We Are Family

Today I learned that the four singers are actually sisters so We are Family brings a new meaning to me. The only bright spot on this album is Nile Rodgers' inimitable guitar playing. When he's playing the tunes have an infectious funky beat that really elevates it from the detritus of this pop/soul album. There are two passable songs on this album so it gets two stars.

Not for me

Was alright. Funky but a bit samey after a while.

Decent, for disco, although Lost in Music is a hypnotically great track. Some of the slower songs drag massively, and even the big hits are only decent. Involvement of Chic elevates it slightly, but I just didn't enjoy it enough for it to score very highly.

It's fine. Pretty straightforward. We Are Family is obviously a classic, but not really too much going on outside of that worth mentioning. Standouts: We Are Family

every song sounds the saaaammmemememeem

2.5

Track 1: He’s the Greatest Dancer This is groovy. I like the lyrics and this song a lot. It does get really repetitive over time. Track 2: Lost in Music This is fine. Sounds like a more toned down We Are Family. Track 3: Somebody Loves Me This is a ballad, but sad. It’s very nice. Track 4: Thinking of You So far, so many of these songs sound the same. This is an okay song. Just disco music Track 5: We Are Family This is the title track and is simply the best song on this album. It stands out and just possesses so much diversity in sound. Compared to the other songs. Track 6: Easier to Love This song is ok. I’m honestly just bored. Track 7: You’re a Friend to Me Once again, this song is mediocre. Not much stands out to me. Track 8: One More Time I like this one. It’s simple but catchy. I love the guitar solo. (Skipping the remixes)

For a minute, I thought "He's a Great Dancer" was a wholesome appreciation of a guy's good moves. Then it turned out they were just objectifying him from the dancefloor to the bedroom. "We Are Family" is a terrific disco classic, but there's not much else of note here. Disco can be kinda dull and repetitive sometimes, seemingly working counter to the dance-fueled aims of the genre.

I echo all the reviews that pitch this between a 2 and a 3. So rounding up or down is the dilemma. On balance I’m not revisiting this album unless you were in a discussion about Nile Rodgers. I will give a 2 ignoring his other contributions to music. Eg Bowie

Yea man this sounds like the kind of music this group would make. Made the album to sell that one song

Kinda my vibes, but didn’t get to listen enough

Good disco album with nice riffs, but could do without the remixes at the end.

Not really my style overall, but some fun stuff. I always enjoyed that jangly style of Niles Rodgers on the guitar. The harmonies are great and the sisters sound like they are having fun. The title song is certainly a classic. The rest is ok but this isn’t something I think I’ll be throwing on much.

Mwoah. Eher langweilig.

We are family. I got all my sisters with me. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. They basically take one line and stretch it out to fill an entire song. I really don’t like disco. Now here I am twelve hours later and it’s still stuck in my head.

Okay album. Songs are repetitive throughout each song and most of the songs sound similar to each other so it gets kind of boring. I'm sure some people like it, but not really for me.

• Definitely not my usual style of music, but it is catchy • This album is the definition of background music • Their Alvin and the Chipmunks cover is cool • The fast songs all sound the same and the slow songs are boring • The close doesn’t have the same punch as many of the other tracks • I was happy when the album finally finished Favourite song: We Are Family

Lo que le pasa a todos los discos de disco: hacen una rola de tres líneas y luego la repiten medio millón de veces.

Ook dit is niet mijn genre. Maar het luistert wel aardig weg.

Not a big fan of disco. This album has a few good tracks but most of them get on my nerves

Chill, upbeat, nice to have on in the background.

Not a terrible album, but as it's a remaster there are a lot of the same track, and not all of them are successful. Wouldn't turn it off though.

Ok for what it is, but not my cup-of-tea, and I’m not a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. (You probably gotta be aged 55+ to get that reference…) Also, I don’t think there is any compelling reason to put this album on the list.

Ouains. Une chance qu’il y a Bernard Edwards là-dessus, parce que le reste est pas super intéressant. Ça groove et tout, c’est bien fait, mais les arrangement de cordes sont plate un peu. On dirait que Edwards-Rogers ont essayés de répliquer leur succès de Chic avec d’autre monde et c’est, à mon avis, un peu trop copie-conforme.

Good production and melodies on this one, just not enough distinct material to sustain much interest.

Hard to stand listening to the song We Are Family at this point. Rest of the album is boring.

Kinda boring dont eve finished

Positively speaking, this album contains many of the tropes of the 70s, from the R&B smoothness to the Disco beats, and it does it with real authenticity. While not the usual fare for this listener, the album experience on Spotify was great, the tones and sounds were warm, the vocals were clear and distinct, it was a well-executed-for-this-ear listen. "We Are Family" a most recognizable chorus that has claimed its status as what will likely be a permanent social/pop culture reference, is certainly worth the full listen. Put aside the commercials and with intent disavow the jingly reputation of the song, and give Sister Sledge an opportunity to introduce themselves.

Not my thing but didn’t hate it

Plätschert etwas dahin. Lost in Music fand ich aber schon immer geil. Gute 2.

