Gap Band VI
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{{Infobox album
| name = Gap Band VI
| type = Album
| artist = The Gap Band
| cover = Gap Band VI.jpg
| alt =
| released = December 6, 1984
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Total Experience Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)
| length = 42:32
| label = Total Experience (original release)
Big Break Records (Expanded CD reissue)
| producer =
| prev_title = Gap Band V: Jammin'
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Gap Band VII
| next_year = 1985
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000839058|pure_url=yes}} link]|noprose=yes}}
Gap Band VI is the eighth album (contrary to the title) by the Gap Band, released in 1984 on Total Experience Records. It was originally intended to be lead singer Charlie Wilson's first solo album, and the first Gap Band album released under Total Experience's new distribution deal with RCA Records. The album reached #1 on the Black Albums chart for 2 weeks in March 1985. On October 29, 2012 the remastered and expanded album including 5 bonus tracks was released by Big Break Records.
Track listing
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| # | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Sun Don't Shine Everyday (Instrumental Interlude) | Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor | 1:10 |
| 2. | Video Junkie | Charlie Wilson, Jimmy Hamilton, Lonnie Simmons, Maurice Hayes, Rudy Taylor, Demetrius Johnson | 6:07 |
| 3. | Weak Spot | Oliver Scott | 3:59 |
| 4. | The Sun Don't Shine Everyday (Instrumental Interlude) | Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor | 0:41 |
| 5. | I Believe | Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor | 4:48 |
| 6. | I Found My Baby | Raymond Calhoun | 4:41 |
| 7. | Beep a Freak | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor | 6:25 |
| 8. | Don't You Leave Me | Oliver Scott | 4:50 |
| 9. | Disrespect | Charlie Wilson | 4:30 |
| 10. | The Sun Don't Shine Every Day (Vocal) | Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor | 5:09 |
| 11.* | Beep a Freak (12" Long Version) | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor | 7:48 |
| 12.* | I Found My Baby (12" Club/Dance Mix) | Jonah Ellis, Lamont Johnson, Lonnie Simmons | 7:06 |
| 13.* | Disrespect (12" Club Mix) | Lamont Johnson, Lonnie Simmons | 7:27 |
| 14.* | Beep a Freak (12" Special Dance Mix) | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor | 7:51 |
| 15.* | I Found My Baby (12" Remix With Breakdown) | Jonah Ellis, Lamont Johnson, Lonnie Simmons | 5:18 |
(*) Bonus tracks on the remastered version
Personnel
Artist:
- Charlie Wilson - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals
- Ronnie Wilson - Trumpet, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
- Robert Wilson - Bass, Backing Vocals
Musicians:
- Oliver Scott
- Fred Jenkins
- Billy Young
- Glenn Nightingale
- Raymond Calhoun
- Lonnie Simmons
- Rudy Taylor
- Jimmy Hamilton
- Maurice Hayes
- Ira Ward
- Robert "Goodie" Whitfield
References
- [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000839058|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]
- [http://www.discogs.com/Gap-Band-Gap-Band-VI/release/2896130 Discogs]
External links
- {{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000839058}}
- [http://www.discogs.com/Gap-Band-Gap-Band-VI/release/2896130 Gap Band VI] at Discogs
- [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Back-in-1995/376397873051?v=stream#!/pages/The-Gap-Band/105491452818905?ref=ts Facebook Page]
- [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]
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Category:Total Experience Records albums
Category:Albums recorded at Total Experience Recording Studios