The Sisters (Sister Sledge album)

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The Sisters
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 18, 1982
Recorded1981
StudioStarship, Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Length42:27
Label Cotillion
Producer Sister Sledge
Sister Sledge chronology
All American Girls
(1981)
The Sisters
(1982)
Bet Cha Say That to All the Girls
(1983)
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Smash Hits 8½/10 [1]

The Sisters is the sixth studio album by American R&B vocal group Sister Sledge, released in 1982 by Cotillion Records. The album is the group's first self-production. [2] It contains a remake of the Mary Wells hit "My Guy". [2] The Sisters peaked at No. 14 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart [3] as well as No. 69 on the Billboard 200 chart. [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Super Bad Sisters" (Art Austin, Robert Allen, Debbie Sledge Young, Joni Sledge, Kathy Sledge Lightfoot, Kim Sledge) – 4:38
  2. "My Guy" (William "Smokey" Robinson Jr.) – 3:46
  3. "Lightfootin'" (Kathy Sledge Lightfoot, Phillip Lightfoot) – 3:59
  4. "My Special Way" (Mark Moulin) – 5:03
  5. "Grandma" (Art Austin, Robert Allen) – 3:50
  6. "Get You in Our Love" (Michael Clark) – 3:53
  7. "Il Mácquillage Lady" (Joni Sledge) – 3:57
  8. "Everybody's Friend" (Kathy Sledge Lightfoot, Timothy J. Tobias) – 4:33
  9. "All the Man I Need" (Dean Pitchford, Michael Gore) – 4:41
  10. "Jacki's Theme: There's No Stopping Us" (Carol Conners, William Goldstein) – 4:07

Personnel

Sister Sledge

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Production

CBS Sports used "Jacki's Theme: There's No Stopping Us" as the theme for its highlights of the 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament following the championship game. In the final, North Carolina defeated Georgetown 63–62, with the Tar Heels scoring the winning points on a jumper by freshman Michael Jordan with 16 seconds remaining. The game featured several future National Basketball Association stars and Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductees, including Jordan, James Worthy and Sam Perkins of North Carolina, and Patrick Ewing of Georgetown, along with legendary coaches Dean Smith (North Carolina) and John Thompson (Georgetown). Five years later, CBS first used "One Shining Moment" for tournament highlights, a tradition which continues to this day. The 1982 NCAA tournament was CBS' first after NBC Sports held the broadcast rights from 1969 to 1981. Daft Punk sampled "Il Macquillage Lady" for one of their track for their Aerodynamic from the album Discovery.

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References

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