It's not the best disco out there at all. Some okay tracks to start with but it loses steam as it carries on

Meh. I mean...it was okay I guess? I didn't completely hate it. Not a huge fan of disco though, so I'm a bit biased against this one. Fave track: We Are Family is the obvious choice but also enjoyed He's the Greatest Dancer.

fking disco :)

I like the track "We Are Family", but the rest of the songs are boring and uninteresting.

pretty funky but still boring

Great for a Disco album

Die können nichts dafür - nicht mein Ding

Good sound

Lots of these sounded like the same song. Not super crazy for this.

Standard Rodgers/Edwards disco. Heard this play on the radio way too many times.

Te zoetzappig.

Vlees nog visch.

Eh. I mean, really… Eh. Unless it’s being played after a wedding, I’m all good on ever hearing the title track again in my life.

Meh. The current spotify version has We Are Family on it 3 times, and two of those versions are over 8 minutes long! Nobody likes that song enough to listen to over 20 minutes of it on one album.

Second Listen. Still not great. 2/5. A few good songs, no doubt.

Some good hooks, the hits are recognizable from pretty much any Disco related media you've ever seen. Very repetitive, seems like they get an idea for a song and then just milk that one line or tune on repeat for 5+ minutes.

We are family

Funky, groovy album with pre-nods to disco. Not my favorite.

Way too long an album and very repetitive. Too bored to finish it fully, or maybe I just wasn’t at a party in the 80s…

-not my kinda jam... -kinda catchy songs -sweet sounding but not my thing

Either the entire style or at least this particular album didn't age well at all. The music isn't bad as such, but it's entirely uninteresting to me from start to finish. The well-known title track might be the worst song of the album by virtue of being catchy in an annoying way.

No coneixia aquestes germanes, tret del seu èxit "We are family". Àlbum amable de disco funk. Per tenir de fons, inofensiu i agradable, però sense més.

From the golden age of disco, where you can repeat the same lyrics 80 times over! Some of the bass funk lines are awesome!

Still feels fresh. Got that obvious Niles Rogers influence.

disco is dead

The source of a lot of hip/hop and rap hooks and beats later one. Full force disco funk with wedding staples that every DJ dreads. But they are staples.

Oi miksi olen jättänyt nämä kaikkein kehnoimmat levyt rästiin. Kolmas alle keskinkertainen levy kuuntelussa tälle päivälle, ja huumori alkaa vähitellen loppumaan. Tosi ihanan happyjee fiilis levyllä ja kaikkee, ei nyt vaan jaksa yhtään.

Groovy, funky. Too clean, not much substance.

My sisters and me did not like it very much.

Definitely disco. But I find myself jiggling my foot and getting lost in the music as I work. Pleasant at first, but some of it's kind of sappy. ... OK reeeeally sappy. Won't be listening again. It's fine but it's just not for me.

Good funk album. Lots of iconic samples from this album. Not exactly my cup of tea

Too Disco for me...

eh.... not the best

No.

Eh

Best: #5 We are family

1. dancer - 1 2. lozt - 1 3. zomebody - 1 4. thinking - 1 5. family - 1 6. eazier - 1 7. friend - 1 8. time - 1

Oh, no. Disco.

The music is very boring and the lyrics sound like they were written by a 12-year-old. There's nothing interesting about this.

I remember the song "We Are Family" being really popular back in the day, when it first came out. I seem to remember it being played at the roller skating rink the few times I went there. I listened to this 3 times in a row and none of it really grabbed me as something I need to listen to again. I wasn't into disco music at the time, and turns out most of it hasn't grown on me. This album just seems kind of generic to me. It doesn't grab me lyrically, musically, vocally. It feels way too smooth and edge free. I've come to the realization that in MOST cases (not all), people that are singing songs that they didn't write tend to feel like they are just going through the motions, playing a part, not really contributing artistically. This album reinforces that thought for me. Some top of mind exceptions I can think of are Diana Ross, Linda Ronstadt and Patsy Cline - where they take other's songs and make the definitive versions that are great. Old school artists like Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley are like this too - where they are great at interpreting songs written by others. I did end up clicking "like" on "We Are Family" more out of ironic nostalgia than anything - since roller skating was fun. This song also clearly stands out on this album since they seem like they are singing more enthusiastically - which I think is why it still stands the test of time relative to the rest of this. Liked songs on Spotify: 1/8 Rating: 1/5

Not for me

Why?

Seriously - what is the criteria to get on this list ? The hit, “We Are Family”, is innocuous disco that seemingly helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series in 1979 but other than that there isn’t much to get excited about on this LP.

Not something I enjoy

not 4 me. only listened to the 1st song.

Essentially a Chic album with a different set of vocalists. Rare for a late 70s pop album to have four top notch hit singles on it. You can hear the sound Diana Ross would develop with Nile and Bernard the following year. One of the best disco albums of the era.

