The Gap Band III

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Gap Band III
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 8, 1980
Recorded1980
StudioTotal Experience Recording Studios (Hollywood)
Genre
Length44:45
Label
Producer Lonnie Simmons [1]
The Gap Band chronology
The Gap Band II
(1979)
Gap Band III
(1980)
Gap Band IV
(1982)

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.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rolling Stone (favorable) [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When I Look in Your Eyes"Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor, Wilmer Raglin4:59
2."Yearning for Your Love"Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson5:42
3."Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)"Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor5:30
4."Nothin' Comes to Sleepers"Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson5:33
5."Are You Living"Charlie Wilson, John Black4:23
6."Sweet Caroline"Charlie Wilson, Malvin Vice3:20
7."Humpin'"Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor5:13
8."The Way"Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson4:47
9."Gash Gash Gash"Robert Wilson5:18
10."Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) [Radio Version]"Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor4:09

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums [7] 16
Billboard Top Soul Albums [7] 1

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [8]
US
Pop
US
R&B
US
Disco
1981"Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)"84119
"Yearning for Your Love"605-
"Humpin'"-60-

See also

References

  1. Credits
  2. Henderson, Alex. The Gap Band: The Gap Band III > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  3. "The 80 Greatest Albums of 1980". Rolling Stone . November 11, 2020.
  4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 271, 272.
  5. Album Charts and Awards at Allmusic
  6. Singles Charts and Awards at Allmusic
  7. 1 2 "The Gap Band US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  8. "The Gap Band US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 11, 2011.