Gap Band IV

Gap Band IV
Studio album by The Gap Band
Released June 1982
Recorded 1981-1982 at Total Experience Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre R&B, soul, funk
Length 42:05
Label Total Experience
Producer Lonnie Simmons
The Gap Band chronology

The Gap Band III
(1980)		 Gap Band IV
(1982)		 Gap Band V: Jammin'
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau B+ [2]

Gap Band IV is an album by The Gap Band, released in 1982 on Total Experience Records. The album reached #1 on the Black Albums chart and #14 on the Pop Albums chart. Contrary to the name, it is the band's sixth album.

The album produced the singles "Early in the Morning" (#1 Black Singles, #13 Club Play Singles, #24 Pop Singles), "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" (#2 Black Singles, #39 Club Play Singles, #31 Pop Singles), and "Outstanding" (#1 Black Singles, #24 Club Play Singles, #51 Pop Singles).

This was the first album producer Lonnie Simmons released directly on his label, Total Experience Records. The album was later reissued on CD in 1994 by Mercury Records, Total Experience's parent company at the time of its initial release.

Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Length
1. Early in the Morning Charlie Wilson/Lonnie Simmons/Rudy Taylor 6:30
2. Season's No Reason To Change Lonnie Simmons/Ronnie Wilson 4:49
3. Lonely Like Me Lonnie Simmons/Ronnie Wilson/Rudy Taylor 5:21
4. Outstanding Raymond Calhoun 3:18
5. Stay With Me Ronnie Wilson 4:11
6. You Dropped a Bomb on Me Charlie Wilson/Lonnie Simmons/Rudy Taylor 5:12
7. I Can't Get Over You Charlie Wilson/Lonnie Simmons/Ronnie Wilson 6:02
8. Talkin' Back Charlie Wilson/Lonnie Simmons/Robert Wilson/Ronnie Wilson/Rudy Taylor 6:42

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[3] 14
Billboard Top Soul Albums[3] 1

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[4]
US
Pop		 US
R&B		 US
Disco
1982 "Early in the Morning" 24 1 13
"You Dropped a Bomb on Me" 31 2 39
1983 "Outstanding" 51 1 24

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ Lytle, Craig. Gap Band IV > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Gap Band IV > review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Gap Band US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
  4. ↑ "The Gap Band US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-11.