We Are Family

Though there wasn't a whole lot to revisit in this record, the fact that it has an all-time anthem in "We Are Family" instantly gives it credibility. Very talented group, but not a lot of substance to me past that one song. Notable Tracks: - Lost in Music - We Are Family - all-time iconic classic 6/10

One hit song does not make a great album...the rest of it was pretty forgettable.

Never heard this before. Good solid funk/disco album.

Some great funk mixed a with a lot of meh.

awseome

Awesome, upbeat, danceable. Just what I needed. I’ll definitely return to this album.

What did I just listen to: a Chic album or Sister Sledge album?

Period sister!!!!

Maybe you had to be there. Certainly the best disco album I've listened to in ages. Wasn't terrible but a bit too poppy at times for my liking. I'll give it a three.

Some bangers.

3.5

Good for background music. Some known tracks and tunes from remixed/sampled songs

Disco haters who think the bass gods are Lemmy K and Geddy Lee need to sit down and listen to Bernard Edwards--on second thought, get up and dance to Bernard and Nile lay down the groove. Sister Sledge brings it in their vocals, and this album is a sophisticated, groovy party. Slick funk.

Catchy & boring at the same time

Classic album.

This is an iconic album

lots of we are family’s for one album but otherwise great

Really good vibe but nothing special otherwise

Music of a time and place. Very well done but not my thing

I liked this better than the Chic albums. Very good vocals.

Had one hit wonder vibes and I am not much of a disco person

Meh. It's disco, which should have stayed dead. I really am not a fan of disco, never have been, never will be. They just kinda repeat the same things over and over for 5 minutes, it's really boring. The music isn't even interesting either it's just bland and repetitive.

I don't like disco. vocals are fine, but each track just repeats a refrain over and over. and over. and over.

Banger after banger - high energy positive vibes Not standard listening but great every once in a while. Once a month listening

"He's the Greatest Dancer" – 3,6 "Lost in Music" – 3,5 "Somebody Loves Me" – 2,2 "Thinking of You" – 3,4 "We Are Family" – 3,6 "Easier to Love" – 3,3 "You're a Friend to Me" – 3,2 "One More Time" – 3,2 Average 3,3

Pure disco vibes! Love it!

What I would class as a classic disco album. Great vocals great production timeless classic songs.

Disco has many stinkers, few diamonds. This is absolutely the latter

I of course knew the singles on the album, but haven't listened to much else by this artist. I enjoyed the whole thing, only a couple tracks were a bit slow, but the rest was high energy and funky. Bass work was super groovy. Overall an enjoyable listen.

Delicious yummy disco goodness. Only problem is there aren’t enough remixes!

I've got alley sisters and me

Tranquilo, pero animado, me pone de buen humor. Sería perfecto para poner de fondo para una cena o aperitivo. Mis favoritas: Thinking of you, You're a Friend to me.

i really like the album, most of these songs are classics

Everything good about disco music.

Good funky dance music.

So cool

There are certain things engrained in popular American culture that it hard to remember that there are so many different shades of grey in the world. one of these things is disco sucking. for some much time it seems that disco has been seen as universally terrible, corny, cheesy, cringe, or whatever negative synonym for a bad fad your generation prefers. see, to me i always liked disco before i was taught it was bad. i went through that phase in teenage years when it's far easier to be a hater and go along with the crowd than stand by something like enjoying disco. now that i've aged and learned more about the history of disco i can see the beauty and awesome nature of the genre. a group of persecuted people living in a horrific economic time and amidst the 60's hangover banding together and making a place of joy and happiness. to overcome the hurtles it can take to enjoy things when the world seems to be on fire. i see the similarities in modern times. politics and climate look bleak. heavy effort is needed to help shape the world, but you can't always be doing political work. some times you gotta enjoy life, and in the face of rising fascist tides, to stay alive and enjoy your time on earth is radical.

It's good for 2 songs... Then its just rambling

I can understand the appeal, but it’s not for me. Like the rhythm, lyrics are plain Jane and repetitive

I loved hearing this album through. It really captured the Disco Era and hold up with its funky jams.

Classic disco/ dance tracks. We are family, lost in music , thinking of you. If you like disco then this is for you.

Great album

Groovin!

A decently funky and entertaining time. Nothing really great, but it was fine

Upbeat Disco tunes with the very distinctive Nile Rodgers sound were a highlight. Some obvious highlights in the fact that all the proper Sister Sledge had are on this album. Groovy vibe. I like it - but the genre isn’t quite my cup of tea.

Again, I can appreciate the music for what it is and the massive Nile Rodgers influence, but I’m just not a huge fan of disco.

Really great album the harmony is so beautiful

I loved this - anything that gets me up and dancing on a Monday morning is a 5. Full of joyful bops and classic, funky disco. And it'd of course be remiss of me to not mention the excellent title track, which is one of the most enduring, famous disco tracks of all time. Favourite track: He's the Greatest Dancer

4.1 - When its good its great, but there is some good old sandwich filler there

So many hits! Really surprised at how much I enjoyed this. Fave Tracks: He's The Greatest Dancer, Lost in Music, Thinking of You 4.2/5

Pas mon style

Going in, this felt like another album where the reason it made the list was because of its title track - a massive hit of its era that has persisted in the cultural consciousness to this day. But after listening I don’t think that’s true or fair to say. The group themselves is described as an R&B group on Wikipedia, but this album feels all disco. Makes sense given the era. I admit that I have always had a weird soft spot for disco, despite not knowing much about the genre as a whole. The orchestral element of it is what really gets me though. It’s just such a fun and bouncy sound, one that gets its depth from its funk-inspired grooves and those orchestral arrangements that just fill out the sound. Sister Sledge does all of this here in these songs. The grooves are fun, and the vocals are pristine. All in all, this is one of the better collection of disco tunes I’ve heard and I was pleasantly surprised by it all. Four stars. Standout Tracks: He’s the Greatest Dancer, Somebody Loves Me, We Are Family, Easier to Love, You’re a Friend to Me

Had some high points, but was a little past prime R&B

Don't consider myself a disco fan but this absolutely rips. The chic sound is tight as ever, the musicianship on vocals is equally superb.

