Joni Sledge – lead vocals (3, 5, 6)
- Kim Sledge – lead vocals (4, 6)
- Debbie Sledge – lead vocals (6, 8)
with:
- Alfa Anderson – backing vocals
- Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals
- Luci Martin – backing vocals
- Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
- Nile Rodgers – guitar
- Raymond Jones – keyboards, Fender Rhodes
- Andy Schwartz – keyboards, Fender Rhodes electric piano
- Robert Sabino – piano, Hohner clavinet
- Bernard Edwards – bass guitar
- Tony Thompson – drums
- Sammy Figueroa – percussion
- Eddie Daniels – saxophone
- Meco Monardo – tenor saxophone
- Jon Faddis – trumpet
- Ellen Seeling – trumpet
- Bob Milliken – trombone
- The Chic Strings:
- Marianne Carroll – strings
- Cheryl Hong – strings
- Karen Milne – strings
- Gene Orloff – concertmaster
Production[edit]
- Bernard Edwards – producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
- Nile Rodgers – producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
- Bob Clearmountain – sound engineer
- Bill Scheniman – engineer
- Larry Alexander – engineer
- Garry Rindfuss – assistant engineer
- Jeff Hendrickson – assistant engineer
- Peter Robbins – assistant engineer
- Ray Willard – assistant engineer
- Joe Gastwirt – mastering
- All songs recorded and mixed at Power Station Studios, New York
References[edit]
- ^ Wynn, Ron. Sister Sledge - Love Somebody Today (1980) album review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Sister Sledge - Love Somebody Today (1980) album review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
- ^ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (March 6–19): 30–31.
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
- ^ JET Magazine – Soul Brothers Top 20 Albums – May 29, 1980
- ^ JET Magazine – Soul Brothers Top 20 Albums – March 20, 1980
