Gap Band V: Jammin'

{{Infobox album

| name = Gap Band V: Jammin'

| type = Album

| artist = The Gap Band

| cover = Gap Band V.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 22, 1983

| recorded = 1983

| venue =

| studio = Total Experience Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)

| genre = R&B, funk

| length = 46:55

| label = Total Experience

| producer = Ronnie Wilson, "Smile" and "Party Train" produced by Lonnie Simmons and Ronnie Wilson

| prev_title = Gap Band IV

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = Gap Band VI

| next_year = 1984

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gap-band-v-jammin-mw0000311298|title=Gap Band V: Jammin' - The Gap Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

|rev2 = Robert Christgau

|rev2score = B+{{Cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1439&name=Gap+Band|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Gap Band|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}

|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=676}}

|rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=272}}

}}

Gap Band V- Jammin' is the seventh album (contrary to the title) by the Gap Band, released in 1983 on Total Experience Records. The album was reissued on CD in 1997 by Mercury Records. In 2009, the album was remastered by PTG Records.

The album reached #2 on the Black Albums chart and #28 on the Pop Albums chart. The album produced the singles "Party Train" (#3 R&B) and "Jam the Motha'" (#16 R&B). Other less successful singles include "Shake A Leg", "I'm Ready (If You're Ready)" (which were both released as remixes); and the UK-only singles "Jammin' In America" and "Someday". To date, it is the Gap Band's last gold album.

Production

"Someday" (a loose cover of the Donny Hathaway song "Someday We'll All Be Free") and the single remix of "Shake A Leg" as a form of a dub version was on the Party train maxi single. With the exception of "Party Train" and "Smile" (which were co-produced by label owner Lonnie Simmons), the album was produced by oldest brother Ronnie Wilson.

Critical reception

Robert Christgau wrote: "Like Cameo and Rick James before them, these old pros blew their sure shots on the breakthrough--this drops no bombs. But once again the follow-up album compensates for never getting up by never letting up--the uptempo stuff steadfastly maintains their hand-stamped party groove, and like Cameo (forget Rick James), they've figured out what to do with the slow ones."

Track listing

#	Title	Writer(s)	Length
class="wikitable"
1.	Introduction - Where Are We Going? (Instrumental)	Oliver Scott	1:35
2.	Shake a Leg	Charlie Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor	3:58
3.	I'm Ready (If You're Ready)	Charlie Wilson, Jimmy Hamilton, Maurice Hayes Nestor	5:12
4.	You're My Everything	Ronnie Wilson	4:13
5.	Jammin' in America	Bernard Spears, Ronnie Wilson	4:59
6.	Smile	Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson	3:02
7.	Party Train	Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor	5:50
8.	Jam the Motha'	Charlie Wilson, Robert Wilson, Rudy Taylor	4:18
9.	I Expect More	Fred Jenkins, Kenny Rich, Ronnie Wilson	3:54
10.	You're Something Special	Ronnie Wilson	5:20
11.	Someday (featuring Stevie Wonder)	Billy Young, Ronnie Wilson	4:34
12.	Party Train [Special Dance Mix][Bonus Track]	Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor	7:28

Charts

=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"\| Chart (1983) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
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class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1983)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|28|artist=The Gap Band|rowheader=true|access-date=April 11, 2021}}

{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|2|artist=The Gap Band|rowheader=true|access-date=April 11, 2021}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (1984) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1984/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums\|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1984\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=April 11, 2021}} \| 18

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1984)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1984/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1984|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 11, 2021}}

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References

External links

[http://www.discogs.com/Gap-Band-Gap-Band-V-Jammin/release/2351742 Gap Band V: Jammin'] at Discogs
[http://www.myspace.com/the.gap.band Myspace Page]
[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GA009 Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Gap Band]
[http://www.whosampled.com/sampled/The%20Gap%20Band/ The Gap Band] at WhoSampled
[http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/708/charlie_wilson_outstanding_contributions/ Charlie Wilson in-depth interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' August 2011]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110827183259/http://soulinterviews.com/interviews-archive/686-charlie-wilson-swe.html Charlie Wilson 2011 Interview at Soulinterviews.com]

Category:1983 albums

Category:The Gap Band albums

Category:Total Experience Records albums

Category:Albums recorded at Total Experience Recording Studios