We Are Family (album)

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We Are Family
We Are Family cover
Studio album by Sister Sledge
Released 30 April 1979 (UK)
Recorded 1979
Genre R&B
Length 43:56
Label Cotillion
Producer Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
Professional reviews
Sister Sledge chronology
Together
(1977)		 We Are Family
(1979)		 Love Somebody Today
(1980)

We Are Family is a 1979 album by Sister Sledge. The album which was both written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of the band Chic includes four classic hit singles: the anthemic title track, "He's the Greatest Dancer", "Lost in Music", and "Thinking of You", all four of which have been sampled, remixed, and reissued through the 80's, 90's and 2000's.

We Are Family is one of two albums produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers in 1979, the other being Chic's second album C'est Chic including hit singles "Le Freak" and "I Want Your Love".

We Are Family was digitally remastered and reissued on CD by Rhino Records in 1993.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.

Side A:

  1. "He's The Greatest Dancer" – 6:16 Listen (help·info)
  2. "Lost In Music" – 4:52 Listen (help·info)
  3. "Somebody Loves Me" – 4:59
  4. "Thinking Of You" – 4:31 Listen (help·info)

Side B:

  1. "We Are Family" – 8:24 Listen (help·info)
  2. "Easier To Love" – 5:05
  3. "You're A Friend To Me" – 5:31
  4. "One More Time" – 3:17

Bonus tracks Rhino Records CD reissue

  1. "We Are Family (Sure Is Pure Remix)" – 8:05
  2. "We Are Family (Steve Anderson DMC Remix)" – 8:13
  3. "Lost In Music (Sure Is Pure Remix)" – 8:38
  4. "Lost In Music (1984 Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers Remix)" – 6:37

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

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Chic (1977) · C'est Chic (1978) · Risqué (1979) · Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979) · Real People (1980) · Take It Off (1981) · Soup For One (soundtrack) (1982) · Tongue in Chic (1982) · Believer (1983) · Chic-Ism (1992) · Chic Freak and More Treats (1996) · Live at the Budokan (1999) · A Night in Amsterdam (2006)
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