Brother to Brother (Gino Vannelli album)

Brother to Brother
Studio album by Gino Vannelli
Released	September 9, 1978 [1]
Recorded	1978
Studio	Davlen (North Hollywood)
Genre	Jazz-rock, art rock, soft rock, yacht rock
Length	41:00
Label	A&M
Producer	Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, and Ross Vannelli
Gino Vannelli chronology
A Pauper in Paradise (1977) Brother to Brother (1978) Nightwalker (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992)	[3]

Brother to Brother is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer Gino Vannelli. Despite its success - the biggest of Vannelli's career - it was also his last for A&M Records. The album was released in September 1978 and featured "I Just Wanna Stop", Vannelli's highest-charting single to date in both the US and Canada, where the single reached #4 and #1 respectively. Two other singles were released from the LP, "Wheels of Life" (U.S. #78, Canada #31 ^[4] ), and "The River Must Flow" (Canada #80 ^[5] ).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gino Vannelli, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Appaloosa"		4:44
2.	"The River Must Flow"		3:48
3.	"I Just Wanna Stop"	Ross Vannelli	3:37
4.	"Love and Emotion"	Ross Vannelli	3:49
5.	"Feel Like Flying"		5:17
Total length:			20:25

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Brother to Brother"	7:16
2.	"Wheels of Life"	4:14
3.	"The Evil Eye"	4:14
4.	"People I Belong To"	4:01
Total length:		19:45

Usage In Media

"Appaloosa" was featured in the 2006 Rockstar Games video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories , which is set in 1984, on the in-game radio station Flash FM.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978/79)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [6]	78
Canada (RPM) [7]	3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8]	43
US Billboard 200 [9]	13

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) [10]	45
Chart (1979)	Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [11]	43
US Billboard 200 [12]	47

Personnel

• Gino Vannelli – lead vocals, synthesizer
• Joe Vannelli – electric piano, synthesizers
• Carlos Rios – guitars
• Leon Gaer – synthesized electric bass (1–4, 7, 8)
• Jimmy Haslip – electric bass (5, 6, 9), bass solo (6)
• Mark Craney – drums
• Manolo Badrena – percussion
• Victor Feldman – vibraphone
• Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
• Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
• Maxine Waters – backing vocals
• Julia Waters – backing vocals
• Ross Vannelli – backing vocals

Production

• Produced and Arranged by Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli and Ross Vannelli.
• Engineered and Mixed by Norm Kinney
• Assistant Engineer – Chris Desmond
• Remixing Assistants – Paul Aronoff and Betty Banghart
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction – Roland Young
• Design – Grafis
• Photography – Mark Hanauer

References

1. "Tracks on Brother to Brother - Gino Vannelli (September 9, 1978) | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
2. Elias, Jason. Brother to Brother at AllMusic
3. DeCurtis, Anthony; George-Warren, Holly and Henke, James; The Rolling Stone Album Guide – Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist, p. 733 ISBN   0679737294
4. "RPM Top 100 Singles - April 21, 1979" (PDF).
5. "RPM Top 100 Singles - July 7, 1979" (PDF).
6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 320. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
7. "RPM Top 100 Albums - December 23, 1978" (PDF).
8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Gino Vannelli – Brother To Brother" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
9. "Gino Vannelli Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
10. "RPM Top 100 Albums of '78 - December 30, 1978" (PDF).
11. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6920". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
12. "Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1979". BestSellingAlbums.org. Retrieved 11 December 2024.

External links

• Brother to Brother at Discogs (list of releases)