Step II
Step II | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Studio | Fantasy Studios (Berkeley, California) Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) Clark-Brown Audio (Los Angeles, California) | |||
Genre | Disco, pop | |||
Label | Fantasy | |||
Producer | Harvey Fuqua, Sylvester | |||
Sylvester chronology | ||||
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Singles from Step II | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
Pitchfork | 9.2/10[3] |
Step II is the fourth studio album by American singer Sylvester, released in 1978 on the Fantasy label.
Commercial performance[]
The album peaked at No. 7 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 28 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Dance (Disco Heat)", which peaked at No. 4 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)", which charted at No. 20 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. Both songs reached No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 13, 1979.
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" | Sylvester, Tip Wirrick | 6:30 |
2. | "Dance (Disco Heat)" | Eric Robinson, Victor Osborn | 5:50 |
3. | "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Epilogue" | Sylvester, Tip Wirrick | 3:19 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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4. | "Grateful" | Sylvester, Michael Finden | 3:27 |
5. | "I Took My Strength from You" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 7:16 |
6. | "Was It Something That I Said" | Sylvester, Harvey Fuqua | 4:15 |
7. | "Just You and Me Forever" | Eric Robinson, Victor Osborn | 4:31 |
Personnel[]
- Sylvester: lead vocals and backing vocals, acoustic piano
- Patrick Cowley: synthesizers and sequencer
- Michael C. Finden: electric piano, organ and clavinet
- Tip Wirrick: electric guitar
- Eric Robinson: acoustic piano (track 7)
- Bob Kingson: bass (tracks 1-6)
- James Jamerson, Jr.: bass (track 7)
- Randy Merritt: drums (tracks 1-6)
- James Gadson: drums (track 7)
- David Frazier: percussions
- Izora Rhodes, Martha Wash : backing vocals
Charts[]
Album
Chart (1978) | Peak Position[4] |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 74 |
U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 28 |
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 7 |
Singles
Year | Single | Peaks | ||
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US [4] |
US R&B [4] |
US Dan [4] | ||
1978 | "Dance (Disco Heat)" | 19 | 4 | 1 |
"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" | 36 | 20 |
References[]
- ^ Step II review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved November 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Torres, Eric (February 7, 2021). "Sylvester: Step II". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "US Charts > Sylvester". Billboard. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 303. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1978 albums
- Sylvester (singer) albums
- Albums produced by Harvey Fuqua
- Fantasy Records albums