I was ready to dismiss this as schlock-y dance music for wedding receptions, but was pleasantly surprised. Once the horribly dated string parts are ignored, some serious funk appears. The all-star producers and musicians lay down tracks that would be used decades later to give Daft Punk something to work with.

A funky good time.

Came for the bangers but stayed for the lesser known tracks, all immaculately sung and played.

挺带感的

5 stars! Great album

Better than I anticipated.

Very nice!

Fantastic. "We Are Family" is one of those songs that I sang along to as a kid practically before I even consciously thought about music. It's one of those classic songs. Listening to it today in the context of this album, I appreciated just how good it is. All the layers -- the slick guitar riff, the funky bass, the syncopated drum beat, the piano melody and strings -- combine beautifully into a groove I could listen to for an hour straight. The same goes for album opener "He's the Greatest Dancer." What an amazing funky riff! I know it from Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" -- I had no idea that riff was lifted entirely from this song. And the vocals are stunning throughout. Great, belting, soulful, show-stopping singing. I really enjoyed the album by Chic on this list and this album is just as fun, probably better overall. Niles Rodgers and Bernard Edwards are the masterminds behind both albums. They lock in together perfectly -- guitar and bass -- for some insanely catchy music. And the production is top notch all around.

Awesome funk soul album with plenty of style and flair. This album has amazing production, incredibly impressive vocal performances, and the band is so impressively tight (no surprise with Nile Rodgers involved). My mom likes Sister Sledge and it's funny because growing up I heard her talk about them before hearing their music and for a while I thought it was an 80's hair metal band- like a group of sledgehammer wielding, guitar shredding women. There's still some times where I hear this band or even just hear their name and I think back to being a little kid with a wild imagination. The one downside of this record for me is that it's a little short at around 43 minutes of music. It's remedied a bit by the remaster which gives us 4 additional versions of tracks that add around an extra 30 minutes of music. It's a 4.3/5 for me. Not enough for it to be a 5. "We Are Family" is an amazing song and will forever be played at family gatherings, weddings, really any joyous event that you can think of. If this record had another one that was high up like that then I would easily give it a 5.

BEST SONGS: - Lost in Music

Good music, not my style, but could definitely groove to it.

84% Best: He's the Greatest Dancer; Thinking of You; We Are Family Must-Hear? Sure

"We Are Family" is obviously a classic, but the rest of the album was boring and full of love ballads. 3.5 for the disco parts, 2 for the ballads.

every song is a bit too long for listening at home as an album, but no skips

This was a fun disco time! The song "We Are Family" brings back good memories for me because it was one of my grandmother's favorite songs, but the rest of the songs on this album were also just as fun!

i'm sorry this is so nothing to me. there's just nothing here

This was enjoyable, and I feel really sure it's important in music history, but for me today it is a "yeah I liked that"

Clean. 6/10

Not my cup of tea

Pleasant. Nearly but not quite 4.

#blessed for Sister Sledge. "We Are Family" is easily one of the best disco songs of all time, but unlike many other albums that contain the artist's biggest hit, the rest of the album is solid. There is no dull point. Sure, the other songs are practically nobodies, but they are so smooth and delightful. Several songs are worth going into my regular rotation! Anyway, Nile Rodgers as a producer should surprise exactly no one--and I don't know how I had the audacity to be surprised.

"We Are Family" is just one of those disco songs that everyone knows -- in fact, I would go as far as to say that it is one of THE most well-known and regarded disco songs of all time. And as good as that song is, Sister Sledge shows on this album that they are so much more than just that one song. The album is full of sweet, soulful vocals and harmonies and the funkiest disco beats. There are parallels that can be drawn between this album and CHIC's "C'est Chic", not the least of which is the fact that Nile Rodgers is at the helm of both albums. That album also contains one of the most well-known disco songs, and certainly CHIC's most famous song ("Le Freak"), but truly the entire album is elevated by Rodgers' work. So much like on "C'est Chic", his writing, production, and playing on this album takes things to the next level and really just further cements him as a disco god.

I did not really like it. Didn’t finish the album.

Iconic disco, and a lovely collection of voices. They feel like a predecessor to Destiny's Child. I put it on while cleaning the pedicab this morning before work, and I was getting smiles from the neighbors!

Some catchy songs, hence a good album.

disco died appropriately as it was getting too repetitive. slow sounds making me feel some way.

No private spotify session used. I like funk and groove, so disco shouldn't be a stretch. I did like this album, put images of me in my head wearing a really tight shirt, unbuttoned to expose my gold chain medallion and pathetic excuse for chest hair. Then I think it's fortunate I was to young to go to disco clubs in the late 70's/early 80's.

I feel like this album is carried solely by Nile Rodgers' funky guitar playing. Don't get me wrong—the singers are competent, the harmonies phenomenal, but the songs themselves aren't anything special. They drag on way too long, especially the boring and generic ballads. The tracks with the disco vibe are much, much better, but I don't think anything lives up to their biggest hit 'We are family'. 3 stars

5*

I mean it's alright, the title track is obviously iconic but the rest of it all just sounds exactly like that one. There's not a whole lot of out-of-the-box thinking here.

