Brother to Brother (Gino Vannelli album)

Brother to Brother
Studio album by Gino Vannelli
Released	September 1978
Recorded	1978
Studio	Davlen Recording Studio, North Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz-rock, art rock, soft 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)

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Allmusic	[1]

Brother to Brother is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer Gino Vannelli and it was also his last for A&M Records. The album was released in 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), and "The River Must Flow".

Tracks

All songs written by Gino Vannelli except tracks 3 and 4 written by Ross Vannelli

1. "Appaloosa" (4:44)
2. "The River Must Flow" (3:48)
3. "I Just Wanna Stop" (3:37)
4. "Love and Emotion" (3:49)
5. "Feel Like Flying" (5:17)
6. "Brother to Brother" (7:16)
7. "Wheels of Life" (4:14)
8. "The Evil Eye" (4:14)
9. "People I Belong To" (4:01)

Personnel

• Gino Vannelli – vocals, synthesizer (Korg PS-3300)^[2]
• Joe Vannelli – keyboards
• Victor Feldman – vibraphone, background vocals
• Ernie Watts – saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Carlos Rios – guitar
• Jimmy Haslip – electric bass
• Leon Gaer – synthesized electric bass
• Mark Craney – drums
• Manolo Badrena – percussion
• Stephanie Spruill – background vocals
• Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Ross Vannelli – background vocals

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