We Are Family

the bass is so tasty.

dope record (4/5)

Title track is decent. Wish ratings were more granular, its better than 2 stars but not quite 3. Dead average, funky.

Groovy but felt short idk

2 good songs. first song and title song. this has no place on this list. i give it a 2 bc i liked the first song a pretty good amount.

The production is obviously very good. Opening track will always remind me of "Gettin' Jiggy wit It", thanks a lot Will. Somebody Loves Me is probably more my vibe these days, slow and R&B... Thinking of You also really good. We Are Family has been so overplayed, but for good reason. It's anthemic, really catchy, and means a lot to a ton of people... ok this bridge really jams and I doubt I've ever heard it! You're a Friend to Me... so smooth, this is great! I love the guitar playing on this. Not on my list of must-haves, but it is remarkably well done and a classic. Maybe a little tooo polished... it's groovy and nice but not especially moving or impactful, but 3/5 for being so damn slick.

During the disco craze of the late 70s, there was SO MUCH disco music being created. It was overwhelming. Even stars that were notable for other styles of music were pumping out some disco tracks, such as the Grateful Dead. This means there was a lot of good disco and a lot of BAD disco, and most of it was bad. This, however, is an exception. It leans more on the funky side of disco with great instrumentation. "We Are Family" is such a killer track too.

Good vibes, disco magic ✨

Don't mind a bit of disco, thankfully this didn't drag on too long so I finished the album and it didn't feel like a slog. Really liked "you're a friend to me" - much slower than the rest of the album and was a real nice way to change it up

Really liked it

Upgraded from 2 to 3 stars on the strength of the iconic status of the title track. The rest of the record was a fun disco record but nothing remarkable.

6/10. Hard to judge, some days disco is what I want to listen to, other days it just reminds me that I'd rather be listening to funk.

A little weak outside of its two big singles but I’m a sucker for disco. I’d certainly roller skate to this album. 8/10

So funky and groovy! This album is a bop. There's a few tracks I knew in their original form, and a few I know from other tracks sampling them. Sometimes I get a bit surprised while listening to albums on the list and I hear a song that I only knew from other songs sampling it. This happened with One More Time - I knew it from KAYTRANADA's "Twin Flame", possibly my favourite song of 2022. Never knew it sampled Sister Sledge, but now I know! Either way, this was an excellent album, with some absolute disco classics. Enjoyable throughout. Favourite: We Are Family

Not my style but a great listen. No bad songs.

I’m feeling like a sister right about now

Album 138 of 1001 Sister Sledge - We Are Family Rating : 4 / 5 Favorite Track : We Are Family 1979....or the Summer of 1979, to be specific...was a fun time. Certainly one of my favorite Summers. The title track from this album was everywhere. The Pittsburgh Pirates had adopted it as their team theme and they were kicking ass in the National League. While Disco isn't my favorite genre, I can't deny the place it played in the musical life of someone whose playlist was whatever Top 40 was feeding him at the time. This album is certainly representative of that moment in time. Not only do you get Sister Sledge, you basically get another Chic album. It doesn't necessarily make me ponder over it's significance in the world of music, but it does evoke memories of a fun time in my life that has now faded from the rearview mirror. We can't help when we are born, so I'll embrace it.

Fun!

Interesting album, half of the songs are all time classics, half the album is repetitive, boring, filler. 3.5/5 Fav track: Lost in Music

So many disco classics on one record. Just about every track holds up to this day. What a party. Four and a half. Fave track: Lost in Music

Surprised with how many classics appear on this album. Sometimes I'm not sure if disco always wins me over entirely, but there was heaps to enjoy here. The dancier songs stood out far more than the slower tracks, but that's ok. Fave track: Lost in Music

oooh yeah, wonderful; its the mellow groove - yes, smooth on every warm loving track. I am going to have to be careful not to overplay this now...

Title track is outstanding. Because it’s so good, I’ll give the album 3 stars, even thought there’s nothing else here that I really find engaging. Reasonable background music. Sometimes boring & repetitive. I love Nile Rodgers. I love his guitar playing. But most of this album doesn’t do it for me.

I used to be a bit sniffy about disco. I thought it was not serious music, not very cred, too formula driven, etc. In nearly 30 years of mulling over these issues, I have come to the viewpoint that I was pretty much wrong on all counts. The “disco sucks” movement was largely based in racist and homophobic resentment of anyone having fun without straight white men being in charge. Ideas of musical cred are often based in an exclusionary viewpoint largely by entitled straight white guys (i.e., most critics) trying to gatekeep “good” music. So now I am talking to all my white, straight, male homies: all of those criticisms miss the essential point that disco is enormous fun. It is absolutely built from the ground up for dancing (which is awesome) and largely attuned to the tastes of women and gay men. If you’re looking for a fun night out, you can’t beat going dancing with a group of women and/or gay men. They know how to how to have a good time out on the floor, and, if you’re lucky and well-behaved, they’ll let you tag along. If you think you’re cool by shunning disco, you are a fool and you're missing out. I have been DJing parties a bit lately (with my mate Peter), and there is nothing as amazing as getting a room full of people to dance, and to really get the dancing going you need some disco. As to the accusation that disco is formulaic, I refer you to Sturgeon’s Law: “Ninety percent of everything is crap". There is, of course, a lot of crap disco out there, but this Sister Sledge album is the gold standard of what disco can be at its best. Produced by Chic at the height of their powers, I would argue that 'We Are Family', 'Lost in Music' and 'He’s the Greatest Dancer' are among the greatest disco songs ever. With the exception of the lackluster ballad 'Somebody Loves Me', the rest of the album tracks are also excellent. I particularly enjoy 'Thinking of You'. The band is tight and lays down a great groove, the tunes are memorable, and the vocal performances and harmonies are terrific (maybe not quite as strong as some contemporaries like the Pointer Sisters or Labelle, but still really great). This is a consistently slick, groovy and (above all) fun album, that ranks amongst the best disco of all time and should be celebrated.

