1983 studio album by Sister Sledge
Bet Cha Say That to All The Girls Released April 18, 1983 Recorded 1982 Studio
Genre [1] Length 39 :50 Label Cotillion Producer George Duke
"B.Y.O.B (Bring Your Own Baby)" Released: 1983
"Gotta Get Back to Love" Released: 1983
"Thank You for the Party" Released: 1983
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1]
Bet Cha Say That to All The Girls is the seventh studio album by American R&B and pop girl group Sister Sledge .[1] It was released in 1983 on the Cotillion Records label.[1] Singles from the album included "B.Y.O.B (Bring Your Own Baby)", "Gotta Get Back to Love", "Thank You for the Party". The album peaked at number 169 on the Billboard 200 chart[2] and number 35 on the Top R&B Albums chart in 1983.[3]
Track listing
Side A Title Writer(s) 1. "B.Y.O.B (Bring Your Own Baby)" 3:46 2. "Lifetime Lover" Derek Graves Sister Sledge 4:30 3. "Once in Your Life" 3:43 4. "Shake Me Down" Crystal Blake David Paul Bryant Mitch Kaplan Peter Rafeson 4:15 5. "Dream On" 4:00 Total length: 19:34
Side B Title Writer(s) 1. "Let Him Go" George Duke 3:50 2. "Smile" 5:10 3. "Bet Cha Say That to All the Girls" David "Hawk" Wollinski 4:21 4. "Gotta Get Back to Love" 3:39 5. "Thank You for the Party" 3:56 Total length: 20:16
Charts
Personnel
Personnel adapted from liner notes.
Sister Sledge
Kathy Sledge Lightfoot – Lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–10)
Joni Sledge – Lead vocals (tracks 2, 8)
Debbie Sledge Young – Lead vocals (tracks 2, 3)
Kim Sledge – Lead vocals (tracks 2, 5)
with:
Al Jarreau – rap (track 8)
Jeffrey Osborne – backing vocals (track 10)
George Duke – keyboards, LinnDrum , Linn LM-1
Charles Fearing – guitar (track 2)
Peter Rafelson – guitar (track 4)
Mike Sembello – guitar
Louis Johnson – bass
Freddie Washington – bass (tracks 1, 6)
Nathan Watts – bass (track 2)
David Paul Bryant – Moog bass (track 4)
Ricky Lawson – drums
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
Larry Williams – flute, tenor & baritone saxophone
Ronnie Lewis – soprano saxophone (track 3)
Gary Grant , Jerry Hey – trumpet & flugelhorn
Lou McGreary – trombone, bass trombone
Dorothy Remsen – harp
Assa Dori, Brenton B. Banks, George Kast, Gerald Vinci, Irma Neumann, Joy Lyle, Marylin R. Graham, Reg Hill, Robert Shushel, Sherril C. Baptist, Stuart V. Canin, Thomas R. Buffum – violin
Allan Harshman, David Schwartz, Rollice E. Dale, Samuel Boghosian – viola
Barbara Hunter, Earl S. Madison, Frederick Seykora, Raymond S. Kelley – cello
Production
Producer: George Duke
Assistant producer: Cheryl R. Brown
Vocal arrangements by George Duke & Sister Sledge
Horn arrangements by George Duke (tracks: A5, B3) & Jerry Hey (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B2, B4, B5)
Strings conductor & string arrangements: George Del Barrio
Strings contractor: Bill Hughes
Recording & remix engineer: Tommy Vicari
Additional engineering: Erik Zobler
References
^ a b c d Hanson, Amy. "Sister Sledge - Bet Cha Say That to All the Girls (1983) album review". AllMusic . Retrieved 28 June 2018 .
^ "Sister Sledge Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard . Retrieved 28 June 2018 .
^ "Sister Sledge Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved 28 June 2018 .
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