We Are Family

A lot of these songs had interesting things going on in them. I just wish some of them were shorter, or that they progressed further. Still, not bad. My favourite songs were He's the Greatest Dancer and We Are Family.

cute love the voices and the sound. great album didnt know them before.

It’s like each individual song is good but they all sound the same and I find the album generally boring. 2.5

Wonderful rythms with female voices. I would listen to it again and again

Classic sound, but not my jam for a whole album

The sisters sledged this one.

Piacevole, avvolgente, caldo.

I like

Prefs : He's the Greatest Dancer, Lost In Music, Thinking of You, We Are Family Moins pref: You're a Friend to Me

Not normally my style but I enjoyed it.

Disco

She has a beautiful voice. If I were into disco I'd give this another listen.

Okej, funkigt disco album. Hitsen är faktiskt rätt bra men det finns inte så mycket att gräva sig in i. Många låtar är jävligt vanliga och tråkiga.

fun!

It was okay, some iconic tracks but bit formulaic

Better than I expected. The album has a good flow, and can't really argue with good R&B/soul music.

I'm not really into R&B but found this to be a decent album. We Are Family, Lost in Music and He's the Greatest Dancer were the highlights.

Not sure disco is for me. The hits are catchy enough though

This album is funky, it swings. It makes me want to sing and dance. The vocals are incredible and the instruments are clear and good. This is music.

Nile Rodgers!

Great R&B record, that's been sampled a ton throughout the years. Cool to hear the real thing from front to back.

Like a greatest hits album, the perfect Chic Organisation album - the trademark sound in full flow, double electric guitar, complex bass parts and beautiful vocals. And, sure, the uptempo tracks are more enjoyable than the ballads but what a party.

Listened to on 10/3/22 4/5 Favorite song: we are family, lost in the music, someone loves me It’s impossible to listen to this album and not want to dance - it’s SO fun, flirty and even the ballads were beautiful

Every song makes you want to dance in place. Gotta love the classic WE ARE FAMILY

Didn’t realise they had so many bangers

Weird to hear more of We Are Family other than just the chorus in an advert

i <3 disco

Just couldn’t. Got to the 3rd song and could not go any further. 1st album I could not complete.

Great disco album

Brilliant. Niles can do no wrong.

Good disco album with nice riffs, but could do without the remixes at the end.

A couple of bops.

You’ve heard the song now listen to the album

What? What? Big Willie Style? Yes! Right off the bat, I'm getting jiggy in my seat. It's like the beat walked right up on stage and slapped me across the face. But those are some brave rhymes - disco ~ Frisco, dance ~ trance, conceit ~ complete, still ~ kill. Still, disco of this sort makes me think of that scene in The Jerk with Steve Martin, or maybe that one time I actually watched Studio 54 - a creepy, over-sexualized meat market that would never fly today (at least not this overtly) - and you know there were some serious penicillin prescriptions floating around those clubs. The same vibe pretty much continues - "we're lost in music, caught in a trap, never turning back". It's probably the twirling brown-tinted disco lights combined with the ecstasy and the syphilis. But then - "we are family"! One of the mainstays of 70s nights at the local dance club back in the 90s, it brought everyone to the dancefloor like the Derry Girls during Rock the Boat (if you know, you know). On a side note, I wonder if they have "early aughts" nights at the club now, where everyone gets dressed up like Destiny's Child and complains about Nickleback? But I digress...The rest of the album was pretty forgettable, but bonus points for sampling Will Smith in the opening number (oh, wait...)

Now! That's what I call music! But I must wonder about all those strings in the disco era. Did violinists playing for Sister Sledge get more money than, say, violinists in the New York Philmarmonic? There is a lot of funky sweeping strings in the disco era, how did they do it?

We are family obviously a banger and I really liked he’s the greatest dancer All around super groovy, bass is sick throughout

Not really my style overall, but some fun stuff. I always enjoyed that jangly style of Niles Rodgers on the guitar. The harmonies are great and the sisters sound like they are having fun. The title song is certainly a classic. The rest is ok but this isn’t something I think I’ll be throwing on much.

so much fun

This was a super enjoyable listen. We Are Family is the obvious classic tune on here as it has stood the test of time 40+ years later. But the rest of the songs are no slouch as well. The Sisters Sledge all had lovely voices on this and with the Chic rhythm section(Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards and Tony Thompson) the music was excellent as well.

So many disco-tastic hits.

ALL of these songs are amazing! Classic!

Good vibes Overall.

sister sledge - we are family 1979 - disco r&b album that you’ll definitely recognize some songs from even if you dont think you know them fav - somebody loves me - super vulnerable and delicate vocal performance that sells the emotion of the song - great string part halfway through - 10/10 song least fav - we are family - by far the cheesiest and most dated song on here - also doesnt have the same fantastic lead vocals as most other songs on here

Maybe one of the best soul album I've ever heard.