4 songs are some of the best disco tracks around but the rest of the album doesn’t live up to them

Disco sould. Catchy, pretty much to a fault. Title track is the standout.

One of the greatest most funkiest albums ever, incredible listen

I enjoyed it.

A couple of classic disco trackers, but most are over long

A very flat 3

Cool jazz and funky music, like it

Very well put together, classic classic classic. Feel good listen. Not my cup of tea for a daily listen. Rating comes from how much I enjoyed it, still a very good record.

Classics all the way; such a vintage vibe. Must be one of the most sampled albums—at least a couple of the songs I know better from subsequent sampled versions.

not bad music but not my kinda music either

Some classic songs on here, not really my thing and some filler, but good fun and danceable

I'm not really sure when R&B transitioned from this to the lo-fi style that's so pervasive in it today, but I have to bone to pick with whomever is responsible. These funky disco elements are infinitely more interesting to listen to. Now that that's out of the way, the vocals are just beautifully handled. The instrumentals are a perfect accompaniment, and they are treated as more than just simple background. I'll always have time for albums like this. Favorite track: We are Family

I love me the old R&B funk sound of the 70's and 80's and this album is no exception. Vocals are exceptional and make you feel each song. Just made me groove in my chair while listening. I even liked the extended, disco versions at the end of the album. Very aware of We Are Family, but was pleasantly surprised by the rest of the songs on this album. I know a couple got kind of slow, but damn, all around very good album. Younger crowd probably thought they were hearing Getting Jiggy With It when He's the Greatest Dancer came on, but just a reminder that most of your 2000's R&B shit was stolen from the artist of the 60's through 80's. At least the shit they play on the radio these days. Speaking of Getting Jiggy With It, I think every hit song Will Smith had was stolen, ok "sampled" from the late 70'S R&B. What a cuck pussy. Enough about that clown..... Favorite song off the album is definitely Thinking of You. Other favorites include Lost in Music and Somebody Loves Me. He's the Greatest Dancer is solid as well. I'm just disappointed it's now associated with that cuck dude mentioned earlier. Quick side note, when I hear We Are Family, I think of the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates. They adopted this as their team song and went on to beat Baltimore in the World Series. They had a pitcher named Dock Ellis. He threw a no-hitter while on LSD. No shit. The same Dock Ellis that gave up the longest All Star game home run, estimated 539 feet, to Reggie Jackson. It was 1971, old Detroit Tiger Stadium on the corners of Michigan and Trumbull. It was a beautiful baseball stadium. There's your sports trivia for the day. Very good album that I enjoyed very much. I've been grooving out to this genre last couple days. I can see me putting this album on during one of my redneck pool days with the wife. 4

Yeah I dig this disco shit. Absolutely adore the rhythm and flow of this album. I've started to notice that a lot of disco - this album included - is about an appreciation of music in general and I love that so much. "Lost in music, caught in a trap, no turning back, lost in music" is a great way to describe the feeling of discovery and why I like this list. It's great living in a time where it's chill to like both Metal and Disco without starting a gang war. 5

2 Yeah… not really a disco fan. I tried going into this with an open mind, but outside of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, this is probably as disco as disco gets. Apparently this album was entirely written and produced by the two frontmen of Chic, to the point where one of them claimed this as the best album of Chic’s career. Appropriately, it just so happens I have the same hang-ups with this album that I do with C’est Chic - songs go on too long, lyrics are pretty unimaginative and cheesy, and the R&B moments are weak. Lost in Music was the only song I kind of enjoyed, though I can concede He’s The Greatest Dancer could potentially hit pretty hard if it was playing in a dance environment and I had a few drinks in me. Not much else to say here - the title track is overrated and overplayed. No disrespect to anyone involved with the making of this album, and by no means do I think this is bad, but it’s not my thing.

Didn't realise how many classics were on this one album. Great and enjoyable listen, full of great disco classic songs.

some hugs hits on the album but i felt it was just ok overall.

Relaxing therapy session.

Easy listening, not an album I see myself coming back to with any regularity but a pleasant album to have on as you go about other things.

This was my last album before the great hiatus. I have no mercy anymore. This is new Brian. I will one good song = one star.

Who hasn't heard "We are Family"? Very 70s, not my thing

Honestly kinda boppin

This music has such a warm feel to it. Good to dance to as well.

A fun album with disco grooves that make you want to dance, much maligned in genre, I like the engaging energy it brings.

OK

Хорошего, 7/10

Great pleasure

No skips. Absolutely fantastic listening.

It's all very pleasant and has some right tunes on it but the fact that the remixes are much better suggest that the sound isn't quite right.

Disco orígenes

Typical Disco bidness.

