1985 - The Gap Band - Gap Band VII [mp3@320][mrtude42] [H33t]

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Gap Band, The - Gap Band VII
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Review by Amy Hanson from allmusic.com

With their 1985 LP, The Gap Band VII, reaching a still-stellar number six R&B,
the band found themselves out of the very top of the charts for the first time
in the better part of a decade. Still slick and sure of their intent, the Gap Band
had reached a point where their material was beginning to become stagnant.
But stagnant by their standards still equaled solid-gold hits by anyone else.
With odd guitar slides and heavy bass wandering through the near-synth pop
of the opening "Desire," the band cleaved their way right into the heart of the
mid-decade mainstream, pausing only to take their softly strained R&B ballad
"Going in Circles" to number two. But, for the band, it was quickly back to
business across the eminently catchy tunes "Automatic Brain" and "Ooh, What
a Feeling," leaving both "L'il Red Funkin' Hood" and "Bumpin' Gum People,"
which features funkier vocals than listeners had heard from the band in quite
some time, to round out the set with some good-old Gap Band sonics.
Elsewhere, the band pulled a quiet storm trick out of their bag on "I Know
We'll Make It."

Gap Band VII isn't a bad set. But, in light of what listeners would come to love
this band for, it emerged strangely disappointing, and more sadly still,
ultimately lacking the group's usual snap and fire.

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Tracklisting
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1. Gap Band, The - Automatic Brain [04:48]
2. Gap Band, The - Bumpin' Gum People [04:22]
3. Gap Band, The - Desire [05:22]
4. Gap Band, The - Going In Circles [04:16]
5. Gap Band, The - I Know We'll Make It [05:13]
6. Gap Band, The - I Need Your Love [03:29]
7. Gap Band, The - I Want A Real Love [03:44]
8. Gap Band, The - L'il Red Funkin' Hood [05:13]
9. Gap Band, The - Ooh, What A Feeling [04:03]

Playing Time.........: 40:33
Total Size...........: 101.81 MB

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Artist...............: Gap Band, The
Album................: Gap Band VII
Genre................: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1985
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-gap-band-vii-mw0000851891 / http://www.discogs.com/Gap-Band-Gap-Band-VII/master/158014
Ripped by............: mrtude on 8/10/2013
Posted by............: mrtude on 8/10/2013
Included.............: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U, CUE
Covers...............: Front
NFO generated on.....: 8/10/2013 11:51:51 AM
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