It's a bonus Chic album. There's even an argument to say it's the best Chic album, high praise indeed. You know how songs get overplayed on the radio, you love them for decades and then get sick of them? Well that's not possible here, as these are some of the greatest pop songs even written. Hearing them in their full glory, 5-6 minutes long, just adds to the joy. Annoyingly only the 7" version of We are Family is available on Spotify, you need the record or YouTube for the majestic full 8 minutes (only this one link seems to have the correct tempo) which needs to be experienced. The bass work is simply out of this world. https://youtu.be/FLRvVZ_Q1Iw If you don't like disco, even just a little bit, I just don't think we're going to get along. Absolutely stunning. One of the easiest 5 ratings in this whole project.

Mwoah. Eher langweilig.

Groovy and catchy as hell, definitely a classic that I can't believe fell under my radar. I haven't heard much disco so this is definitely top 1 for now.

We are family. I got all my sisters with me. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. They basically take one line and stretch it out to fill an entire song. I really don’t like disco. Now here I am twelve hours later and it’s still stuck in my head.

The album give some vibes of the 80's, it starts very energetic and then slows down the pace of the music. The voice is great in every song and the instruments were great.

Some massive bangers in this album and a good vibe overall

July 12, 1979. Comiskey Park, Chicago. A sad, sad and tragic day. Disco, when done well, has no equal, musically, for danceability, for joyfulness, for pure hedonistic pleasure of moving your body. This album has some cracking good disco on it. But also some crappy disco. The slow end-of-the-night numbers are just plain uninteresting,, even though they showcase the talents of the performers admirably. The higher energy disco hits, though, are superb.

This was a really fun, solid album.

Very good late 70s album, didn't add to Playlist but thoroughly enjoyed

Wow this has a lot of hits in it. Really takes me back to school dances. Disco at it's finest courtesy of Nile Rodgers. 1001 albums could have a whole genre in his name (Chic has 2 albums as well). Amazing how many cultural references have spawned from this too - a lot of people unaware where they came from.

Finally got to know who is behind this timeless hit :p All songs sound like the famous we are family

Funny

Funky. Well produced. A little boring

Okay album. Songs are repetitive throughout each song and most of the songs sound similar to each other so it gets kind of boring. I'm sure some people like it, but not really for me.

good

Mot my type of style or no so groove. Only really liked one song off the entire album.

• Definitely not my usual style of music, but it is catchy • This album is the definition of background music • Their Alvin and the Chipmunks cover is cool • The fast songs all sound the same and the slow songs are boring • The close doesn’t have the same punch as many of the other tracks • I was happy when the album finally finished Favourite song: We Are Family

Fine.

This album grew on me quickly. It’s got the “we are family” classic on there, and the rest of it is just really smooth, groovy, and good vibes.

Disco estándar, We Are Family es la más conocida por mucho. Nada muy sorprendente sin ser necesariamente malo.

Lo que le pasa a todos los discos de disco: hacen una rola de tres líneas y luego la repiten medio millón de veces.

I dug most of this. Bonus points for inspiring the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates. Best track: We Are Family

I thought it was fun to listen to the birth of a million samples! The greatest dancer and we are family are bops, forever and always. I really liked easier time love, and somebody loves me was so painfully sad.

I wouldn't say this is my genre of choice, but I did enjoy the album. Obviously, We are Family is a banger. He's the Greatest Dancer is good too and shows just how lazy the sample was for Will Smith's track. Overall, a decent listen.

loving the vibe love the fun sounds to reminisce about we are family and the other songs were fun as well.

2 strong childhood memories associated with the legendary title track: 1 - dad driving me and friends to my summer birthday party with at least 2-3 times the legal limit of 9 year olds literally crammed into the station wagon, all of us having the time of our lives belting out this song (which was the summer hit and on the radio every 15 minutes) 2 - Willie Stargell Check out the bass on this album (Bernard Edwards - RIP) - especially on the title track and "Thinking Of You" - an album highlight. Very VERY 1979. That could hit different ways depending on your view or mood but I for one could almost always go for homemade cake, wiffle ball, hide and seek, a classic World Series, and fun singalongs that remind me of it all. 6/10 3 stars.

Love the album cover photo, I feel like I know just what I'm going to get. And they do indeed bring smooth sweet harmonies along with some funky disco. Feel good fun time music. Thanks album generator!

Motown banger after Motown banger 4.5

landmark recognizable disco-funk chock-full of samples. Definitely a vibe, but maybe not for a whole album. 3.5/5

Pretty good stuff

Funksticles

first listen funky and dancy

Great listen, very surprised as not something I was looking forward to listening to when it appeared. Funky beats and didn’t realise the Chic influence and link

Such a classic - remembering when I was younger me and my family would dance to ‘we are family’ how things change

No skips. Iconic.

I can clearly see why some [many] of the tracks here have become classics, even if this type of music isn't my regular cup of coffee. Nice detour from the usual!

Definitely carried by Nile Rodgers; the backing tracks mostly groove with that guitar, and the rest of the band too, but the songs themselves are mostly just "pretty alright." The album definitely loses any of its steam in the ballads, unfortunately.