Disco would be dead by the end of 1979 and you can kind of hear why in "We Are Family". While chock full of great danceable hits, you could say the same about the past decade. This album doesn't do anything to rise above its contemporaries and aside from it's title track has not left a huge impression on the music landscape. This album would feel right at home in 1977 or 1973 and is sort of a testament to how stale everything had gotten by the end of the decade. Taken at face value this album is great. Short, sweet, danceable. But then again, so was everything else.

What a great place to start! A nice mix of disco, funk, and 70s R&B. The vocals and harmonies are absolutely beautifully. The bass riffs are so groovy. Nile Rogers on guitar is killing it. Overall, I really enjoyed this album. Standout songs: He’s the Greatest Dancer, Lost in Music, Somebody Loves Me, We Are Family, and You’re a Friend to Me.

FUNKY

I didn’t know this album was on the list. Huh. Anyway, it’s good disco music. Title track is a classic. Not much to say, but it was good.

Doesn’t hold up. But still some good songs.

Pretty good!

BEAUTIFUL

Un album disco de qualité, superbes voix et instruments top notch

I rated the Chic album from the same year 3 stars. This one is slightly better. More varied, some songs are better, some songs are not that long. But it's not worth 4 stars. Favorite song: lost in music

Jävligt vass platta faktiskt.

This is perfect disco really, even if it probably was one of the last gasps of the dying genre. The 4 singles are fantastic; smooth, funky and groovy. Just makes you want to dance. Thinking of You is my favourite of them, it's a real earworm! The other album tracks don't live up to the rest, but they're pleasant enough to listen to.

Meh

5 stars for the bass playing and guitar noodling. 1star for the rest.

Not bad, if you're in the mood for some Chic-style funky soul music.

All the sisters yo!

Undoubtedly talented but not my genre.

Love this kind of R&B album

Nile Rodgers really shines through, can especially hear it in "thinking of you".

Great disco album.

Some of these suffer from overplaying but this is pretty much wall to wall great

I tried to like this more than I did. Didn’t love it.

This is essentially CHIC in everything but name. Nice, but nothing special and not much variation. 3/5

Fun enough but too long and repetitive

Get your glitter ball out and dance around your handbag in this late 70s disco legend. It's the Nile Rodgers, (Chic), touch that brought a stepped change to the Sister Sledge sound, and it's just one of those albums that has a few gems to kick off any party to get people up and shake their booty and throwing shapes on the dance floor like the legends they wanted to be. For the few legend tracks on the album, there are also a few donkeys, which shouldn't have been recorded, let alone played again. It's a bit of disco diva fun, nothing to get over critical about, just kick back and enjoy.

Very good album, well produced and excellent quality.

Disco bangers

4+/5

There’s a short drum roll to kickstart the record and then Nile Rodger’s guitar riff and the funky bass groove hit the speakers. After 50 seconds you are in no doubt who is at work here, Nile & Edwards are part of this family. The first two tracks are legendary dance tracks. The imprint that songs on this album have had on society is huge. There isn’t a wedding party that hasn’t played at least one of these classic disco tracks. Somebody Loves Me slows the pace and stays around too long, a little filler! Then we have the mid-paced banger Thinking Of You with a gorgeous guitar riff running through it, and then the crown jewel. We Are Family, Sister Sledge’s calling card and a gorgeous disco classic. For me the album quality drops a little on the three closing tracks, but I’m not a real fan of disco or soul. What is undeniable is that this is an iconic record. The Chic Organisation headed by Nile Rodger’s has influenced so much music in my life. This won’t be a record I would put on at home, but I have danced many times to the big tracks completely lost In music.

good bbq/cookout, sunday cleaning music.

That kind of disco isn't my thing but my in-laws were visiting and they actually liked the music I put on for once, so thanks for that.

Disco

I wouldn't call it a disco masterpiece, but it's a nice and enjoyable album. The ballads are quite boring, but the upbeat and dance songs are A1.

Wow, didn't know this is where Will Smith sampled "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"

Extremely overplayed.

Great album, lots of good songs.

Música disco que está linda para un rao. Pero es muuuy monótona, se vuelve aburridisima.

Surprisingly low energy, aside from the title track.

It was okay.

It is an okay album, relaxing and nice to listen to.

This album sent me down a Nile Rodgers rabbit hole, I loved it!

Solid disco. A couple less good songs, but He's the Greatest Dancer and the title track make up for it honestly.

That Nile Rogers guitar is so iconic, immediately recognized it in the first song. Such a great album to groove to.

A classic song surrounded by many other solid songs on this album. I enjoyed the album as it felt like a reinvention of some classic Motown albums. Aside from the big hit this album has a lot to offer and will be revisited. The vocals are great and it has a nice blend of disco funk. 7.2/10

disco tinged melodies punctuated by prominent bass lines. this type of music isn’t normally my thing, although they are very talented. having said that, “easier to love” is pretty damn catchy.

Dang. This was great. It's not my typical musical genre, but they had great harmonies, reasonable variation in the sound and not a single song I just really didn't like.

This album is really, really good.

Holy shit a different genre than some subgenre of rock. How refreshing. This has some big mo-town vibes but also has a really good backing track. I could definitely see the first track being sampled to make a really good city pop-type song or just a funky hip-hop song. I kind of really hate the title track song "We are family" mostly because it gets overplayed (especially at weddings) I've never heard anything else from this group, so this is actually refreshing. I really like the way they use short guitar plucks? It has a really distinct and pleasing sound which pairs well with the short violin/string hits they use in a lot of songs. The slower ballad-type songs are not really very good and honestly don't do a good service to the album, but luckily there isn't a whole lot of them. Honestly "We are Family" wouldn't be so annoying to me if I hadn't heard it so many times, especially in so many cringe-worthy situations. Overall discounting the remix songs this is a short little album and honestly, it's pretty good. My main gripe is that the slower song are not nearly as good as the other tracks and that the album looses steam towards the end A solid to light 4/5 though.

