Gap Band IV

Gap Band IV is the sixth album (contrary to the title) by The Gap Band, released in 1982 on Total Experience Records. The album reached #1 on the Black Albums chart and #14 on the Pop Albums chart, achieved platinum status, and is considered their most successful project.

Gap Band IV
Studio album by
The Gap Band
ReleasedMay 17, 1982
Recorded1981–82
StudioTotal Experience Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)
GenreR&B, soul, funk
Length42:05
LabelTotal Experience
ProducerLonnie Simmons
The Gap Band chronology
The Gap Band III
(1980)		 Gap Band IV
(1982)		 Gap Band V: Jammin'
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Robert ChristgauB+ [2]

The album produced the singles "Early in the Morning" (#1 Black Singles, #13 Club Play Singles, #24 Pop Singles), "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" (#2 Black Singles, #39 Club Play Singles, #31 Pop Singles), and "Outstanding" (#1 Black Singles, #24 Club Play Singles, #51 Pop Singles). It also achieved a rare feat in which every song on the album received radio airplay.

This was the first album producer Lonnie Simmons released directly on his label, Total Experience Records. The album was later reissued on CD in 1994 by Mercury Records.

Track listing
#TitleWriter(s)Length
1.Early in the MorningCharlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor6:30
2.Season's No Reason To ChangeLonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson4:49
3.Lonely Like MeLonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor5:21
4.OutstandingRaymond Calhoun3:18
5.Stay With MeRonnie Wilson4:11
6.You Dropped a Bomb on MeCharlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor5:10
7.I Can't Get Over YouCharlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson6:02
8.Talkin' BackCharlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor6:42

Personnel
  • Charlie Wilson - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals
  • Ronnie Wilson - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Percussion, Backing Vocals
  • Robert Wilson - Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Backing Vocals
  • Oliver Scott - Horns, Synthesizer, Keyboards
  • Raymond Calhoun - Drums, Percussion
  • Melvin Webb, Ronnie Kaufman - Drums
  • Dionne Oliver - Bass
  • Fred Jenkins, Glen Nightingale, Jimi Macon - Guitar
  • Robert "Goodie" Whitfield, Louis Cabaza - Keyboards, Synthesizer
  • Wilmer Raglin- Horns, Backing Vocals
  • Andy Ward, Earl Roberson, Larry Stone - Horns
  • David Drew, Marva King, Maxayn Lewis, Alisa Peoples, Calvin Yarbrough, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor, Sheila Young, Val Young - Backing Vocals

Charts
Chart (1982) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[3] 14
Billboard Top Soul Albums[3] 1

Singles
Year Single Chart positions[4]
US
Pop		 US
R&B		 US
Disco
1982 "Early in the Morning" 24 1 13
"You Dropped a Bomb on Me" 31 2 39
1983 "Outstanding" 51 1 24

See also
  • List of number-one R&B albums of 1982 (U.S.)

References
  1. Lytle, Craig. Gap Band IV > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  2. Christgau, Robert. "Gap Band IV > review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  3. "The Gap Band US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
  4. "The Gap Band US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
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