Was ready to give this a 3 until I listened again on the good speakers and it suddenly made more sense. The drums and keys are consistently solid. The guitar is groovy. The BASS is absolutely nasty in the best way. Not every song is a winner, but the highlights are such jams. Favorites were He’s The Greatest Dancer, Lost In Music, We Are Family, and One More Time.

This one was real fun. My fav part is listening to these jams and trying to pick out parts that have been sampled by hip hop artists. De la soul, will smith, pac, Kanye etc have all sampled joints off of this album. Good shit. Not something I’m going to go back to much, but the impact this has had on music and culture alone gets this a 3

Pretty great. 3.5 I think. I actually don't mind disco influences anymore now maybe?

“We Are Family” COME ON DOWN TO OUR TOYOTA SALES EVENT! You can’t I hear it. I guess it’s not their fault their somewhat catchy hit got repurposed by every commercial ever. The other songs on the album sound pretty much the same. A fairly boring March through middling disco.

4 All time classics, Chic at the top of their game as band and producers, hard to dislike this one. Again, Disco wasn't really an album scene, 12" remixes were the thing. The other tracks on this are more downbeat and reflective but show off the sisters high quality vocals and personality nicely. Ideal record form the disco era.

I feel removed/ignorant from the importance this album likely had when released. A good groovy album with some pretty recognizable tracks. I don't listen to much disco so it otherwise felt pretty par for the course

Sounds nice. Honestly couldnt get through it all. Every song goes on too long. I think the title track has been played to death but the whole album is definitely a vibe. Not something I want all the time, but possibly a cool album to put on for the right crowd.

Getting jiggy with it I only listened to about 1/3 of each remix.

The amount of samples out of this album powered the diddy crime syndicate for decades. It’s fun listening to these older disco and r&b classics and trying to place what rap song I heard the two bar guitar lick in. Other than the entertaining sample game this is a straightforward disco album. It’s a good one, and a lot of it is catchy. It kinda fell off after the first four tracks (I skipped the title track because if I never heard it again it would be too soon). Great dancing music, well executed, not really my jam but you simply have to respect it.

Typical pop album.

Fun mix of 70's R&B and Disco. Vocals are fantastic, recommend listening with speakers that allow the bass to shine through. I enjoyed this album quite a bit, added most of the songs to my iTunes library. 3.5/5

Un rollo Funk que en un par de canciones es bastante chulo y tiene un ritmo que te lleva a bailar. En general no son malas canciones, pero quitando estas dos más destacables, el resto no me parece tan destacable.

Great disco.

Sister Sledge is, in fact, made up of "family". The group consists of four sisters. Immediately upon hearing the tune to the first song on the album, He's The Greatest Dancer, I heard Will Smith's song Gettin' Jiggy Wit It. Turns out Will sampled the song. We Are Family is an absolute disco staple! So iconic of the era. I learned that they worked with Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards from CHIC on the song. This album gets a 4 simply because of how important it was to the genre. Favourite songs: We Are Family, He's the Greatest Dancer, Lost in Music Least favourite songs: You're a Friend to Me 4/5

I really liked the album - so soft and gentle

Fun mix of R&B and soul

Wow. He's The Greatest Dancer, Lost In Music, We Are Family, One More Time.

So, this is the home to the classic "We Are Family" song featured in so many feel-good and ending sequences of family movies. It's got some great moments and pockets. Especially with Nile Rodgers' instantly recognisable guitar playing, it was adding a lot of flavour and groove to tracks. This is particularly true for the opener, "He's The Greatest Dancer". I can spin that tune for ages. With a 42-minute runtime and only 8 songs, this album felt a tad bit tedious to listen through when it reached the middle of the tracklist. That was its lull. I never felt the quintet's chemistry very strongly. The frontwoman took much of the spotlight and her vocals were at times, strongly resembled a young Michael Jackson's. I felt that most of the time it was those strong instrumental pockets of grooves that helped carry me through the lengthy songs. I wasn't very moved by the vocals, harmonies or the energy from these songs. It didn't help that "We Are Family" was 8-minutes long. 8 minutes! Overall, a pleasant and easy listen. It got me reflecting on how my appreciation towards Soul started as early as I was a kid watching movies with a song from Sister Sledge. And the cover just captures the warmth from the tracks, very pretty!

A couple of good songs. Otherwise the album is just full of filler. But to be fair, I'm not that familiar with disco...

Some stone cold classics plus others you likely remember to bring you back to an era of pure fun and excitement.

Super soft, silky smooth, R&B with that signature rhythm guitar ever present. Very good but very much not my style.

I truly do not want or need this type of music in my life. Well crafted for what it is, but it's not for me. 2/5

Just ok...

Fun lil disco album here. A few hits on here but can't say it makes me want to dive further into their other albums. It was a nice surprise to start off with the song that was sampled in Will Smith's "Gettin Jiggy Wit It".

Última semana de agosto, en una Argentina que no da respiro. Hoy toca disco de artistas que conozco porque su música está en películas y seguro que en alguna que otra serie. Álbum bien arriba, tiene tremendo groove en todas sus canciones (el toque de Nile Rodgers es innegable) y las voces del grupo son envidiables. Discazo de éste reto.

To me, this is the definition of disco. Disco isn't my favorite.

Unreal. To be a fly on the wall in these sessions would be amazing. Great vocals, timeless playing, and perfect production/remaster. I dig it.

