I think their best album is 'We Are Family'.Every track is excellent.

The follow-up album 'Love Somebody Today' is also great.The songs "You Fooled Around" and "Easy Street" are ridiculously good...why weren't those songs hits??

Icicle said:

Every time I see her, I always think of Lassie.

SoulAlive said:

Yeah, both were wonderful albums, it`s a shame most people think of Sister Sledge as a one-hit-wonder...
The song "How to love" from the love somebody today album is beautiful , "Reach your peak" is also amazing

Icicle said:

I think they should have continued to work with Niles Rodgers and Bernard Edwards.Their best work is the stuff they did with those guys.

My friend and I played "He's The Greatest Dancer" at the last house party we DJ'd.

SoulAlive said:

Nilde Rodgers produced the "When the boys meet the girls" album, but that`s my least favorite Sister Sledge album, although i love the song "Following the leader"

How is their "African eyes" album?

Icicle said:

Never heard that one.I only own two albums by them,the two albums produced by Chic

How is their "African eyes" album?

Loved Sister Sledge. Just bought a different anthology recently. Reach Your Peak, The Greatest Dancer, BYOB, Frankie...they have a ton of hits

Icicle said:

I bought it once on the Japanese Avex label .
Outstanding tracks i dig are Let It Out and You Are The One .
I also have Kathy's album @ home but have to give it a re-run .

Here's some info : http://www.artistdirect.c...49,00.html

menace said:

Lots of hits, and even more great songs that weren`t released as singles.

There`s a new anthology with several songs previously not available on cd, called "Definitive Groove" This is the compilation to get...




DISC 1:
1. Mama Never Told Me
2. Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me
3. Pain reliever
4. Thank You For Today
5. Cream Of THe Crop
6. Blockbuster Boy
7. He's The Greatest Dancer
8. We Are Family
9. Easier To Love
10. Thinking Of You
11. Lost In Music
12. One More Time
13. Got To Love Somebody
14. Reach Your Peak
15. Let's Go On Vacation

DISC 2:
1. All American Girls
2. Pretty Baby
3. You Fooled Around
4. Next Time You'll Know
5. He's Just A Runaway
6. Make A Move
7. My Guy
8. All The Man I Need
9. Super Bad Sisters
10. B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Baby)
11. Gotta Get Back To Love
12. Thank You For The Party
13. Bet Cha Say That To All The Girls
14. Frankie
15. Dancing On The Jagged Edge

DISC 1:
1. Mama Never Told Me
2. Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me
3. Pain reliever
4. Thank You For Today
5. Cream Of THe Crop
6. Blockbuster Boy
7. He's The Greatest Dancer
8. We Are Family
9. Easier To Love
10. Thinking Of You
11. Lost In Music
12. One More Time
13. Got To Love Somebody
14. Reach Your Peak
15. Let's Go On Vacation

DISC 2:
1. All American Girls
2. Pretty Baby
3. You Fooled Around
4. Next Time You'll Know
5. He's Just A Runaway
6. Make A Move
7. My Guy
8. All The Man I Need
9. Super Bad Sisters
10. B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Baby)
11. Gotta Get Back To Love
12. Thank You For The Party
13. Bet Cha Say That To All The Girls
14. Frankie
15. Dancing On The Jagged Edge


I'm gonna get that compilation!! All of the hits are accounted for,and there's alot of good album tracks as well.The only song that's missing is "Easy Street",an excellent song from their 1980 album 'Love Somebody Today'.

A little trivia: in 1981,Sister Sledge released two versions of the same single.The song "He's Just A Runaway" was released as a reggae version,and a more electronic disco version.I think this confused many listeners,as this was in the days before multiple remixes.

I just found out about a studio album from 2004, it`s called "Style"



Love's Abyss
Style
The Philly Song
Amber's Song
Sass
Nothin' But A Party
Something
Purple And Gold
When I Fall In Love
My Funny Valentine
Embraceable You
Until Its Time

Source: http://www.kolumbus.fi/so...sledge.htm

This CD is not widely advertised and I was not aware of it's existance until Ismo, the Editor of Soul Express, made me aware of it. If you are expecting a return to the disco hayday of Chic then forget it. I loved that era and their superb work with Nile Rodgers and the late, great Bernard Edwards, and this album really is a separate entity from that time period for which they will always be known. This CD, though, still does see a marked change in the style of these four talented sisters, even from their excellent "African Eyes" set back in 1997. "Style" is a spectrum of sounds that include jazz, rap, R&B and well known and loved standards by the likes of Gershwin. The result is sheer brilliance, and even the youthful rap cut which is actually an ode to Philadelphia and its rich musical heritage appeals to me. This song, "The Philly Song", also bemoans the fact that the music has died and has to come back. Damn right, Sisters!

Well, Debbie, Joni, Kim and Kathy Sledge do their bit to pep up the current trashy R&B scene with this excellent set. Listening to this again and again, I am always thinking of how the songs on this CD would stand great stead as a live show or tour and would certainly appeal to all ages, all tastes and all sets of ears.

For me, the better cuts are the jazzy vocal cuts. If you love the classiness of Nancy Wilson's later musical backdrops, or even Norah Jones, then you will lap up the opening song, "Love's Abyss" which is a KILLER. It's a lazy, sultry Latin effort crammed with real instruments and percussion. This song really is superb and is contrasted well with the party funk of "Style" complete with James Brown's much sampled 1972 classic "Papa Don't Take No Mess" guitar riff.

The following song is a weird, fanciful but totally embraceable mix of Latin flavours, contemporary R&B beats and rap. Eclectic but it somehow works! "Amber's Song" is a KILLER cut by any standard. The real instruments are really set off by a Stanley Clarke slap-bass groove. This is classy, classy and classier still. The sisters' remind me, vocally, of a younger version of The Emotions. This is really pleasing for my ears and the Ladies shine especially on the aforementioned song.

From The Emotions we enter a great En Vogue "My Lovin' (Never Gonna Get It)" accapella moment with the funky "Sass / Nothin' But A Party". The guitar in this has a great Nile Rodgers feel at the beginning and helps solidify a great song which includes hi hat beats and that familiar, fun, new jack swing squeak that was son in fashion in the early 90s. A great dancer and a lot of fun.

For me the most essential song on this CD is the delightfully jazzy "Purple And Gold", a joyful excursion by any standards. Those of you who love vocal jazz in a Latin vein will love this; I can imagine this being on a David Benoit CD - it really is that good.

The CD ends with some delicious covers of traditional songs such as "When I Fall In Love", "My Funny Valentine", Embraceable You" and "Until It's Time". These songs are thoroughly essential and are profusely filled with real instruments and delivered such class and finesse.
What a great album this is and it is only available via their website: www.SisterSledge.com. Worth every penny.
- Barry Towler

Thanks for the info.I had no idea that they're still recording and releasing new music!! And I'm glad to see that Kathy is back with the group.I may have to hunt this CD down.