Sister Sledge - When The Boys Meet The Girls (LP) (1985) - €10,00

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When the Boys Meet the Girls is the eighth studio album by the American R&B vocal group Sister Sledge, released on June 7, 1985, by Atlantic Records. It was the group's first release on the Atlantic label.

Their last album to hit the charts, 1985's When the Boys Meet the Girls found Sister Sledge attempting to return to past form as they brought Chic's Nile Rodgers back onboard to produce and perform. And although the move would ultimately prove ineffective, as the album appeared and hovered just out of the Top 50, this easy pairing returned the sisters to an earlier edge. 

With the title track backed by an eclectic arrangement, those classic punchy Sister Sledge vocals were pushed well into the front of the action. 

The album birthed two further standouts, as both "Frankie," which is spun to become reggae-lite, and the heavily Rodgers-influenced club hit "Dancing on the Jagged Edge" rippled off the grooves. The latter, just barely limping to a paltry number 73 R&B, would prove the band's last hit until their comeback in the early '90s. 

Elsewhere, the Kathy Sledge-led ballad "You Need Me" emerges the best of the bunch, while the snappy "Peer Pressure" wades into wave territory, leaving the frenetic and not-quite-pleasing "Hold out Poppy" well out of the loop. When the Boys Meet the Girls is a fine effort, but this late in the day it just doesn't pull enough tricks out of the hat to make it worthwhile. And even through it's a major step up from their last effort, Sister Sledge is far better sampled across their earlier R&B heyday. 

Side one

1.  When The Boys Meet The Girls - 5:28  

2.  Dancing On The Jagged Edge - 5:44  

3.  Frankie - 4:16  

4.  You’re Fine - 5:23  

Side two

1.  Hold Out Poppy - 3:57  

2.  The Boy Most Likely - 4:12  

3.  You Need Me - 4:43  

4.  Following The Leader - 5:06  

5.  Peer Pressure  -3:20 

Sister Sledge

• Kathy Sledge Lightfoot – vocals
• Joni Sledge – vocals
• Debbie Sledge Young – vocals
• Kim Sledge – vocals

with:

• Nile Rodgers – guitar; Synclavier (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6), vocals (track 4), Roland Juno-60 synthesizer (tracks 6, 8), bass (tracks 6, 7)
• Herbie Hancock – Yamaha DX7 (track 5)
• Raymond Jones – piano (track 9), Yamaha DX7 & Oberheim OB-8 synthesizers (tracks 2, 3, 9)
• Rob Sabino – Yamaha DX7 bass (tracks 1, 2, 4), Prophet-5 synthesizer (tracks 3, 7), Prophet-7 synthesizer (track 1)
• James Farber – Synclavier bass (track 8)
• Tommy "Rock" Jymi (alias Nile Rodgers) – bass & Synclavier piano (track 8)
• Jimmy Bralower – drums & percussion
• Mac Gollehon – trumpet (tracks 2–4, 6 7)
• The Borneo Horns:
  • Stan Harrison – alto saxophone (track 7)
  • Lenny Pickett – flute, tenor saxophone solo (track 7)
  • Steve Elson – flute, baritone saxophone (track 7)
• Horns arranged and conducted by Nile Rodgers
• Synclavier programming by Kevin Jones

Production

• Recorded and mixed by James Farber
• Sound engineer – Eric Mohler
• Additional engineering by Malcolm Pollack and Bobby Warner
• Additional second engineers – Eddie Delena, Garry Rindfuss and Ira McLaughlin
• Production managers – Budd Tunick & Kevin Jones
• Art direction by Bob Defrin
• Photography by Roy Volkmann
• Recorded and mixed at Power Station, New York
• Additional recording at Record Plant, L.A., California and Atlantic Studios, N.Y.

Notes

Release: 1985

Format:  LP

Genre:  Soul

Label:  Atlantic Records

Catalog#  781255-1

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00