Neat little Disco album. 3.5/5

It was not really my style but nice either way

I can't stand the title track having had to hear it so many times, and the ballads & slower tracks (Somebody Loves Me, Easier to Love, You're a Friend) are pretty dire schmaltz, but the uptempo disco tracks (Greatest Dancer, Lost in Music, One More Time) are perfect: wild funky bass grooves, that drum beat, Nile Rodgers going nuts on guitar, a bit of surplus percussion, some delightfully cheesy production touches, the alto vocals and tight harmonies floating gently over the track, just taking it easy. Pure fun. The recording is so crisp and there's so much space in the mix which makes it really warm and inviting. That bass tho *Homer Simpson drool*

High 3 stars.

Brilliant album!

Sister Sledge must have back problems from carrying Will Smith around all these years.

If you like to hear women screaming ... This is for you

Soul, Disco, Funk, 1979 -> 3

overraskende mange berømte numre på, jeg havde aldrig hørt om dem før. Getting Jiggy Wit It sample alert Nile Rodgers er en virkelig god sangskriver

Lidt frontloaded men generelt virkelig catchy! Titelnummeret lyder meget federe end jeg huskede det. Er der en eneste disco-plade fra 70erne hvor Nile Rodgers ikke spiller guitar?

Basgangene i disco rammer bare anderledes! Jeg er ikke så vild med deres ballader.

Nice album, beautiful vocals. Maybe a bit repetitive at times but maybe that's part of the charm.

While the title track has reached a certain status that welcomes the likes of pharmaceutical commercials and ironic daytime show tangents, it is impossible to ignore the cohesion of this album. It is funky, it is soulful, and it is well composed. While not a constant rotation due to the genre not being my favorite, it is something I would ask sometime to turn up in practically any setting so as to have the good times roll.

Great production, and full of classics, only 1 or 2 not so memorial tracks on here

Great album, very engaging begining to the end. Kinda hate Will Smith hearing the original sample.

Groovy and dynamic

Three feels harsh, but four seems generous. This album is a solid 3.5.

ICONIC 💫💫💫💫💫

It's alright

Good vibes, albeit a bit cheesy now. Hard to ignore the uses and remixes of those hits. A "great at the time" album.

Excellent! Nile Rodgers at his best

Funky disco, I like it. 3.375

solid four, good fun but probably wouldn't listen to it as an entire album again

fun

Sturdy bass beats, fluid grooves, sweet strings adding depth – who knew this would remain so listenable and pleasurable? It's straightforwardly happy and elevating music inclined to make people move and non-dancers smile. This will lift a mood, so it has to be Nile Rodgers, right? Should obviously be labeled as Chic + (or featuring) Sister Sledge. It's easy to forget just how and musical – sweet, fluid, groovy, elevating – disco could be. And how well-made too. This level of organic musicmaking puts so much of "modern" dance music – say last 30 years – to shame, synthetic shame. "Thinking of You" and "Lost in Music" and "Easier to Love" are delightful, hidden treasures relative to the two big cuts, which are mighty and distinctly worthy. Deserves every last bit of platinum it got. A pinnacle of disco, indeed, and just about as good as that much maligned genre could do.

What you have to listen to when you want to listen to some funk + disco

Really nice and chill album. Like the melodies and the voices a lot. Favourite song: thinking of you.

Some fire disco music what more can one say. Groovy, catchy, and feel-good. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards both elevate this album to its highest potential. Best - He's The Greatest Dancer, Lost In Music, Thinking Of You, We Are Family, and Easier To Love Worst - No bad songs 4.00/5

Nile Rogers guitar greatness. Super smooth and funky

I love disco. I love the memories. I love this album.

aceptables, eran buenos en esa época

At different points in this record I felt like I was stuck in a dentist’s waiting room and it would switch to feeling stuck in a Julia Roberts film.

We Are Family ‘Just let me staple the vicar’ The sort of album I would have been a bit sniffy about in my younger days, but now it's the sort of album I really appreciate. Of course Nile Rogers and Bernard Fowler are a fantastic songwriting and production team. The whole record sounds great, but Nile’s guitar sound and Bernard’s bass sound in particular are so good - the bright, clean and rhythmic against the deep, warm and melodic is such a great, contrasting combination. Bernard Fowler would absolutely be in my top ten favourite bassists As well as that the Nile Rogers - Bernard Fowler - Tony Thompson playing axis is absolutely superb, and the sororal voices are excellent too, harmonising and blending as only siblings can. I guess He’s the Greatest Dancer, after being sampled by Will Smith, and We Are Family might be seen as slightly jokey, novelty disco records, but they are so much more than that, they are fantastic bits of pop song writing, full of hooks, big choruses and killer grooves, and ultimately they are just joyous bits of pop music. Lost in Music and Thinking of You are also superb of course, Thinking of You’s hypnotic groove is so satisfying and addictive, the swirling strings against the repeating chug of the guitar while being driven forward by the bass. That may well broadly be the Chic template, but it doesn’t matter when it's done as superbly as this. I’m less familiar with the other album tracks, but I really liked Somebody to Love and Easier to Love as lower tempo, lower key songs to contrast and counterpoint the 4 big bangers. Somebody to Love is a actually great 70s soul ballad, with less of the obvious Chic elements and with great vocals and harmonies. You’re a Friend to Me is really great, a real grower, getting better with every listen. Again a slower tempo track, but with the weight and dynamism of the uptempo songs. The bass is fantastic, particularly that repeating climb. One More Time perhaps feels a bit too Chic by numbers, not quite reaching the heights of the big songs, although the piano pattern is very good and I really like the slightly un-Nile Rogers-like guitar solo. I’m right on the cusp of 4 and 5. It really is a fantastic 40 minutes of disco pop satisfaction, but I’m not sure it's quite in the top bracket of albums. The 4 big songs are absolute bangers and they are well supported by the other songs, but it is probably a bit two tiered. A 5 would also give it a chance at a podium place, as in the final reckoning I think it would be worthy of a bronze (assuming you both don’t hate it). Hmm, tricky. It’s a beautiful sunny day, the album makes me happy with its joyfulness and I’m visualising Dan in his tiny pants by a Croatian pool, so I’ll let all that get the better of me and go 5. 🛷🛷🛷🛷🛷 Playlist submission: Toss up between Thinking of You and We Are Family, I’ll go We Are Family for its pure joyous disco pop infectiousness.

ok ok, it's a classic. that doesn't mean i have to like it...

