We Are Family

IF on a tight budget, and contemplating which SISTER SLEDGE album to own, well look no further because "WE ARE FAMILY" is truly the one!!.Designed to make you dance and to make you think, this stunning album is indeed the SISTERS crowning achievement!!.Perfect from start to finish, with a CHIC feel to it, the program kicks off with the mega hit "HE'S THE GREATEST DANCER",this song is one of the most enjoyable disco songs ever recorded,you will agree as you listen. Next is the pulsing yet obsessive "WE ARE LOST IN MUSIC", another stunning recording,another favorite of mine. "SOMEBODY LOVES ME" is a true Ballard in every sense, this one is so slow, sad and blue, expressing pure doubt towards a significant other. Then comes the lively praising "THINKING OF YOU", followed by the all-time classic "WE ARE FAMILY" it's so lively and positive. It's elements has easily stood the test of time itself. I never tire of this record!!. Next comes the gloomy yet real "EASIER TO LOVE" the message,the vocal and instrumental arrangements here is truly very well done,this song really hits home. "YOU ARE A FRIEND TO ME" is laid back reggae flavored Ballard. Finishing off on a bouncy note is the swinging "ONE MORE TIME", done nicely as only the SISTERS can. Plus two remixes of "WE ARE FAMILY" and also two remixes of "LOST IN MUSIC" as bonuses are here on this special imported edition.If you are a fan of the super disco group CHIC, then you must be aware of SISTER SLEDGE, because the songs of both groups are produced by the same folks, BERNARD EDWARDS and NILE RODGERS.This album cannot age, an immortal of sorts. Highly recommended to all who is into timeless disco, it will secure it's place in your private stock and in your heart.

Great CD

I've been re-purchasing my favorite disco era songs and albums. The disco era was 'my era' and reflected my love for music and dance. This is a mega find. the sound quality is unbelievably great and the 12" songs on this album are nothing short of a gift. Please, Please don't sleep this. We don't know when the next time will be that the music industry will be this wise and actually give the public what it wants. If you loved the song 'lost in music' like I did, then you won't want to pass up the chance to get more then one version of that and so many others all on one compilation.

This is so much FUN! It's so SWEET! I love to sing along with it and dance around the room to it and it brings back great memories and I do not CARE what anybody says about DISCO...Sister Sledge did some awesome stuff. This is alive and well and if you can put this album on the player and not get out of your chair and move around the room and want to sing along, then you need to be stuffed and lacquered. Or you're already dead. If you're not sure, buy this album just to check yourself out.

A classic 70's album that got played a lot on my 8-track player! Really enjoyed it.

Always love Sister Sledge, from back in the day-the present. We played we are family @ our family reunion! It was Great!!!

This album is awesome with not just its title song but really great ballads that allow all the ladies to show off their singing skills.Classic.

this music still stands the test of time it could have easily been recorded in 2015 . these sisters can truly sing. I constantly play this cd while driving to work it makes my commute a more pleasant experience.

There can't be many disco albums so lacking in filler - I'd never heard any of the non-single tracks here until I bought this, and they're all good songs with the fine Sledge vocals and peerless Chic rhythm section, mostly relatively downbeat but definitely still disco.Meanwhile the three classic hit singles are present in longer versions here. The first two tracks, He's The Greatest Dancer and, particularly, the awesome Lost In Music, benefit hugely from being longer but are essentially the same mixes as the single edits. We Are Family, however, at well over 8 minutes, definitely outlives its welcome. This is entirely because Kathy Sledge is allowed to adlib solo over much of the track and, given the overall quality of the album, never mind the actual song, this is a major disappointment, wasting one of the greatest rhythm tracks ever committed to tape. You probably wouldn't be too bothered in a disco, but from a purely listening p.o.v. this is probably the low point of the album.Finally the original album is augmented by two remixes each of We Are Family and Lost In Music. It's very unusual for such after-the-event remixes to equal, let alone improve on, the originals, and these certainly don't. The first three now sound dated anyway by virtue of being from the early 90s; the last is at least a Chic remix.Buy for the (almost) flawless original album, disco didn't get much better than this; stuff the remixes.

The music is great - you probably don't need me to tell you that. What spoils it for me is that it is one of those 'protected' CDs which doesn't allow me to back it up onto my PC, which also means i can't make a copy for listening to it in my car.That's the only reason it doesn't get 5 stars though.Update:I have just been given the option to download this album using the Autorip facility on Amazon, which i've taken up, and now have everything i was lacking before (in this case...). It would've been easier if the CD itself had allowed me to do this myself,nevertheless, i'm grateful for the work-round.

We Are Family ........great album frome the days of good old disco, love every track and its great to hear the longer 12inch copys as well, not to sure about the 90s remix, did not like it at all. apart from that iam glad i got the cd as my old LP was not playing to good, worn out i think...lol.so if like me you love the old stuff and want to disco the good old way go get this, put it on and become part of the sister sledge family.............enjoy We Are Family

This is one of the great albums of the disco era and perhaps the peak of the Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards [Chic] producing career it has that distinctive Chic sound that defines the era and contains the classics' We Are Family', 'Lost In Music' and 'He's The Greatest Dancer'. For those intrigued by the sound of Daft Punks recent hit will find this a revelation.

Nile Rodgers' finest moment - every track is a classic