music.wikisort.org - CompositionStories is the eighth album by Gloria Gaynor, released in 1980. Failing to produce any hit singles, Stories didn't fare as well as its predecessors and peaked at #178 on the Billboard 200.
1980 studio album by Gloria Gaynor
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Released | May 20, 1980 |
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Genre | Disco, R&B |
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Label | Polydor |
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Producer | Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren |
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Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic |     [1] |
This album has yet to be reissued on CD.
Critical reception
Billboard's reviewer noted with satisfaction that "Gaynor deserts the dictates of disco for an album of classic pop-soul songs". He singled out "Ain't No Bigger Fool" and "Make Me Yours" as fine examples of the Motown sound brought up-to-date, with powerful bass lines, beefy brass and call-and-response backup vocals". As well as a couple of ballads, "Don't Read Me Wrong" and "The Luckiest Girl In The World," that "underscore Gaynor's versatility". As a result critic called Stories a "singer's best LP in years".[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren, except where noted.
Side oneTitle |
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1. | "Ain't No Bigger Fool" | 4:33 |
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2. | "I Let Love Slip Right Through My Hands" | 4:46 |
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3. | "On a Diet of You" | 4:42 |
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4. | "Lock Me Up" | 3:46 |
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Side twoTitle | Writer(s) |
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5. | "All My Life" | Christine Yarian, Samuel F. Brown III | 4:25 |
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6. | "Don't Read Me Wrong" | Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra | 3:47 |
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7. | "The Luckiest Girl in the World" | | 5:10 |
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8. | "Make Me Yours" | | 3:23 |
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Personnel
- Gloria Gaynor - vocals
- Nathan East - bass guitar
- Freddie Perren - keyboards
- Bob Bowles - guitar
- Bob Zimmitti - percussion
- Ernie Watts - saxophone, flute
- James Gadson - drums
- Paulinho da Costa - congas
- Nathan Watts - bass guitar
- David T. Walker - guitar
- Clarence McDonald - keyboards
- Alan Estes - percussion
- Gayle Levant - harp
- Bobbye Hall - congas
- Julia Waters - backing vocals
- Maxine Waters - backing vocals
- Stephanie Spruill - backing vocals
References
External links
- Stories at Discogs (list of releases)
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