Track 1 - 2.5/5 Track 2 - 4/5 Track 3 - Albümün girişiyle çok alakasız? 2/5 Track 4 - Vokaller güzel de şarkı feci tırt 1.5/5 Track 5 - 2.5/5 Track 6 - 2/5 Genel olarak tırt

Nah. Not even sure it's all in tune, but the recording could be bad I suppose.

Obviously can’t listen to this - hideous.

Oh. Disco. Being Raised in the '80's, I am a "disco's dead, long live Rock!!!" kind of person. That being said, this was an enormously sucuseful record.disco ain’t me forte. And other than the obvious, I don’t know that I’ve ever heard a Sister Sledge song. Can’t say as though I’m tempted to listen to more. This mostly sucks with a slight deviation to “been-drilled-into-my-head-so-much-I-mostly-like-it” for the title track.

To be honest, I can't stand most of the R&B, and especially that from the 70's and 80's. Just not my thing at all.

Really not for me. Nile Rodgers is a genius and the guitar and bass parts on this make some of it a worthwhile listen. The keyboards sound absolutely atrocious. Some bangers on here of course but only good on a dancefloor really. As an album it’s rubbish and repetitive.

No comment

I always thought this was a heavy metal hair band. Totally different end of the spectrum. I understand how the sisters influenced modern R&B girl groups like Destiny's Child but it's just not for me. The title track will always be ruined for being used in a McDonalds commercial. Hit this album with a sledge hammer and give it a 1.4.

If you want to dance the night away, this is the album for you! I don't want to dance the night away.

Man, disco sucks. Like, the music is good, but the lyrics are just awful. Who sings about this shit?

Not for me. 1/5

Too much disco for me.

Boring, not my cup of tea

Sure seemed like a REALLY long album. It just dragged on and on. I mean, I made it through, and was familiar with "We are family", but that couldn't save this one. And then tack on 4 horrible remixes ...

Disco sucked then and sucks even more now

no

Meh

Is disco meant to be this boring?

“We Are Family” COME ON DOWN TO OUR TOYOTA SALES EVENT! You can’t I hear it. I guess it’s not their fault their somewhat catchy hit got repurposed by every commercial ever. The other songs on the album sound pretty much the same. A fairly boring March through middling disco.

If it weren't for BUFFY - THE PROM, I'd not care for this at all, wink wink nudge nudge, ya know what I mean... 2 stars

We are family, der Klassiker in der Disco. Aber es bleibt halt Disco.

funky. probably won't ever listen to that again.

Nah

🥱 Lost in Music? Lost on me, tbh. The star is for the start of Thinking of You, which is quite groovy. But just the start. I kept turning this down because it was annoying me so much 🤣

No

Not a fan. Sorry

Nope. Every once in a while I think I hear some funk, and then it goes flat. Disco has little to no appeal, to me.

Disco is still dead. I did try to listen to this album on its own merits, but it's still the same repetitive, slick, overproduced monotony that it was in the 1970s.

Disco gals of the 70’s. Other than that not much.

I think this was more disco than R&B

Not my vibe

Ah memories

Didn't expect a disco album to be in here. Won't ever listen to this again.

Couldn’t give no stars !! Terrible!!!

Disco sucked. It still sucks, but it sucked too.

Extremely overplayed.

Elevator music has more depth. Disco sucks.

Not my vibe at all

Pretty unremarkable. Sure it was good for the time, but I’d be fine never listening to it again.

Not sure disco is for me. The hits are catchy enough though

Just couldn’t. Got to the 3rd song and could not go any further. 1st album I could not complete.

Mot my type of style or no so groove. Only really liked one song off the entire album.

nana na na na na. Merci à Will Smith pour l'utilisation de ce sample. Probablement que cet intro d'album est suffisant pour en justifier l'écoute ainsi que We Are Family. Les balades sont plutôt ennuyantes. À écouter, mais on passe rapidement au suivant.

Lidt for 70'er dance agtige.

Sam tytul, czy chocby nazwa bandy zapowiadala ciezki material, ale jeszcze tak diskowego szitu nie bylo na liscie, grupa typu 4 baby, siostry, sobie spiewaja, ktos im przygrywa, ktos pisze co maja spiewac, tortura diskowa w klimacie r&b trwala 43 minuty na 8 trakach, gdzie kazda z siostr znalazla utwor dla siebie, ale jak przystalo na disko chorki siostrzane sa na porzadku dziennym, gdzie jedna przewodzi reszta wspiera bakujacymi wokalami, a to wszystko w oprawie poteznego bandu, bo nazwisk grajkow bedzie z 20, tak grane, ze jeden kawalek nie rozni sie praktycznie od drugiego, nudno, ale skocznie, jak przystalo na muzyke popularna goracych lat 80 na nozke i z przytupem, na plejke dodam lost in music jako najbardziej neutralny song albumu

Disco sucks!

Oh boy, another hour long album. Oh, so this is the band that "We Are Family" comes from

cool experience listening to this. i can definitely hear a LOT of future funk samples taken from this album alone (saint pepsi sampled easier to love, moe shop sampled he's the greatest dancer, etc...)