3.5 not 4

10/10. :) This is such a fun disco album! The music is funky and groovy. The vocals are great. The melodies are great. There is a lot of good bass. There are a lot of good strings. :) I totally would recommend this album. It definitely belongs on the list of 1001 must-listen albums. :)

#59 - Very good vibes! Chill disco, quite enjoyed it. And of course the couple bangers we all know.

Poh lekker disco

Ja geweldig dit, echt heerlijk

hitjes na hitjes, prima lekker Maar niet heelveelzeggend Lijkt wel alsof ik op een toko dixo sta

I hope the sledge family made a fortune off of “Big Willie Style”

3.2 Probably a top-end disco album. Some of the songs were repetitive. Some pretty funky basslines throughout, but they were hidden in the mix a bit.

6.5/10

Y'know, disco's one of those genres where I know when an album's good or isn't, but I wouldn't really be able tell you exactly why either way. Maybe I'm just not gay enough—I'unno. So, like, this is obviously a really good disco album, thanks largely to Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards's writing and production. I just can't tell you why I think it's a better CHIC album than the last one I heard, RISQUÉ. Hell, I couldn't even articulate why I was so in-the-middle on **that** album. To me, disco's just disco—if there's there, it's there, and if it ain't, well, white people who ain't the Bee Gees probably made it. I will make one specific remark: past the title track, I feel like the album starts to drag a little. I don't think anything really changes past then, and my drifint attention around then might hafta do with how much sleep I'd gotten that morning, but I'unno. It just feels like a small step down from "He's The Greatest Dancer" and the frequent film needle drop title track. I mean, that first one didn't get sampled into "Gettin' Jiggy Wit' It" for nuthin'. Anyway, I feel like I'm ramblin', so lemme jus' cap it here. The album's a 4, it's solidly in the "good disco" camp, and... I'unno. I keep thinking their name's Sledge Sisters, like the Scissor Sisters.

Straight to the point, this is just some excellent disco produced by one of the greats. 4.5 upped to 5.

I’m at a really good 4. The biggest misstep on this album is the endlessly droning “Somebody Loves Me,” but besides that, what a great CHIC album. Yes, I know; it’s a Sister Sledge album, but this may as well be CHIC ft. Sister Sledge. That’s not to be taken as a complaint at all; I’m sure they had some level of say in the instrumentation and lyricism to make the songs feel more like their own, but this is a Nile Rodgers-led production if I’ve ever heard one. Some of the lingering issues from Risque are here, but they come up far less often; a few songs hit on a little too much repetition, or a melody that lingers a bit too long, or a soundscape that just loses its luster after 4 minutes without really changing stuff up. Those issues are here, but I can usually look past them because of the excellent vocals of Sister Sledge. I really don’t have any complaints; it’s a damn good album that gets dragged down to a 4 because of “Somebody Loves Me,” but without that track, I’d probably be at a 5. Honestly, I’ll probably just listen to it that way. It’s a very good listen, it’s catchy as hell, and it’s just some of the best disco of the era. Easily deserving to be on the list.

Groovy 70's disco album. The bass lines are solid in this one. Understandable why We Are Family was such a hit because the other songs are all solid bangers as well.

Influential tracks Nile Rogers slaughters again. Got Lost in Music. Another gem I was only aware of the major singles. Thanks for the deeper dive. Catchy numbers, upbeat, danceable. The ballads are also soothing.

I'm not fun & it's a bit too smooth for me. Curiously seems to be right on the line where if you left it more sparse, ditching the synth & making the piano part more minimal I would like it a lot, and if you went the other way & smoothed it over more I would hate it a lot. I don't know if the title track has been ruined by overuse in advertising, or if it always sounded like a song destined for ads, an unpleasant earworm. Worst song on the album, only one I disliked listening to.

I appreciated listening to this having learned the Nile Rodgers context of it after having Chic come up a couple months ago. It’s not as good, but it’s still good. Remarkable how many one star reviews are like “Ugh! Disco SUCKS!” People probably born in the 80s, like me, still totally affected by butt-rock radio campaigns from the mid-70s lol

It was different

Enjoyed this album

First two songs were pretty generic disco grooves. Too long but I could see the clubbing appeal. Can see a lot of disco influence on daft punk for example, songs just fade out instead of ending sometimes. It didn't make me listen to the lyrics really.

This was not what I expected from a band called Sister Sledge. I didn't dislike the music, but wanted something way heavier.

A masterpiece of disco. The singing and playing are both brilliant. It's astonishing that Rogers and Edwards had never met the Sledges before writing these songs.