I mean, come on. This album is just fun and groovy. It isn't the most substantial, sure, but the feel of the music is enough to enjoy without an intense meaningful punch.

Gotta love that Chic sound!

What the hell dude, I just had a Chic album two days ago. No one man should have all that disco. I'm gonna get disco poisoning. It's disco all right. I don't think they intended this to be played while driving a car but it's funky enough to be enjoyable background music. Nothing mind-blowing though.

If you appreciate disco, like I do, then this album is awesome - Nile Rogers in full form - with a carefully crafted album of funky, soulful, sexy songs. Obviously, 'He's the Greatest Dancer', and 'We are family' are monster hits, but the whole album is one of the defining records of the disco canon.

Ook dit is niet mijn genre. Maar het luistert wel aardig weg.

Classic disco album, hail to Nile Rogers

Not a big fan of disco. This album has a few good tracks but most of them get on my nerves

Chill, upbeat, nice to have on in the background.

I wasn't looking forward to this listen simply because I have never like the song "We Are Family": it sucks. But the rest of the album was pretty damn good. It was funk/r&b with the lasting touched of disco, but it is what it is. It has Nile Rodgers stamp ALL over it. As a matter of fact, if I didn't know it was Sister Sledge, I would have guessed that it was Chic that I was listening to.

Not a terrible album, but as it's a remaster there are a lot of the same track, and not all of them are successful. Wouldn't turn it off though.

Pleasant listen. There's nothing wrong with this music but doesn't move me.

We are family is a classic and this just brings back memories. Great album overall but somehow also sounds a little disco era

8th July 2022 Listened in the morning getting ready to drive to Norfolk for Josh Wright’s wedding. Pure disco, doesn’t get better than this if you want to jive on the dance floor.

It’s a pretty good album from the height of the disco era from a group of sisters

En håndfuld vanvittigt stærke sange; særligt Dancer, Lost in Music, titelnummeret og Easier to Love. De taber mig med Somebody og One More Time, der simpelthen ikke er stærke nok. Ikke nok til at ødelægge oplevelsen fra Rodgers guitar, dog. 3,5

Super funky, slightly girly, reminds me of car rides with my dad.

Rating: 9/10 Best songs: He’s the greatest dancer, Lost in music, Thinking of you, You’re friend to me, One more time

So many R&B/Disco classics that I would never have found if not for today’s recommendation. ‘Lost In Music’ is by far my favourite, with that smooth riff and heavy bass. ‘One More Time’ finishes on a high, with the symmetry of sounds throughout the album.

Ok for what it is, but not my cup-of-tea, and I’m not a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. (You probably gotta be aged 55+ to get that reference…) Also, I don’t think there is any compelling reason to put this album on the list.

incredible R&B. The bass, sweepy guitars and strings alone make this a 5. everything else is gravy. End of the album isn't as strong, but not enough to drag this down a star.

Disco will never die.

Definitely a great album to boogie too. Obviously the main song everybody knows, but the other songs in this album are just as good!

Didn't realize Will Smith sampled He's the Greatest Dancer for Jiggy with it, quite the jam.

Some real hits that last to this day.

Funky, but kinda samey

great dance music - blast from the past

catchy beat. some great tracks but only a few I would come back to. one of those albums u know is good but ur not crazy about.

Disco, but really good disco

Not a fan of disco

Olin kauhuissani että ei vittu ihan kauheeta. En edes muistanut kuinka hittipainoitteinen tää on. Aika peruskauraa sinkkujen osalta mun vinyylikeikoilla. Toki samalla siirappista mut jotenki toimii. 3/5

Hyvä fiilis ja hitit toimii. Etenkin Greatest Dancer rullaa kyllä niin kivasti vuodesta toiseen. Ehkä muita kohokohtia liian vähän, että antaisin nelosta. 3,5/5.

Diskoklassikoita! Eipä tästä muuta voi sanoa kuin että toimii. 4/5

Solid disco album

I'm listening to this on a Friday morning, the sun is shining. I made an effort to listen to it as a "new" album, and get past the feeling of being at a wedding or awful corporate away day, or another concert that Nile Rodgers has been wheeled out for (he just turns up to anything these days eh) and I really enjoyed it.

Great album with some brilliant highlights. Enjoyed so can’t complain.

Ouains. Une chance qu’il y a Bernard Edwards là-dessus, parce que le reste est pas super intéressant. Ça groove et tout, c’est bien fait, mais les arrangement de cordes sont plate un peu. On dirait que Edwards-Rogers ont essayés de répliquer leur succès de Chic avec d’autre monde et c’est, à mon avis, un peu trop copie-conforme.

nana na na na na. Merci à Will Smith pour l'utilisation de ce sample. Probablement que cet intro d'album est suffisant pour en justifier l'écoute ainsi que We Are Family. Les balades sont plutôt ennuyantes. À écouter, mais on passe rapidement au suivant.

pretty good, I enjoyed it - 8/10

Pas trop ma tasse de teh

on commence un peu à s'ennuyer

Disco music huh, interesting to see how it holds up. Not bad so far, easy to groove to. I like the first song. The title song is a classic hit. Overall I enjoyed this album.