Hella funky.

Love this album. Thinking of You is one of my favourite songs. Classic Nile.

Disco deee-light! There are some pretty awesome numbers here beyond the classic title song, making this a pretty stellar album.

Livin' life was SO fun listening to this album!

A few facts about the song We Are Family: 1. It is on my top 10 list of favorite songs. 2. It's one of very few that I can safely claim to know all the words to. 3. The "hey-hey-hey-hey-yah" on the chorus after the first verse is maybe my favorite moment in pop music. 4. I went to a dance convention in 1979 and learned a dance to this song and to this day, every time they sing "I got all my sisters with me," my brain says "brush-hop-step, brush-hop-step" in rhythm. Anyway...it's so great to get a legit, straight-up disco album. The upbeat songs are divinely danceable and the slow jams have lovely lead vocals and rich back-up voices. Moreover, the love grooves lack the faux earnestness that such songs often display, tending to make me more uncomfortable than anything. The ballads on this album were sweet and authentic and just as appealing as the dance tracks. A really great album!

The incredible sound of Chic covered in those perfect Sister Sledge voices? No wonder this album towers over the disco era. Three of the songs on this have been among my favorites since the moment I heard them (He’s The Greatest Dancer, Lost In Music, We are Family). I don’t recall hearing any of the other songs on this, but they were love at first listen. So great!

Another one where I was delighted when it appeared for me and knew would be 5 stars. Niles Rodgers reckons this is the best Chic team album, and I can't say that I disagree with him. Still filling dancefloors everywhere. You need this record in your life.

Fantastic soul album. Great tracks, lots of classic 70’s R&B gems in We Are Family, He’s the Greatest Dancer, and Love in Music. Great stuff.

It's consistently good👌

A nightly soundtrack during the early nights of my career when I was involved in nightclubs. A great album.

Unexpected absolute banger from soup to nuts

disco funk ikke phunk 3,8

Funky stuff. 'Nuff said.

Incroyable album, j'y allais vraiment de reculons mais c'est super solide. Les mélodies sont entraînantes sans être énervantes comme beaucoup de pièces disco peuvent facilement l'être. Définitivement à réécouter. 9/10

bom dms 5/5

Disco on a Monday morning. Ugh

ive never liked bonus tracks on albums specifically remixes. for me it takes away from the original song and makes the whole album feel much more commercial. makes it feel less genuine yknow? liked the other tracks especially the first it's got good bass

Funky disco

Elevator music has more depth. Disco sucks.

Oh we love a good funky album here. mellow at certain points too, but full of soul and beautiful vocals.

Great album, incredible disco music.

Type of music that would be sampled into modern music. Isnt as upbeat but works for background noise to groove to.

Solid 3.5/5, with two tracks that standout, and Nile Rogers producing is always a plus, but feels a bit too generic and bit difficult to listen as an album.

Not my vibe at all

Fantastic, timeless, and grovy

This album is pretty much ruined now. Will Smith ruined He’s the Greatest Dancer, weddings and school dances ruined We Are Family. Lost in Music is actually pretty annoying. But I never realized Thinking of You was such a jam, definitely the highlight. The other songs are fine, but not memorable. And it’s disco so that knocks off a star.

Very disco , of the smooth kind- Kathy Sledge has an amazing voice, I enjoyed this

Brilliant album all familiar hits with that chic sound

Bangeramaskínan Nile+Bernie setja risastórt mark sitt á þessa plötu. Stanslaust stuð!

Damn, richtig gutes Album, würde 4.5 geben!

These guys pumped out some magic in the 70s. A solid album for sure.

A classy and boppin little album of cool, cool R and B with more than a tinge of disco. I enjoyed this.

Okay album, 1/3 of it was made up of 2 songs with slight different versions

Funky!

Came very close to giving this a 4 for a couple of tracks near the end but upon listening again it's gotta be a 5. This is proper "everything's gone to shit I can't get any work and I don't want to" 70s dystopia disco right here. The escape from reality. Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers is a killer combo, but it's worth remembering that at this point in their career they were making a name for themselves, they're not playing it safe so much as developing a brand. /rant

Honestly not really my cup of tea

Fun fun fun

Classic grooves. The kind of stuff that gets imitated and sampled endlessly.

Nice and funky

It's good. Somehow every song on this album has the best bass performance ever.

Its aight

Album was alright, not a huge fan of disco but I like how every song has a different flow. Not a bad album at all but not really something I would come back to. 6/10

Very good album with some great songs

Chic mk. 2. And nothing wrong with that.

Now I’m living in Exeter!

i got all my sisters with me, which is easy, because I don't have any

Rytmikästä hyvää soul funkkia

Fantastic listen.

Can't relate but not bad.

Catchy, yet repetitive and outdated. Of course this isn't a surprise for a standard disco album.

"We are family" was the theme of the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates (my memory most every time I hear this song). "He's the Greatest Dancer is good track as well.

An album stuffed full of disco classics. Great for a Saturday night on the dance floor. As a full album most songs sound similar. It would be very difficult to tell them apart.