I know the title track off of this album, but I think that's the only Sister Sledge song I'm familiar with. However, earlier this year, I read Nile Rodgers's memoir, so I know a fair amount about the background and composition of this album. I loved Chic's C'est Chic, and I love Nile Rodgers' work as a producer and musician, so I have high hopes for this album. This album fell a little flat of my expectations. Overall, it has what I would expect from a disco album: funky bass lines, glamorous string arrangements, and airy vocals. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards's fingerprints are all over this album, both in the songwriting, and in the musicianship. Nile's guitar playing is really great, and Bernard's signature bass lines are infectious and dance-inducing. The Sledge sisters sing well, and their vocals are a good match for this Chic-adjacent sound. The highs on this album are really high, with songs that are catchy and infectious, but the lows are dull and tedious, without adding a lot to add to the genre. "He's The Greatest Dancer" was a great leadoff track for the album, with a great bass line, dreamy vocals, and some great string arrangements to round out the sound. The lyrics ooze with late seventies disco aesthetic, and this was one of the most fun songs on the album. The title track was great too (the 1995 remaster on Spotify doesn't have the full version of this song, which was frustrating), and was really engaging for a longer disco song. "Thinking of You" featured my favorite piece of Nile's guitar playing on the album, the soft vocals were excellent, and I loved the drum solo towards the end. The rest of the album was a bit of a snooze though, with some sappy love songs that didn't land with me. These songs tended to rely more heavily on piano melodies, but they just weren't as fun and infectious as the songs that relied more on guitar playing. Still, this album was pretty good, but I had higher hopes for Nile and Bernard.

What a bop. I think you can put anything Nile Rodgers worked on in front of me and I'd like it. 4/5

LEKKER

Loved it!!!!!!!

Enjoyable disco album

If I have learned anything through this project, I have learned that I really like the way Bernard Edwards play bass guitar. I, of course, knew "We are Family" and knew the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates adopted that song and cocaine on their way to winning the World Series. I have a feeling that combination also pushed this album all the way to the top of the charts. I knew three songs on this album, which is two more than I thought I would know. This is a first cousin to the two Chic albums on this list. I enjoyed those two albums and I enjoyed this one in the same way. Perhaps I should not lump all three in together but it is easy to do considering the writing/production thread. I am not sure I would even consider some of these songs to be disco, especially the slower songs. I did learn that "He's the World's Greatest Dancer" is the sample used in "Getting Jiggy wit It," which was new, fun knowledge. Would I listen to this album again, I am not sure I would, but I also would potentially recommend it to someone if the occasion arose.

He’s The Greatest Dancer // Lost In Music // Somebody Loves Me // Thinking Of You // We Are Family // You’re a Friend to Me // One More Time

A really great album that is like sultry disco.

He's the Greatest Dancer is a banger! The rest chills out, disappointingly. Still good, just wish the party vibe continued!

3.9

I don't really like this type of music but it was still good, especially lost in music

From front to back this album is filled with some really good classic soul music.

Love the disco staple sister sledge!

If it weren't for BUFFY - THE PROM, I'd not care for this at all, wink wink nudge nudge, ya know what I mean... 2 stars

Funky and fun. A pristine example of good 70's disco production with great vocals on top.

Standard disco, nothing impressive but still enjoyable.

Track 1 basis of will Smith song :)

great album. plenty of hits. high 3* 72/100

This is basically a Chic album under a different name, which is no bad thing. Amazing bass from Bernard Edwards, especially on Thinking of You and We Are Family. The funkier songs work better than the slower tempo ones, but overall this is a highly enjoyable listen.

Música disco sin mayor interés, eso sí con un pelotazo.

Such a great album. Everyone knows the title track that will surely make you dance. But there are so many other wonderful tunes on that album like You're a Friend to me and especially thinking of you. Both should be mandatory on every wedding playlist.

So I drop the needle on this album and the first thing I hear is the main sample from Gettin' Jiggy Wit' It. Good start. Of course, the song, We Are Family is a titanic hit. It's all kinda one groove until the last couple of tracks. But it's a good groove.

This album has so many famous songs on it but I've somehow never heard their band name before. I liked this entire album, it was disco stripped down to its fundamentals. "He's The Greatest Dancer" and "We Are Family" were my favorite tracks. It was all easy to listen to - I was doing lots of foot tapping and head bobbing. It wasn't too long either so I didn't get bored of the sound. Disco isn't my favorite genre to listen to at my desk chair, but I can see that this is the good stuff. 9/10

I just knew that was Nile Rodgers the moment I heard the guitar. These ladies can sing and harmonize like crazy. While I think Chic came out with more bangers, this album follows the same enjoyable template that laid the ground for house music with its grip Iness and repetitive nature

I was surprised just how many songs I knew from this already, and blown away by how much fun it was. My expectations weren't high because I'd always considered Sister Sledge 'old people music' but this was a great record

That's definitely disco.

R&B disco and soul funk, so many samples from this album alone!

toller sound, viele hits wie We Are Family und Lost In Music. schwer einen favoriten für die playlist zu wählen. die remixes am ende des albums hätte es nicht gebraucht, die originale sind perfekt!

We are family, der Klassiker in der Disco. Aber es bleibt halt Disco.

Fav: Easier To Love Least Fav: Lost In Music

This was a great disco album. The bass was addicting and the vocals were beautiful and powerful. There were just a few songs that didn't grab much attention. Otherwise extremely solid. 4/5.

Entertaining but not quite great 3.33

He’s the Greatest Dancer and We Are Family are good, the rest are ok.

Couple of decent songs, an alright album as a whole but not my kind of music.

The singing is lovely however some of the tracks and miles too long

Some bangers but not enough between them.

Would probably give it 2.5. A couple well known songs that I like but I don’t love it

Get jiggy wit it! That’s the best thing about this album. I don’t like disco.