3’8 Kinda chill. Perfect for october evenings close but near to rain.

Chic in all but name and therefore utter shining perfection.

Классный альбом, очень понравился романтичный трек Somebody Loves Me. Здоровский.

Disco is the best. 5 Maybe just a 4 Maybe a 3. Those remixes were really boring.

About peak disco, marred only by the vapidity of some of the lyrics. It's rate for something to be such a complete period piece that can still stand on its own merits.

I like very much this music. Sister Sledge is a great band. "We are family" is a hit song.

I imagine this this is probably pretty classic for the genre. For what it's worth it was enjoyable.

Good production and melodies on this one, just not enough distinct material to sustain much interest.

I am very tired

Solid first album. Wasn’t what I was expecting but a decent change up. Excited for the next one.

Hard to stand listening to the song We Are Family at this point. Rest of the album is boring.

Nice

Megabangerzz

Solid disco groove

Så gott som alla låtar lät likadana men det var en banger var gång...

Slick and similar to C'est Chic, but with more hits (4 out of 8 album tracks).

Funky Disco that has 3-4 really big bangers. I am especially enthralled by Lost in the Music and He's the Greatest Dancer, both of which are fun. I'm guessing We Are Family must have been a smash hit but commercials have ruined that song for me. While those songs are great, listening to the entire album is a rather repetitive experience with all songs having the same guitar riffs (which are cool in smaller doses) and bass lines. Also the more quite songs are kind a meh. It is a 3 1/2 album for me, but forced to choose, we end at 4.

Kinda boring dont eve finished

Great

04/08/2022 Bops on bops on bops! The girls just wont quit! Listened on Spotify, and the final 3 tracks are 24 mins of extended disco remixes, and I honestly unlocked a new level of homosexual after listening.

Surprisingly good!

Smooth disco classic.

Classic. Great album, exceptionally funky.

Ones I didn't know were pretty slow. Still d i s c o. How do so many reviewers not like disco?!

Worth five stars just for the guitar. Classic album.

It's got all the bangers! Great album.

I like Nile Rogers, but endless variations of his disco guitar riff become a little tiresome after a while. The songs are all nice enough, but a couple go on as if they were 12" singles - fine if I want to listen to an extended version but such things do not belong on a standard album in my opinion. There is a little variety, so it's not all disco, and it's like a Chic album only better. Those overly long songs, though, have made it a three-star rather than four-star album.

Positively speaking, this album contains many of the tropes of the 70s, from the R&B smoothness to the Disco beats, and it does it with real authenticity. While not the usual fare for this listener, the album experience on Spotify was great, the tones and sounds were warm, the vocals were clear and distinct, it was a well-executed-for-this-ear listen. "We Are Family" a most recognizable chorus that has claimed its status as what will likely be a permanent social/pop culture reference, is certainly worth the full listen. Put aside the commercials and with intent disavow the jingly reputation of the song, and give Sister Sledge an opportunity to introduce themselves.

I obviously knew We Are Family but the rest of this was pretty good too!

Fucking mega album

Disco is the worst. But the guys from Chic did a decent job writing an album for the ladies of Sister Sledge considering that they never even met them before writing it. See that?! THAT sentence is part of the problem with disco. One artist was asked by their label to write an ENTIRE ALBUM for another artist that they'd never even met. That's bullshit and I hate it. While the songs are alright (for disco), the whole idea of the album is enough to kill a star. Disco is the worst.

Mjög næs, kemur á óvart hvað ég fílaði rólegu lögin vel líka.

Skemntileg

Un très bon album de funk magnifiquement bien présenté par Christophe Dechavanne et son chien. Le concept est très simple: deux familles s'affrontent, chacune d'elles étant composée de cinq membres, dont un capitaine. Le but est de répondre à des questions ouvertes posées à un panel de Français sondés composé de cent personnes et de trouver les réponses les plus fréquemment données par ce panel. La famille qui accède à la finale peut remporter une somme pouvant s'élever jusqu'à 100 000 €. J'ai beaucoup aimé les passages au cours desquels les candidats donnent une mauvaise réponse et que retentit le son « Pwooon » illustré par une croix rouge ; Dechavanne ajoutant souvent la phrase « Ça sent le vécu... »

Cet album m'a permis de comprendre que le groupe CHIC proposait en fait du sous Sister Sledge. J'ai par conséquent demandé à Robert de réduire la note de leurs deux précédents albums d'une étoile. A bon entendeur.

alright and funky

The quality on an 8-song album is incredibly high, everything is done so well and so efficiently, almost nothing wasted, a no-skips contender, has everything you want.

Not a disco fan, but this is class. This was an absolute delight. Some classic disco here mixed in with some really lovely, soulful ballads. Nice and upbeat, will be listening to this again when I need a pick-me-up. 4/5, maybe deserves a 5 but I don't like disco enough for that.