He's The Greatest Dancer absolutely slaps

Solid album. 3 monster hits and everything else is great R&B/Disco music. The disco era had some crap, but this is a good representation of the better disco music available. Really enjoyed this.

On your mark, ready, set, let's go Dancefloor pro, I know you know I go psycho when my new joint hit (woo) Just can't sit Gotta get jiggy wit' it, ooh, that's it Now honey, honey, come ride DKNY all up in my eye You gotta Prada bag with a lotta stuff in it (uh, uh, uh) Give it to your friend, let's spin Everybody lookin' at me, glancin' the kid Wishin' they was dancin' the jig Here with this handsome kid Ciga-cigar right from Cuba-Cuba I just bite it It's for the look, I don't light it Illway the an-may on the ance-day oor-flay Give it up jiggy, make it feel like foreplay (woo) Yo, my cardio is infinite Ha ha Big Willie style's all in it

It was fine!! There aren’t too many ways to do disco different. I thought the first song was good but then every song after it sounded the same…

Everyone likes disco to some extent, you’re gonna be tapping your foot to the Four on the Floor beat at some point. However, I lose my appetite for disco pretty quickly. There’s typically little creativity, the songs don’t tell a story or lead you anywhere. He’s the Greatest Dancer, for example, takes almost 5 1/2 minutes and just repeats the same few musical motifs. I will say, if you can forget just how overplayed “We Are Family” is, you have to acknowledge it’s likely a top 3-5 disco tune of all time. Props.

Ik kan het wel waarderen maar zou het niet zo snel in mijn afspeellijst zetten. Alles komt best wel veel met elkaar overeen.

Vrolijke, leuke nummers. Lijken wel veel op elkaar.

R&B album, het bekendste van Sister Sledge. Geproduceerd door leden van Chic, vandaar de disco vibe. Catchy album, maar nummers lopen net iets te lang door en uiteindelijk blijft "We Are Family" het leukst. leukste nummer: We Are Family Niet los te denken van de Top 2000 A Gogo.

Awesome vintage disco dance pop with some amazing melancholic melodies in-between and great music all around (89%)

Die bass

very good 8.5/10

Solid pop, listens like a best of.

Soul funk com vocais agradáveis.

Sometime in the early 80s my family was having new carpet installed, so there in our main hallway was a 12 foot carpet roll. My siblings and myself must've annoyed the living hell out of our parents by walking back and forth on the thing singing 'We Are Family' over and over. But then again, we were occupied… While this is really a Chic album, Sister Sledge did the right thing by handing the reins of their projects to Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards. They are answer to the argument 'Disco Sux'. 3.5/5.

Kinda fun

Does anyone remember when they took the song "We Are Family" and used it in a commercial for "Pepsi Free?" "We Are Pepsi Free"? No? Just me? Anyway, the first song... "He's the Greatest Dancer.".. I hate to be pick on lyrics, but "One night in a disco..." (um what rhymes with 'disco...?' Ooooh, I know!) "on the outskirts of Frisco..." I just feel like they did not try very hard there. The hit.... the deluxe edition has remixes of it and "Lost In Music." Definitely did not need that. But even so i felt that the song kind of went on a little too long. Besides the first song, the other songs i liked. I liked the whole violins thing. It worked well with a lot of the music. Probably my favorite was "One More Time". But most of the songs felt... light to me. Not a deep meaning in any of them. But I guess there wasn't supposed to be, right?

I'm torn - the two biggest singles (He's the Greatest Dancer, We Are Family) are massive. Wonderful vocals and sublime funky instrumental backing. The other two singles (Lost in Music, Thinking of You) are not as good but pretty good. The funky beats are still there, but the vocals aren't as outstanding. Maybe Kathy Sledge was the real jewel because vocals are best on her tracks (3 out of the 4 singles plus one other) and the one single where she's not lead (Lost in Music) aren't as good. And then when the sisters sing together, the harmony has a dated ho-hum sound. Kathy's vocals sound timeless. And the non-singles just don't have the same cool instrumental work in my opinion. The album is a definite 3 for me and close to a 3.5 but not a 4..

Ah yeah! After failing to break through with their first two albums, Sister Sledge enlists Chic’s Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edward’s for their third album We Are Family. With their help Sister Sledge ended up creating one of the Disco’s great albums and Singles. I enjoyed the lush orchestrations on here. The strings added a nice coloring to the groove set down by the guitar and bass. The sister’s voices work well together. It’s hard to believe that Kathy recorded the vocal lead for “We are Family” in one long take.

This was a nice palate cleanser after some AWFUL electronica albums. While definitely OF ITS TIME (holy disco, Batman!), it sounds great. Great singing, GREAT bass and guitar (Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, respectively, who also wrote all the songs - this is basically a Chic album with the Sisters Sledge singing). Probably my only complaint is that the guitar part is pretty repetitive - the same scratching style on every song - I know that's his thing and he's great at it, but after a while it started to sound pretty repetitive. I'd definitely listen again, but not sure I'd go out of my way to seek it out, which would make it a 3 not a 4. But, since I kept listening a lot, I guess it deserves a 4. Favorite tracks - He's the Greatest Dancer (This is what GOOD disco sounds like!), Lost in Music (got stuck in my head), Thinking of You (great guitar groove), We Are Family (truly classic and worth being played a billion times. What a great bass line).

I love this album, defining album of the end of disco.

Can't explain why I enjoyed this but I did, disco af

Favorites: -He's the Greatest Dancer -Lost in Music -Somebody Loves Me -We Are Family

Disco is not my thing.