Oh the disco that discos, this is that

Arguably the best disco record, back to back bangers. Feels a bit like a Chic album, but that can only be said as a compliment. One of my favorite feel good records.

nice solid disco album

Enjoyable listen

Very good

It’s a good bit of disco and more songs on here than I knew I’d know but it’s not for me. Disco just isn’t

Disco - long but good

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.

Это немного странное сравнение, но альбом слушается и чувствуется как что-нибудь из DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ, что вообще-то идеально для вот этих жарких безоблачных дней. Есть ощущение, что альбомом сильно вдохновлялись Daft Punk для своего RAM (либо вдохновлялись тем, чем вдохновлялись авторы этого альбома, возможно). Ожиданий у меня не было. Мне понравилось. Лучшая песня - We Are Family.

I wasn't a massive fan of disco at the time, but listening back now I find myself with a smile on my face Greatest Dancer 4/5 😎 Lost in Music 4/5 👍 We are family 4/5 🙂 Easier to love - 5/5 🌞 Overall, quite enjoyable

"He's the Greatest Dancer," and "We are Family" are the bangers on this Chic produced disco album. 3.3 stars rounded down.

High 3

cool pero llegó un punto que no aguantaba lo repetitivo que era. 5/10

A disco album that doesn’t really sound as fun as I thought I would. Maybe it just hasn’t aged all that well.

this had some great hits i enjoyed it a lot, i didn’t know these guys made some of the songs on this

On the one hand, seminal pieces of music. On the other hand, I never want to hear them unless I’m very drunk on a dancefloor.

Some great disco pop music. First track had me confused, never knew that's where that beat came from

I don't think this is a true 4 to me. Looking on my past ratings, you know? Like, this ranks higher than Revolver for me, but lower than Highway 61 Revisited. It's like a 3.5. It's def a bit repetitive and not something I'm going to be pulling to the front of my queue, but I would actively put it on again. Lemme listen again actually and get back to you.

Good slick R&B

why is this actually making me wanna disco dance

Pretty good for a disco album. I recognize some of the songs remixed in more modern pop songs e.g. he's the greatest dancer in Will Smith's "gettin jiggy with it", plus the influence on Daft Punk is unmistakeable. An album to get up and boogie to, not to listen while lounging in your favorite chair.

Some good songs on here. The song We are family has hit a point where I can't see it as a song and more just a piece for movies or commercials. Will I listen to again: 10%

Great, but not GOAT, for slower 70s jams. Would listen again!

This was actually my very first time listening to an entire Sister Sledge album from beginning to end. So first off, if the actual song “We Are Family” just popped out of existence forever, I definitely wouldn’t miss it. Other than that, this album had some really good tracks that were very influential for modern-day dance and house music. Also, when it comes to Nile Rodgers, his name speaks for itself, and you can always count on getting something of good quality. I’m not going to pretend to be an expert or huge fan of disco, but overall, I enjoyed this album simply for what it is.

Fire disco, def need to revisit. Very fun and joyous. Pride month 🌈 :)

STANDOUTS: He's the Greatest Dancer We Are Family OVERALL: 2.75/5

frankly repetitive

Great

the highlight of this album is the production - nile rogers and bernard edwards knock it out of the park, as they often did with this era of disco. the title track is iconic, catchy, and still holds up incredibly well. i also enjoy the hit 'he's the greatest dancer' which holds up nearly as well. the album cuts here are not as strong, with the exception of the production (at least they all sound good), but the songs can be a bit repetitive or uninteresting at points (although it IS disco, i would imagine they would play very well in a dance club). overall, a pretty good, not great album.

Some fun disco songs, but also some slower ones that don't do it for me

Best Song: Lost in Music. The whole song is a beautiful vibe, down to the fact that they're singing "Lost in music". I feel like a lot of artists would've been compelled to write it as "lost in the music", but that seemingly subtle matters a lot, to me at least. Worst Song: Somebody Loves Me. What a waste of the energy from the previous song, that it just has to spill into this overwrought ballad. Overall: The best disco - which this inarguably is - has an undeniable element of joy to it. There's just a beautiful brightness to the whole album that makes it so enjoyable to listen to. Music for when you're feeling alive.

No skips

Five stars

Each song had great moments but most were drawn out so desperately that I couldn’t continue to enjoy it. Clearly an album meant to be danced to , not really sat down and analyzed. Solid talent but very little substance

liked it

Fun, funky, soulful. Sister Sledge encapsulates what makes soul…soul. Great vocals and melodies over vibrant and upbeat rhythms. This music always brings a smile to my face and gets me moving before I even realize my body is just naturally grooving to these tunes.

First, I can only think of the '79 Pirates before I listen to this. That was a fun time in my childhood and memories are vivid. As I listen, I swear I'm listening to every 90's Hip-Hop album ever made. Looking up Sister Sledge though, they aren't nearly as sampled as I thought. I'm a 70's funkateer, so this album resonates hard with me, even though it's more disco/soul than pure funk. Love it! Didn't realize the album was so complete from beginning to end.

Definition of fire. If you dont fw disco your soul is imbalanced

Correcto

Classic disco / R&B album, I don't think I have listened to it as an album before. Nile Roger being the producer on it and you can hear him all over it. It really is great! Not sure on 2 remixes each of lost in music and we are family, one each would have been enough. Stand out tracks: - He's the greatest dancer - Lost in music - Thinking of you - We are family - Easier to love

funky. probably won't ever listen to that again.