Some classics. Firmly catagorised as 'not bad'.

Not my thing but didn’t hate it

So good individually, but put all these great songs on one album and after about twenty minutes you start vomiting.

Really great album, pretty much start to finish. Wasn't the greatest fan of some of the slower songs in between, but liked that it was generally swinging and upbeat :)

Some really nice disco on this! All the people in the reviews who hate this clearly don't know how to have fun. Not a 5 because of the more boring songs (Somebody Loves Me, You're a Friend to Me).

Plätschert etwas dahin. Lost in Music fand ich aber schon immer geil. Gute 2.

The vibes on this album are so immaculate. Extremely fun sounds and would be great at house parties.

This is also the best Chic album. You can hear Nile Rodgers and his funky-ass guitar all over it. It's impossible for me to be subjective about some music, and that's especially the case for this album's title track. I used to always associate it with the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates and their sabotaging of the song for their pennant run. That was until 1996, when it was played as the last song at 1:00 AM at our wedding reception. Even though the party was ending, there were close to 20 of members of my family who immediately took to the dance floor to jam out to some Sister Sledge. Thankfully someone had the wherewithal to video tape the moment, and I can still watch my Uncles and Aunts, brothers and sisters, and my 80 year-old grandmother joyfully tearing up a rug to "We Are Family". It's one of my favorite moments of the entire night. My marriage may not have lasted, but "We Are Family" certainly has.

This was fine "somebody loves me" is a pretty song

Very good album as a whole. First two tracks were enjoyable to listen to- the title track might be a little over-saturated in standard radio/commercial play, but it's still a great song. There were some slow points in the middle in the end, but overall still liked it - solid 3.5/5. Nile Rodgers' influence is also strong throughout.

Classic disco

Loved it!

It starts so so well but there's some absolute shit near the end. I also hate Spotify adding on remixes and bonus tracks

Great album all the way through!

Another disco classic. Everyone knows that disco is at it's best when it's fun, light, and easy. For that reason, I can't really care for the slower ballads because they end up losing the momentum of the album. Nile Rodgers is an obvious name to shoutout given his track record, but listen for Bernard Edwards on bass as well. He lays down the best grooves and has a track record that is just as storied as Rodgers'. Anyway, pretty good! This is the sorta stuff that would inspire all-time great such as Daft Punk so I'll pay my respects.

var ekki með miklar væntingar þar sem mér finnst titillagið vera frekar boring, en allt utan þess á þessari plötu er alveg yndislegt, mjög skemmtilegt að hlusta á þessa plötu (aftur - án aðal lagsins, ég er ekki fan af því). 5 stjörnur svona tbh, easy listening, very nice!

Not bad but also won’t search it out.

Sister Sledge is a force. Their harmonies are effortless and their melodies are fire. Could listen to this album for hours.

Some great songs, can see a few reviewers knocking stars off as it goes on a bit too long with weaker songs, but don't believe in penalising for providing more. The first few tunes are more than worthy of a 4

Loved this. Start to finish. Really entertaining, listenable. Added.

I enjoyed it. A lot.

Not bad We Are Family is a fabulous song and elevates this album to classic status but the rest of the album is pretty mundane and strictly follows the formula. The formula is good though... so there's that 3.5 🌟

Banger after banger on this one. Not the sort of music I'd usually choose to listen to, but this is good.

Kicks off with a fantastic beat, which the Artist Formerly Known As There French Prince wisely sampled for Gettin'Jiggy Wit It. Only gets better from there.

Phenomenal.

This feels like you're wrapped in a warm, fuzzy blanket travelling on the grooviest spaceship around. The spaceship is shaped and lit like a lava lamp. What a refreshing and gorgeous album to listen to, especially in 2022 when it feels like we all need some warmth. Liked almost all of this except for the title track, which I've heard 450 million times in my life and is now on my DNL (Do Not Listen) list.

Lidt for 70'er dance agtige.

3.25

Probably liked this more than I should have

Sam tytul, czy chocby nazwa bandy zapowiadala ciezki material, ale jeszcze tak diskowego szitu nie bylo na liscie, grupa typu 4 baby, siostry, sobie spiewaja, ktos im przygrywa, ktos pisze co maja spiewac, tortura diskowa w klimacie r&b trwala 43 minuty na 8 trakach, gdzie kazda z siostr znalazla utwor dla siebie, ale jak przystalo na disko chorki siostrzane sa na porzadku dziennym, gdzie jedna przewodzi reszta wspiera bakujacymi wokalami, a to wszystko w oprawie poteznego bandu, bo nazwisk grajkow bedzie z 20, tak grane, ze jeden kawalek nie rozni sie praktycznie od drugiego, nudno, ale skocznie, jak przystalo na muzyke popularna goracych lat 80 na nozke i z przytupem, na plejke dodam lost in music jako najbardziej neutralny song albumu

Delicious soul & disco vocal register.