4 or 5 great songs.

Loved: He's The Greatest Dancer, Thinking of You Liked: One More Time OK: The rest Nice funky disco album not my style but would definitely add the first 2 songs to playlists. 2/5

That was fun -- I'd have that on in the background again. 3.5 stars

Disco!

jammin

Great funk album, singing was on point and production was great especially for an album that came out last 80s. It got slow at times but for the most part it was very consistent. 8.4/10

Trop bon, disco a letat pure avec guiyare a niles rodgers 5*

This was alright. Very disco, which I kind of like.

We Are Family is a classic but this album is not good. I don’t think disco is really meant to be in album form. Light 3.

Anout as good as disco gets, but still disco. 5.5/10.

Loved it except for the slow dancing song. That really killed the groove.

This one bops. Feels nice to give a good rating.

Day 1 I'm rating these albums song by song and then taking the added total to come to a score. I know this probably isn't the best or most fair way to rate them but I think it will be best in terms of overall listening and coming back to songs. I'm also listening to the albums by searching them on YouTube and going to an album playlist. Also, take these reviews with a grain of salt, compared to a lot of people I've listened to very little music. Hopefully these 1001 days will expand my music palette. He's the Greatest Dancer - 9/10 - this song is awesome Lost in Music - 7/10 Somebody Loves Me - 5/10 Thinking of You - 6/10 We Are Family - 7/10 - overplay probably affected the score but it's still a good one Easier to Love - 7/10 You're a Friend to Me - 5/10 One More Time - 5/10 *I'm not including the 2 remixes for We Are Family and Lost and Music since I don't think a remix does too much for a song.* Overall: The scores add up to 51/80 or about 64%. Until tomorrow.

Such disco. Great lines in He's the Greatest Dancer \"One night in a disco on the outskirts of Frisco \" and Lost in Music \"I Quit! my 9-5\". We Are Family is such a classic.

Not really a disco chap, as a rule, but this was awesome! I've heard "We Are Family" far too many times to really welcome hearing it again, but even so, I gotta give it props for being anthemic. Fave track - "Lost in Music" - hypnotic, and I love the scansion of the "I quit" line... 💅

Behind the wholesomeness of We Are Family is sultriness and a whole lot of funk. It's your signature Nile Rodgers, amplified by a passionate but also groovy set of sisters. Love it! Standout tracks are He's the Greatest Dancer and Easier to Love.

The amount of cocaine and people on their way to pound town while listening to this album is off the charts. Sniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif

Oh man I hate disco. To begrudgingly give credit where it's due, Nile Rodgers does lay down some good rhythm guitar and that gets it over the starting rating of 1 that applies to all disco albums.

In reviewing the credits, I see that this record should be stamped "Powered by Chic" since Nigel Rogers and Bernard Evans wrote and produced the songs and most of the back-up musicians were Chic members. The sisters were talented, but were in search of the allusive first hit for most of the seventies until NR & BE came to the rescue. "We Are Family" is one of the songs from the disco era that I most despised, but listening to it now I can appreciate the signature guitar and bass from the Chic guys. "He's the Greatest Dancer" & "Lost in Music" are tracks I reacquainted myself with over last decade and quite like. The ballads are cringe-worthy.

Today I learned that the four singers are actually sisters so We are Family brings a new meaning to me. The only bright spot on this album is Nile Rodgers' inimitable guitar playing. When he's playing the tunes have an infectious funky beat that really elevates it from the detritus of this pop/soul album. There are two passable songs on this album so it gets two stars.

good funky rithms

Respect.

Absolute classic disco Every song is a must have on any party playlist Up there as one of the greatest disco ablums

Not bad

cool

Smooth disco grooves and sweet harmonies. The deep cuts might just be the best songs.

3.5/5. Nile Rodgers is a very talented individual.

Not for me

Noice.

Brilliant

This album does not miss. I was hooked from the moment that guitar kicked in. Nile Rogers’ is all over this record. Though this album is clearly a dance record, the musicality and production are top notch. It walks a fine line between commercially viable and artistic integrity and succeeds in both counts.

Great album from the disco era. Produced by Nile Rodgers.

Singles carry

All quite similar sounding songs. Good disco however

An all time great disco album. Hook those baselines into my veins. Four of the eight tracks are icons of the genre (He's the Greatest Dancer, Lost in Music, Thinking of You, and We Are Family) and the rest is more than decent. Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards and the Sledge sisters are on top form here and have created something timeless and brilliant. Disco does not suck. Rating: 4.5/5 Playlist track: Lost in Music Date listened: 27/01/23

Pretty unremarkable. Sure it was good for the time, but I’d be fine never listening to it again.

Albums like this are what I love about this. You know the hit, never heard any other songs, and they rock

4/5 It was a really fun album with no terrible sounds or out of tune instruments. It was groovy. I liked it.

I'm ignoring the remixes at the end of this version and therefore give this a 4 out of 5. Upbeat, funky, and not too heavy which is a great change from what's been churned out lately. Great music and singing - will revisit this one.

A solid disco/soul album with a handful of memorable bangers, I've obviously heard the title track before (who hasn't), so I had an idea of what sort of thing was in store for me. I wasn't too keen on the slower songs although they weren't awful, but overall the album made for a really easy listening experience and a good intro into the 1001 albums I should hear before I die. Favourite songs: He's the Greatest Dancer, Lost in Music, One More Time

Full of bangers!