I have never once thought about who wrote We Are Family, but damn this was pretty good. I low key kind of like how groovy and funky disco as a whole is, and this is great disco. He's the Greatest Dancer is an awesome opener, didn't realize Gettin Jiggy Wit It sampled this, and I also really liked Lost in Music and Thinking of You.

solid but not my bag

Great record. Lots of fun, Nile Rogers-y stuff. I enjoyed.

I did not expect to enjoy this album as much as I did. We Are Family is iconic, but the rest was unknown to me. The disco vibe is strong, the bass lines are prominent, and it was just generally a fun album to listen to. Disco is so far from what I normally listen to, but I must have been in the right mood for this album!

Decent album, a bit like chic but a touch more commercial

this album was fun as hell. didn't necessarily need the remixes, but thats the fun part of a remastered album. kinda of crazy to think that 'We are Family' only came out in the 90's. But, here we are.

All the best from this era are just solely fun and good times, I will dance to this any day. And Nile Rogers once again pushing a great album to be even better.

The hits hit for sure. "Somebody Loves Me" is such a snooze fest, jeez.

We all know the We Are Family song. Well this record is basically the same song over and over again. It's got a lot of cool funky bass parts and the vocals are sung great. But the songs are very similar to each other and thus made this album kind of boring. It's not horrible, I did enjoy it for the most part. I was always curious to what the next song would be like, and to my disappointment, it was just the same ol' cookie cutter Sister Sledge paitnt-by-numbers formula. I won't listen to this again.

Nice disco atmosphere. The perfect album to listen to in the background, 4/5

This is absolutely a pleasant listen, with many hits on one album (including the really famous 'We Are Family'). This does feel very outdated and not more special than music from ABBA or Donna Summer, contemporaries who do the job better in my opinion. 3 stars.

Came for the groove, stayed for the bass

girl power for real. so groovy, 4/5

Kinda repetitive throughout. Songs all felt a little too long. Not something I’d see my self going back to. Fav Song: We Are Family.

Some fun, soulful tracks. Opener is comfortably my favorite.

The Niles Rodgers involvement can be heard often and I love it.

I don't know why I didn't think I'd like this...it was great! Hell yeah I'll take some disco!

Some outrageously huge black bear ledge dancefloor energy all over this.

Vocals are amazing. A romantic disco vibe overall.

Sick.

Funky and flipping fun, loved it!

Will Smith covered this I had no idea

Classic album, so many classics on here that I knew but didn't know were sister sledge songs.

I was excited for this album because “We Are Family” always makes me think of “The Birdcage”. The rest of the songs aren’t bad but they are not quite on the same level.

It’s always fun to find a hip hop sample in the wild (Greatest dancer - used in gettin jiggy with it) and We are family is super catchy. BUT the rest feels like filler and didn’t hold my interest.

Pretty ok Dance/70's music -- I have heard my partner's family sing "We are Family" every year at New Years for seemingly ever!

If you were listening to music in the 70s, wore bell bottoms and big spread collars, pulled your striped tube socks up to your knees, and liked Soul Train, you probably liked Disco, R&B and Soul. I was listening to music in the 70s, wore bell bottoms and big spread collars, pulled my striped tube socks up to my knees, liked Soul Train, and liked Disco, R&B and Soul. I do not do any of those things now.

Splendid

This album grooved like crazy! This disco and R&B combo is soooo soooo good. 4.5

One of her better collections

Heck yeah

Such a fun album!!

I really struggled to find any moment of this album that I didn't enjoy.

Disco music no está mal tiene el tema we are family hiper bailado

The hits are fine, but the deep cuts are bland.

My first time using this site... Recently ive been moved by house. This sounds like house? Idk buts its looks like.

Ja schon nice eigentlich

A delightful listen on my way to and from work on my bike, brought smiles to a lot of people's faces at stop lights

Not a bad track on this album. Loved it! Had me bopping the whole time.

Decent disco de disco TF: You are a friend to me o we are family

8. Sólido disco. Sumo el hitazo

Nah

Almost a smooth jazz album, even with the disco beat. I don't recall hearing these songs, aside from the famous one, back in the day. It's pleasant, and very highly produced. A solid effort. I'm really tired of "We Are Family" as it's become a prime wedding song. Even though it's great it's lost its luster from overplaying. Still, solid 3 stars.

Good ol disco! I can enjoy disco because I think it's just good to have music that's fun instead of just trying to have such serious music all the time. I also appreciate disco because of how it might have created the punk scene. Not a bad record at all but I would probably only listen to it under certain circumstances.

It's interesting to me that disco never really fused into anything else. Maybe because it's already watered down funk, R&B and soul so it didn't really have anywhere to go? I'm not really sure, but this record was super fun. It's groovy, poppy, kind of silly, but overall just really fun. I totally get why this was the music of 70s and 80s gay clubs. Its awesome. If I could bring this album into one word, it would celebration. This record is just a celebration of life, music, party, family, friendship. Nothing overly deep in terms of music or themes, but it isn't striving for that. And I think the world needs music like this. One note about musical evolution: I do like how disco is kind of building progression music. It actually reminds me of EDM. So maybe that's it, maybe EDM was the evolution of disco.

Brilliant disco songs with great songwriting by Edwards and Rogers from Chic

A true standout piece of the 70s, We Are Family has stood the test of time, paving the way for the R&B genre as a whole.

Groovy.

All fun and good

"We are family" was on the do not play list for my wedding reception, so.....

Nile Rogers at the peak of his powers + powerhouse vocals = the best full length of the Disco era and a total desert island record

DISCO - Flashback :-)

Very good album. Upbeat and probably killed it when it came out. Still holds up all these years later

Highly enjoyable

Couldn’t stop bopping