It's not the best disco out there at all. Some okay tracks to start with but it loses steam as it carries on

Solid late-70s disco, and We Are Family is iconic. As with a lot of disco, it can get a little same-y throught the album, but still a fun listen.

SO BOUNCY!!!! luvved it. best song was the opening lwk "he's the greatest dancer"! i luved it....and the sisters!!!! it was fab

DISCO music!

Cool!

I was surprised by how much I liked this album. The one issue I have with these disco/funk albums from the 70s is that the god damn strings always sound like shit. Dunno how they caught on. Despite that, it's a great record with some good performances and exceptional songwriting.

Meh. I mean...it was okay I guess? I didn't completely hate it. Not a huge fan of disco though, so I'm a bit biased against this one. Fave track: We Are Family is the obvious choice but also enjoyed He's the Greatest Dancer.

When disco was huge, I missed most of it because I was really into rock as a kid. I do recall a couple of these hits, but this was definitely my first full listen to this album. It's great! I'm not a dancer at all, but even this awkward listener was bopping his head to this album. The four sisters' vocals are fantastic -- wow, the harmonies. And when one of them takes a lead, it's just gorgeous. Nile Rodgers' guitar work is stunning. Bernard Edwards on bass and Tony Thompson on drums...Holy Schneikies, some serious chops there. Too easy to dismiss music when it's in a genre I don't listen to, and I admit that. This has some real fun and interesting songs on it.

adored it!

Fun times!

Classic disco album. Love almost every song from it.

An important album for Disco- and dance lovers. Whether this also applies only to listening, I am not sure. (5/10) FT: We are Family, Lost in Music

Fun, good for dinner party. Lost in music fav track

This originally put me off because of "We Are Family", but the album stands up as a decent work of the disco era, with R&B flavour. It probably helps that Nile Rodgers helmed the album, and he seems like a perfect match for the fierce vocal talents of the sisters. It's an album with plenty to dance about.

Rrr

Som jag skrev när jag fick Chic:s album Risqué får några månader sedan - jag har inte trott att amerikansk 70-tals-disco är något för mig. Men, nu är jag åtminstone motbevisad i två fall. Disco är BAS, har jag lärt mig, och när basslingorna går igång har jag svårt att inte ryckas med. Inte konstigt kanske att detta album är skrivet och producerat av Nile Rodgers och Bernard Edwards från - just precis - Chic. Det är svängigt, det är groovigt, jag svänger hänger groovar med. Speciellt i Thinking of You - är du inte medryckt redan i öppningsriffet så kan jag inte hjälpa dig. Hitmässigt är titelspåret i ärlighetens namn sådär. Desto bättre är He's the Greatest Dancer. De lugnare spåren, som Somebody Loves Me och You're a Friend to Me, kommer inte riktigt upp i samma nivå som de snabbare låtarna. Men, de skulle nog passa fint spelandes i bakgrunden på en fin, trädoftande restaurang, när ni beställer in er andra flaska vin. Bästa låt: Thinking of You.

Pretty good album. Easy to get people up and dancing to a couple of these songs. As for listening alone, it does drag on a bit.

The genius of the Chic Organisation working hand in hand with a great vocal group - smart, sophisticated disco, packed with hooks, great tunes, fabulous vocal performances. All the big hits open with the title (in classic Chic style) - Lost In Music, He's The Greatest Dancer, We Are Family - "BOOM! HERE WE ARE! TO THE DANCEFLOOR EVERYONE!"

This is basically heavier porno music with words. I mean, it's fine, but let's call it what it is.

Niet direct mijn genre, maar was wel een leuk

fking disco :)

I like the track "We Are Family", but the rest of the songs are boring and uninteresting.

I was not pleased to see a disco album here. I have a bias. I'm sorry. However I didn't really hate it. I actually liked the funkier parts a bit. My main problem with the album is that some of the songs go on longer than I need them too. The opening track which is a pretty good song otherwise could've tapped out about 2 minutes sooner. I'm on the fence between a 2 and a 3 here. It really should be a 2.5 for me. I'm leaning toward a 3 for being better than I expected...but no it's a 2 because disco sucks. Sorry. Bias wins.

pretty funky but still boring

Great for a Disco album

3.5/5 nice disco sounds, I'll have to relisten

I'm not very well-versed in disco but I'm digging this album. Amazing vocal performances and the instrumentals are incredibly layered and catchy.

Quality factory output but not particularly inspiring.

Mag ja diesen zum Loop erstarrten, materialistischen Disco-Funk gar nicht, aber die klaren Gitarren, die später Daft Punk zum Welthit „Get Lucky“ verhelfen sollten, der wirklich wundervolle Gesang , der nie zu divenhaft schreckschraubig sondern vielmehr wohltemperiert durch die Manege wabert und diese elegant-harmonische Produktion, die vor allem in „Lost in Music“ fein zu Tage tritt, hat dann doch ganz gut den alten Funk Hater gezähmt. Fiorucci gibt mehr als 3.3

Funky

Kann man sehr gut hören!

