| Stories | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 20, 1980 | |||
| Genre | Disco, R&B | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren | |||
| Gloria Gaynor chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Stories is the eighth album by Gloria Gaynor, released in 1980. Failing to produce any hit singles, Stories didn't fare as well as its predecessors and peaked at #178 on the Billboard 200.
This album has yet to be reissued on CD.
Billboard's reviewer noted with satisfaction that "Gaynor deserts the dictates of disco for an album of classic pop-soul songs". He singled out "Ain't No Bigger Fool" and "Make Me Yours" as fine examples of the Motown sound brought up-to-date, with powerful bass lines, beefy brass and call-and-response backup vocals". As well as a couple of ballads, "Don't Read Me Wrong" and "The Luckiest Girl In The World," that "underscore Gaynor's versatility". As a result critic called Stories a "singer's best LP in years". [3]
All tracks are written by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ain't No Bigger Fool" | 4:33 |
| 2. | "I Let Love Slip Right Through My Hands" | 4:46 |
| 3. | "On a Diet of You" | 4:42 |
| 4. | "Lock Me Up" | 3:46 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "All My Life" | Christine Yarian, Samuel F. Brown III | 4:25 |
| 6. | "Don't Read Me Wrong" | Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra | 3:47 |
| 7. | "The Luckiest Girl in the World" | 5:10 | |
| 8. | "Make Me Yours" | 3:23 |
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