Absolute banger. The last couple songs are a slight miss, but the rest had me moving along the whole time. Despite being the favorite and the title track, We Are Family is not the best song on the album.

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This bops

Makes me wanna quit my 9 to 5 and get LOST IN MUSIC. Hella romantic and sweet and got my toe tappin and my shoulders loose.

Disco gives me life. I already had several song from this album saved, now I got to fill in the blanks. 4.5/5

Pretty good disco album! Loved the song “thinking of you”.

Pretty damn sublime. Rodgers and Edwards sprinkling their magic dust. And to think back in the day I dismissed disco out of hand.

delightful. 4.

Was alright. Funky but a bit samey after a while.

We are family is obviously a 5 star song, and while the rest of the album is fun and upbeat, it doesn’t all feel like 5 stars to me. 3.5 stars overall

Philly girls have done quite well here. Building from Gamble and Huff roots. Sister Sledge is dominated by the production team of Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, who wrote and produced the entire album. While it clearly sounds like it emanated from the Chic family, the sisters bring their exuberant vocals to the table. The hits are enduring. "We Are Family", "He's the Greatest Dancer", "Lost in Music" and "Thinking of You" all have been very influential and have been remixed and sampled over the years. Many of the remixes drive home the point that the originals (including production) were close to perfect.

Never listed to this and only know We Are Family from weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, etc. Not my preferred genre, but really strong vocals and a good grove.

Fine disco. The hits were great and the rest were fine. I’m not angry that I heard this but I don’t think I’d ever put it on again.

Yeh it's disco banger after disco banger If you didn't know what you were getting before you popped this on, why are you even listening to music?

Decent, for disco, although Lost in Music is a hypnotically great track. Some of the slower songs drag massively, and even the big hits are only decent. Involvement of Chic elevates it slightly, but I just didn't enjoy it enough for it to score very highly.

An album of massive hits I always forget they are all by them!

Good rhythms. Title track blunted by overfamiliarity but pretty great album overall.

It's fine. Pretty straightforward. We Are Family is obviously a classic, but not really too much going on outside of that worth mentioning. Standouts: We Are Family

A fun 70s disco album with a couple of huge songs I especially liked He's The Greatest Dancer, for its amazing dance groove. 3 stars

Clasic, dance... Dance...

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Some fun songs and a hit

I only knew their big hit We Are Familly. Some very fun 70's bops and ballads. Favorites: One More Time, Somebody Loves Me -- and of course We Are Family. Found Free on Spotify, now THIS song is a good one.

I'd never listened to the whole record from Sister Sledge but, like most, was familiar with the album's title track We Are Family through all kinds of media. Taken as a whole this is a solid entry into the disco funk genre. I enjoyed it a good deal for what it was. And, this record makes no bones about what it thinks are its best songs, from titling the album after one of them to other clues. For example, I listened to the 1995 remaster which adds as bonus tracks 2 additional remixes of We Are Family and 2 more Lost in Music remixes as well. Some unevenness is forgiven and, in all honesty, I think this record is also responsible for the band Deee-lite like a decade later.

Pinnacle disco. The Sledge sisters provides the main vocals while an orchestra of other musicians and singers color in the rest of the album. Did not know it was spearheaded by the guys in Chic or that they wrote the songs before knowing the Sledges. An album defining of its' era and endlessly sampled in the modern age.

Boogie boogie disco classic

Quality disco-funk, rest of the album inevitably struggles to match up to the big hitters

Quite fun, bubbly pop. It reminded me of a supermarket lemon mousse. Very manufactured, but the idea is there. Without Nile Rogers it would have been unbearable.

"Gettin' jiggy wit it!" (Gah, curses Will Smith!) Definitely feel all of Nile Rodgers' contributions on this album. Some of the tracks were a bit drab, but overall I had a good old boogie to the popular disco tracks. 3.5

A time capsule of the height of Disco instrumentation. The production is perfect in every way. It is Disco so that makes it lose a point, but I would say it’s well played anyway.

every song sounds the saaaammmemememeem

2.5

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those singles are fucking outstanding

Great singles. So-so album tracks.

Track 1: He’s the Greatest Dancer This is groovy. I like the lyrics and this song a lot. It does get really repetitive over time. Track 2: Lost in Music This is fine. Sounds like a more toned down We Are Family. Track 3: Somebody Loves Me This is a ballad, but sad. It’s very nice. Track 4: Thinking of You So far, so many of these songs sound the same. This is an okay song. Just disco music Track 5: We Are Family This is the title track and is simply the best song on this album. It stands out and just possesses so much diversity in sound. Compared to the other songs. Track 6: Easier to Love This song is ok. I’m honestly just bored. Track 7: You’re a Friend to Me Once again, this song is mediocre. Not much stands out to me. Track 8: One More Time I like this one. It’s simple but catchy. I love the guitar solo. (Skipping the remixes)

A few meh songs. But the best songs SLAP. It's so apparent how influential Nile Rodger's production is here (I realized the first songs was sampled by Will Smith). And despite being way too overplayed, relistening made me realize that "We Are Family" is overplayed for a reason: by itself, its so fun.