Die können nichts dafür - nicht mein Ding

Funky, fun album. Good vibes, performances are great!

Good sound

With all the basic albums this week, I’m glad we could end on a high note. This was a great album with a ton of fun dance songs that also are good to chill to. We are family is a classic but I found myself jamming to almost every song on here.

Of course I'm familiar with the title track here, who isn't? Props to Sister Sledge for picking the perfect band name, as they are indeed four Sledge sisters. When I saw the tracklist, the song "One More Time" reminded me of Daft Punk, and oddly enough when hearing this thing get started I couldn't help but think they were influenced by this. Maybe not this particular album, but the disco fever. There are plenty of gems on here, not just the reunion fodder that is "We Are Family." But it helps to know that song was literally sung by four sisters in a band. Great album. Favorite tracks: He's the Greatest Dancer, We Are Family, Somebody Loves Me, Thinking of You. Album art: A great band photo, made a little funnier by the familial relationship. Perfectly late '70s though, especially all the mirrors. 4/5

Funk-disco-soul. Un megahit.

Nunca me ha emocionado la canción We are family. Pero bueno, cantan muy bien. 3

There are no less than four major hits on this album. In the context of this album, even those sound fresh, and swing like they must have done 42 years ago.

Good funky/soul vibe. Faves: Thinking of You, He's the Greatest Dancer

I love Sister Sledge! I don't ever listen to their work in albums though for some reason. Packed with bangers, very nostalgic for me makes me think of good times and makes me feel goooood! Only down side is Somebody Loves Me - not feeling them doing a slow song to be honest. Other than that it's all top for me, funky beats and just gold.

Alright

I understand why this group was so popular - they knew their sound and they stuck to it and stuck to it well. It's not really my jam, but I can see how the album is perfect for someone whose jam it is.

1979 - Disco intro. Classic disco sound. Great crisp vocals, smooth, calming effect. Some pop tones and lyrics, but its funk drive makes it very listenable. Nothing outstanding either. Many song are somewhat forgettable.

good upbeat zone out. maybe for cooking

Disco cool

Un dels millors discos de disco... perquè de fet tampoc en té gaire dels tòpics del génere. El que més en té és curiosament el tema titular -i gran single de l'època. Per la resta, una molt elegant combinació de pop, soul, r&b, funk amb uns arranjaments de luxe

Wat was dit genieten

Heerlijk funky, no skips

Lots of these sounded like the same song. Not super crazy for this.

Some classic songs on here I forgot was SS. Enjoyed. V good fun

You can't deny it's a disco classic. You can boogie, you can sing, it gets ya bopping and I won't hear another word about it.

One of my favourite Sister Sledge / Chic albums. Two out of 8 songs still sound a bit like fillers to me (Somebody Loves Me and Easier To Love) but the other six songs are really great.

Standard Rodgers/Edwards disco. Heard this play on the radio way too many times.

Decent album. One well known song. It definitely had a 70s vibe to it.

this is already a whole mood and i love it - this makes for great easy listening and grooving

Some great disco classics on this album, although some of the slower tracks are a bit saccharine.

Another disco classic

Funky and fun. Their influence is apparent from the first second of the first track. Greatest Dancer is sampled in Will Smith's Gittin' Jiggy Wit' It, and the rest is history. The Disco genre is tricky. It blew up and then died a miserable death, but what Sister Sledge does is not lean too far into it. The Bee Gees did a similar thing, but maybe occasionally let the disco define them, which hurt them. This stands a little more apart. The title track is definitely the crown Jewell, and that song is timeless.

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that disco is bad! What a collection of smooth groovy bops. I only previously knew the title track, but recognised many of the others from later sampled songs. I enjoyed 'Thinking of You' the most, as well as 'He's The Greatest Dancer' and the title track of course.

The songs each drag on a bit too long and follow the same tempo more or less. It’s not a bad disco album, and having a hit like We Are Family definitely helps as well as a good run time. I think the lack of an even bigger song or two is what keeps it from being great.

Decent but nothing special, songs all sound very similar

En dan vraagt de band zich af waarom ik zo'n goede danser ben...

Die eerste paar nummers zijn wel echt hoe disco zou moeten klinken! Helemaal goed, maar daarna valt het steeds meer in elkaar. Dikke voldoende toch wel voor de gezusters!

Te zoetzappig.

Vlees nog visch.

Sterk begin, maar het zakte een beetje in.

Groovy, nice mix of slow and upbeat songs

groovy funk, but gets a bit samey as the song continues

Great - but maybe faded glory because everything is so familiar? A lot of absolute classics.

The list of personnel involved with this album is studded with legends. A fine album if disco is your bag. What about the rest of us though?

Eh. I mean, really… Eh. Unless it’s being played after a wedding, I’m all good on ever hearing the title track again in my life.

I didn't note anything so much special about it, but I can get a lot of samples that were got from this album to create great modern hip-hop songs, so I got how much it influences modern songs, reason that I think that justifies the presence of the album in this list. For the album itself, it was a nice experience, but just it.

