The Gap Band II
The Gap Band II is the fourth studio album by the Gap Band, released in 1979 on Mercury Records. It is their second major label release, and produced by Lonnie Simmons.
Reception
The album reached No. 3 on the Black Albums chart and No. 42 on the Pop Albums chart. The album produced the singles "Steppin' ", "Party Lights", and "I [Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)]".The album established the Gap Band as leaders in the R&B market, becoming their first gold album, selling over 500,000 copies through 1980. The album's most successful track, "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance ", was their first to incorporate aspects of the P-Funk sound. The song also alludes to a well-known corruption of the childhood nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill.
Track listing
| # | Title | Writer | Length |
| 1. | "Steppin' " | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson | 4:25 |
| 2. | "No Hiding Place" | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson | 5:34 |
| 3. | "I Don't Believe You Want to [Get Up and Dance (Oops!)]" | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Rudolph Taylor | 8:39 |
| 4. | "Who Do You Call" | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson | 4:57 |
| 5. | "You Are My High" | Charlie Wilson, Johnsye Smith, Ronnie Wilson | 5:38 |
| 6. | "Party Lights" | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Rudolph Taylor | 3:54 |
| 7. | "The Boys Are Back in Town" | Charlie Wilson, Malvin Dino Vice, Lonnie Simmons | 5:45 |
Personnel
- Charlie Wilson - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals
- Ronnie Wilson - Trumpet, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
- Robert Wilson - Bass, Backing Vocals
- Greg Phillinganes - Keyboards, Percussion, Synthesizer
- John Black, Louie Cabaza - Keyboards
- Emzie Parker III, Glenn Nightingale, James Macon - Guitar
- Raymond Calhoun - Drums, Percussion
- Ronnie Kaufman - Drums
- Malvin "Dino" Vice, Trumpet, Backing Vocals, Horn Arrangements
- Oliver "Gussie" Scott - Trombone - Backing Vocals
- Malvin "Dino" Vice - Horn Arrangements
- Benjamin Wright - String Arrangements
- Bernard Baisden - Trombone
- Fernando Harkless - Tenor Saxophone
- Lois Peoples, Angela Smith, Calvin Yarbrough, Gail Johnson, Howard Huntsberry, Robert "Goodie" Whitfield, Rudolph Taylor - Backing Vocals