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Just like that Chic album, I don't feel like I'm the right person to judge an old disco LP (like many others in this group). The first three singles taken out of that album are great (including the hit "We Are Family", obviously). The fourth single is a little lackluster in comparison. And everything else sounds like "anecdotes in music history" to me. I can't help feeling that the album format is not kind to such sorts of old genres originally designed for the dancefloor. Maybe someone should write a book named "1001 *12-Inch Records* You Should Listen To Before You Die". I'm pretty sure Niles Rodgers would be quoted quite a few times in that *other* book... Number of albums left to review: 719 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 140 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 69 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 77

banco pero chill. 7/10

Slammin'. I bet watching this album live was so hot hot hot.

Is Sister Sledge the long lost sister to Zero 7? Okay, but maybe great grandmother. Regardless, I loved this way more than I thought I would. Specifically, the track You're a Friend to Me... sooo good.

For a minute, I thought "He's a Great Dancer" was a wholesome appreciation of a guy's good moves. Then it turned out they were just objectifying him from the dancefloor to the bedroom. "We Are Family" is a terrific disco classic, but there's not much else of note here. Disco can be kinda dull and repetitive sometimes, seemingly working counter to the dance-fueled aims of the genre.

I wish every song wasn't so repetitive. Cut 1-2 minutes from each track and this would have been 4 stars.

I think the Sledge Sisters should seriously consider renaming themselves the Angelic Vocal Sisters. These ladies have the most pleasant voices to hear. This music is definitely made for the disco club, at least the upbeat tracks. The bass is grooving, inducing hip swaying dance moves. It works best for me as a background accompaniment to something else: a party, Wordling, or maybe cleaning the house.

stay timeless glisten sparkle shine sunday morn

Favorite song: One More Time

I echo all the reviews that pitch this between a 2 and a 3. So rounding up or down is the dilemma. On balance I’m not revisiting this album unless you were in a discussion about Nile Rodgers. I will give a 2 ignoring his other contributions to music. Eg Bowie

Classic Discoey soul....We are family will forever have a place in my heart and mind, after watching Willie Stargell and the Pirates win the World Series....but, beyond that...just not really my cup of tea....

Listening to this album makes me want to listen to more disco soul.

Absolutely groovy and good mood songs. Bass lines that make you wanna dance. Big 4.5 / 5

Nice pop soul album, cool to listen to and as amateur of the genre I felt like some upbeat tempo were nice touch. Great hits in the album and good cohésion ! Small 3.5/5

Nile Rogers is a bit of a genius. This is him...Lets Dance by Bowie is him. Like a Virgin is him. Also Chic, early hip-hop, the 80s, Daft Punk. He is a giant of late 20th century music. Anyway 4 massive hits on here that are joyfully stretched in their original form. I just don't know if 70s disco is s bit of a cheap art form. That sounds awfully snobbish. 3.5

Classic funky vibes

Vibes

I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. Really catchy riffs, discovered plenty that have been sampled on other works and it was really easy to listen to.

Great album! Can't go wrong with the funk of Nile Rodgers and the steady baselines of Edwards, but together with the Sledge sisters it is just awesome. The remixes on the remastered album were not my thing, but the original album is just perfect!

Will Smith sampled this album's opening track on Getting Jiggy Wit It. Pop, Soul, and Funk all at once is such a GOOD vibe. Groove to this daddy-o! Works best on an uptempo track IMO 4/5 cuz I can't give it 3.5/5

Funk-disco-soul. Un megahit. Un 4.

This is a damn groovy album! I just love good bass work on any album and this is some damn exceptional bass work. And of course the titular track is an all time classic. "He's the Greatest Dancer" has to be my favorite song on the album though.

Lost in music 🎶 I love disco. My fav songs are We Are Family and One More Time

I would probably dance to that, or maybe I did

Nothing special, a bit too repetitive but didn't annoy me that much

An amazing album. Every song had a groovy bass line, catchy vocals, and was a blast to listen too

Lots of classic disco, perfectly satisfying. Captures a mood and an era quite distant from today. Exciting but maybe not 100% for me

8/10

Old school funk. Good but probably wouldn’t listen again

Awesome!

Four massive hit singles and a lot of cheese. You can very much hear that this is a Chic album in everything but name. The singles are great, but some of the schmaltz was a bit of a chore to wade through. Lost In Music is the banger here, and almost as good as the version by The Fall. 3.5 stars.

Four killer singles, rather weak elsewhere. This has the Chic fingerprints all over it. Sister Sledge are all about the good times, and not break up ballads. This would have made for a brilliant, brilliant 12" EP. A little too diluted with all the slushy stuff.

Thoroughly enjoyable. First two songs were really cool

-A perfectly fine soul/R&B album. Some nice bass lines throughout -It has the "We Are Family" song

Yea man this sounds like the kind of music this group would make. Made the album to sell that one song

Super fun album to get ready to! Listened to it before the bucks game and it got me in a good mood!

Its a pretty great album, and from the perspective of 2022 its absolutely nuts how literally every track has been sampled in basically everything since. 4/5

Partyyyy

p425. 1979. 3.5 stars. Perfect snapshot of classy late 70s disco, packed with hits and with Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards on top form. Well done of its kind, but as with all disco it outstays its welcome. Not essential listening.

Kinda my vibes, but didn’t get to listen enough

Very cool. Goes on a bit long.

3.5 - Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards sound incredible on guitar and bass. And there are some perennial classic dance hits on this record. But, again, I associate disco music with wedding parties.

Kind of an all women Jackson 5. Very, very cool and groovy basslines. We are family Lost in music Thinking of you

Disco is underrated and this album is much better than I was anticipating. Nile Rodgers remains undefeated. 4/5