The Gap Band II

Gap Band II
Studio album by The Gap Band
Released November 19, 1979
Recorded 1979 at Total Experience Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre Soul, funk
Length 38:52
Label Mercury
Producer Lonnie Simmons
The Gap Band chronology
The Gap Band
(1979)The Gap Band1979		 The Gap Band II
(1979)		 The Gap Band III
(1980)The Gap Band III1980

The Gap Band II is the fourth studio album (contrary to the title) by The Gap Band, released in 1979 on Mercury Records. It is their second major label release, and produced by Lonnie Simmons.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

The album reached #3 on the Black Albums chart and #42 on the Pop Albums chart. The album produced the singles "Steppin' (Out)" (#10 Black Singles), "Party Lights" (#36 Black Singles), and "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)" (#4 Black Singles, #52 Club Play Singles).

The album established the Gap Band as leaders in the R&B market, becoming their first gold album, selling over 500,000 copies through 1980. The album's most successful track, "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)", was their first to incorporate aspects of the P-Funk sound. The song also alludes to a well-known corruption of the childhood nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill (a pattern later continued on "Humpin'").

Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Length
1. Steppin' (Out) Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson 4:25
2. No Hiding Place Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson 5:34
3. I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops!) Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Rudolph Taylor 8:39
4. Who Do You Call Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson 4:57
5. You Are My High Charlie Wilson, Johnsye Smith, Ronnie Wilson 5:38
6. Party Lights Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Rudolph Taylor 3:54
7. The Boys Are Back in Town Charlie Wilson, Malvin Dino Vice, Lonnie Simmons 5:45

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[2] 42
Billboard Top Soul Albums[2] 3

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
US
R&B		 US
Disco
1980 "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)" 4 52
"Party Lights" 36 -
"Steppin' (Out)" 10 -

References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Alex. The Gap Band: The Gap Band II > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "The Gap Band US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
  3. ↑ "The Gap Band US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
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