Meh. The current spotify version has We Are Family on it 3 times, and two of those versions are over 8 minutes long! Nobody likes that song enough to listen to over 20 minutes of it on one album.

Second Listen. Still not great. 2/5. A few good songs, no doubt.

2. We Are Family - Sister Sledge. 12 Tracks. What an absolutely stupendous album!!!! Yet this is something I would never actually choose to listen to. I will now! @1001_albums_gen has already been worthwhile. 5/5.

Está bien, es historia de la música popular. Solo por We are family ya merece un respeto. Ojo también He's the greatest dancer, de donde sacó un sample Will Smith para uno de sus éxitos. Le doy 3 estrellas solo por esos dos temas.

Good times. The Sledge Sisters kick it off with a song dedicated to Matt (He's the Greatest Dancer) and keep the floor at a light simmer for the whole album. I love the positive family and friendship vibes throughout - it's hard to pull off so much joy without seeming corny or blind. We Are Family I can't feel anymore since the it was covered countless times by 90s/2000s TRL diva ensembles at award shows, but that's not the Sledge's fault. Good times B+

After hearing the Daft Punk influence I looked it up and realized this is a Niles Rogers album, which doesn’t surprise me given that funky Niles Rogers strumming throughout. Wondering if this is the first album with the Niles Rogers sound? The singing on this album has a very distinct sound, I think it’s the vocal harmonies from the chorus style sound, very enigmatic. This is a tight album, sounds good. A little one note. I was leaning 4 but by the end I shifted to 3. PS They should get credit for gettin’ jiffy wit it.

Had me boppin and movin at my desk. Boogie woogie tushy for sure.

I was surprised that I liked this album as much as I did. Positive, catchy songs and great R&B guitar grooves. Probably won't listen to it again but I enjoyed it. 3 stars.

Some good hooks, the hits are recognizable from pretty much any Disco related media you've ever seen. Very repetitive, seems like they get an idea for a song and then just milk that one line or tune on repeat for 5+ minutes.

Really enjoyed this album

funk my weak spot

Buen disco disco. Agradable

It's pretty underwhelming. I'm not a fan of disco so I got bored pretty quickly, specially with all the remixes at the end.

When you imagine disco, this sound is what you think of. Not many disco albums don't have a single filler track, and this is nearly one of them.

A good album that evokes some honest emotion, but a little repetitive. Of course I love the standout single, but the rest of it sort of faded into the background for me.

Made me say 'YES'!!! Music from back when I was alive

Copado mismo jajaj

We are family

One of the all time greats

Funky, groovy album with pre-nods to disco. Not my favorite.

Another classic. Reminds me of the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates World Series champions

Who doesn't love some motown/disco

47. Já viste a maneira como ele olha para ti parece saído dos filmes, hum talvez, como assim vai lá, ele que cá venha, nem sempre temos de esperar pelo primeiro passo isso era nos sessenta, eu espero e sempre alcanço, é por isso que ainda, ainda o quê, estás assim, assim como, amargurada ociosa laissez-faire, olhou outra vez, está a fazer sinal, pois está, precisas de mais provas, ele que venha, mas que raio quando eras mais nova até podiam acenar com uma garrafa de vidro com xxxx e até parecias uma dançarina do bolshoi tu de todas as pessoas, não te fica bem falar dos meus tempos hedonistas, que quer isso dizer, onde estavas, ao teu lado, não me lembro, imagino, hum talvez, ele vem aí parabéns conseguiste, que tal estou, linda e sólida como as rocky mountains, este ano não foi gentil para os incêndios vamos dançar, prefiro que a dança venha até mim, e veio, hum talvez MotA: He's The Greatest Dancer "Oh, what, wow / He's the greatest dancer"

Not into this album at all. Just not my thing. Not a big fan of disco.

Great easy listening 70s vibe

Best dancer 🕺🏼

okay

3

Surprisingly full of absolute bangers.

Yo I know disco is dead but like this was really fun dancy music. Considered giving this a 3 but its pretty enjoyable so rating it higher

It's one thing to always hear about how R&B has influenced music and been sampled so much over time, it is another to listen to the albums yourself. I am a big fan of R&B and the voice really adds to the flow, here it is perfect. I have nothing against this album, for uniformity sake I am not including the remixes included in the remaster as well I don't take that as a part of the original album. I find this simple, smooth and sweet, never once boring, never not groovy. Absolutely no qualms with the album. Banger of a closing too. 5/5

Pretty generic and repetitive. Guess I don't find R&B as genre to be particularly appealing beyond a casual listen. The title track was ironically not something I expected lol. // Favs: We Are Family Score: Strong 2

For the most part this was pretty good. I think some of the song were a bit repetitive and drawn out. I'm torn between giving this a 2 or 3, so I would give it a 2.5 if possible.

I only knew We are Family the song before this. The rest of the album has some solid disco tracks but nothing else as memorable as the title track.

Decent for a disco album!