The Gap Band III
| Gap Band III | ||||
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| Released | December 8, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Studio | Total Experience Recording Studios (Hollywood) | |||
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| Length | 44:45 | |||
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| Producer | Lonnie Simmons[1] | |||
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The Gap Band III is the fifth studio album (contrary to the title) by American R&B band the Gap Band, released in 1980 on Mercury Records. It was produced by Lonnie Simmons. It was their first album to achieve platinum status. The album was reissued in a remastered edition by PTG Records in 2009.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable)[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [4] |
The album reached #1 on the Black Albums chart and #16 on the Billboard Hot 200.[5] The album yielded 3 charting singles: the #60 R&B song "Humpin'", "Yearning for Your Love", a #5 R&B single which peaked at #60 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the #1 R&B hit "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)", which reached #19 on the dance charts and #84 on the Hot 100.[6]
This would be the group's final release by Mercury Records (via Total Experience Productions). The Gap Band's next six albums were released on Total Experience Records.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "When I Look in Your Eyes" | Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor, Wilmer Raglin | 4:59 |
| 2. | "Yearning for Your Love" | Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson | 5:42 |
| 3. | "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor | 5:30 |
| 4. | "Nothin' Comes to Sleepers" | Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson | 5:33 |
| 5. | "Are You Living" | Charlie Wilson, John Black | 4:23 |
| 6. | "Sweet Caroline" | Charlie Wilson, Malvin Vice | 3:20 |
| 7. | "Humpin'" | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor | 5:13 |
| 8. | "The Way" | Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson | 4:47 |
| 9. | "Gash Gash Gash" | Robert Wilson | 5:18 |
| 10. | "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) [Radio Version]" | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor | 4:09 |
Personnel
- Charlie Wilson - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals
- Ronnie Wilson - Trumpet, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
- Robert Wilson - Bass, Backing Vocals (Lead vocals on "Gash Gash Gash")
- Oliver Scott - Horns, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals
- Raymond Calhoun - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
- Melvin Webb, Ronnie Kaufman - Drums
- John Black - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
- Malvin "Dino" Vice - String Arrangements, Backing Vocals
- Cavin Yarbrough - Synthesizer
- Robert "Goodie" Whitfield - Keyboards
- Fred Jenkins - Guitar
- Glen Nightingale - Guitar
- Marlo Henderson - Guitar
- Wilmer Raglin- Horns, Backing Vocals
- Earl Roberson - Horns
- Katie Kilpatrick - Harp
- The Gap Band, Howard Huntsberry, Jonah Ellis, Marva King, Maxanne Lewis, Rudy Taylor, Val Young, Lonnie Simmons, Malvin "Dino" Vice - Backing Vocals
Charts
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Pop Albums[7] | 16 |
| Billboard Top Soul Albums[7] | 1 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions[8] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop |
US R&B |
US Disco | ||
| 1981 | "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" | 84 | 1 | 19 |
| "Yearning for Your Love" | 60 | 5 | - | |
| "Humpin'" | - | 60 | - | |
See also
References
- ^ Credits
- ^ Henderson, Alex. The Gap Band: The Gap Band III > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "The 80 Greatest Albums of 1980". Rolling Stone. November 11, 2020.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 271, 272.
- ^ Album Charts and Awards at Allmusic
- ^ Singles Charts and Awards at Allmusic
- ^ a b "The Gap Band US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- ^ "The Gap Band US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 11, 2011.