We Are Family

Very good album with some great songs

Chic mk. 2. And nothing wrong with that.

Fantastic listen.

An album stuffed full of disco classics. Great for a Saturday night on the dance floor. As a full album most songs sound similar. It would be very difficult to tell them apart.

He's The Greatest Dancer absolutely slaps

Awesome vintage disco dance pop with some amazing melancholic melodies in-between and great music all around (89%)

very good 8.5/10

Ah yeah! After failing to break through with their first two albums, Sister Sledge enlists Chic’s Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edward’s for their third album We Are Family. With their help Sister Sledge ended up creating one of the Disco’s great albums and Singles. I enjoyed the lush orchestrations on here. The strings added a nice coloring to the groove set down by the guitar and bass. The sister’s voices work well together. It’s hard to believe that Kathy recorded the vocal lead for “We are Family” in one long take.

This was a nice palate cleanser after some AWFUL electronica albums. While definitely OF ITS TIME (holy disco, Batman!), it sounds great. Great singing, GREAT bass and guitar (Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, respectively, who also wrote all the songs - this is basically a Chic album with the Sisters Sledge singing). Probably my only complaint is that the guitar part is pretty repetitive - the same scratching style on every song - I know that's his thing and he's great at it, but after a while it started to sound pretty repetitive. I'd definitely listen again, but not sure I'd go out of my way to seek it out, which would make it a 3 not a 4. But, since I kept listening a lot, I guess it deserves a 4. Favorite tracks - He's the Greatest Dancer (This is what GOOD disco sounds like!), Lost in Music (got stuck in my head), Thinking of You (great guitar groove), We Are Family (truly classic and worth being played a billion times. What a great bass line).

Can't explain why I enjoyed this but I did, disco af

Favorites: -He's the Greatest Dancer -Lost in Music -Somebody Loves Me -We Are Family

Great funk album, singing was on point and production was great especially for an album that came out last 80s. It got slow at times but for the most part it was very consistent. 8.4/10

Loved it except for the slow dancing song. That really killed the groove.

Not really a disco chap, as a rule, but this was awesome! I've heard "We Are Family" far too many times to really welcome hearing it again, but even so, I gotta give it props for being anthemic. Fave track - "Lost in Music" - hypnotic, and I love the scansion of the "I quit" line... 💅

Behind the wholesomeness of We Are Family is sultriness and a whole lot of funk. It's your signature Nile Rodgers, amplified by a passionate but also groovy set of sisters. Love it! Standout tracks are He's the Greatest Dancer and Easier to Love.

good funky rithms

Smooth disco grooves and sweet harmonies. The deep cuts might just be the best songs.

This album does not miss. I was hooked from the moment that guitar kicked in. Nile Rogers’ is all over this record. Though this album is clearly a dance record, the musicality and production are top notch. It walks a fine line between commercially viable and artistic integrity and succeeds in both counts.

Great album from the disco era. Produced by Nile Rodgers.

Singles carry

An all time great disco album. Hook those baselines into my veins. Four of the eight tracks are icons of the genre (He's the Greatest Dancer, Lost in Music, Thinking of You, and We Are Family) and the rest is more than decent. Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards and the Sledge sisters are on top form here and have created something timeless and brilliant. Disco does not suck. Rating: 4.5/5 Playlist track: Lost in Music Date listened: 27/01/23

Albums like this are what I love about this. You know the hit, never heard any other songs, and they rock

4/5 It was a really fun album with no terrible sounds or out of tune instruments. It was groovy. I liked it.

I'm ignoring the remixes at the end of this version and therefore give this a 4 out of 5. Upbeat, funky, and not too heavy which is a great change from what's been churned out lately. Great music and singing - will revisit this one.

Absolute banger. The last couple songs are a slight miss, but the rest had me moving along the whole time. Despite being the favorite and the title track, We Are Family is not the best song on the album.

un imbécil acá puso disco sucks te voy a buscar a tu casa hdp

This bops

Makes me wanna quit my 9 to 5 and get LOST IN MUSIC. Hella romantic and sweet and got my toe tappin and my shoulders loose.

Disco gives me life. I already had several song from this album saved, now I got to fill in the blanks. 4.5/5

Pretty good disco album! Loved the song “thinking of you”.

Pretty damn sublime. Rodgers and Edwards sprinkling their magic dust. And to think back in the day I dismissed disco out of hand.

delightful. 4.

Philly girls have done quite well here. Building from Gamble and Huff roots. Sister Sledge is dominated by the production team of Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, who wrote and produced the entire album. While it clearly sounds like it emanated from the Chic family, the sisters bring their exuberant vocals to the table. The hits are enduring. "We Are Family", "He's the Greatest Dancer", "Lost in Music" and "Thinking of You" all have been very influential and have been remixed and sampled over the years. Many of the remixes drive home the point that the originals (including production) were close to perfect.

Yeh it's disco banger after disco banger If you didn't know what you were getting before you popped this on, why are you even listening to music?

An album of massive hits I always forget they are all by them!

Good rhythms. Title track blunted by overfamiliarity but pretty great album overall.

Pinnacle disco. The Sledge sisters provides the main vocals while an orchestra of other musicians and singers color in the rest of the album. Did not know it was spearheaded by the guys in Chic or that they wrote the songs before knowing the Sledges. An album defining of its' era and endlessly sampled in the modern age.

A time capsule of the height of Disco instrumentation. The production is perfect in every way. It is Disco so that makes it lose a point, but I would say it’s well played anyway.

cok eglenceli ders calisirken guzel gidiyo

those singles are fucking outstanding

A few meh songs. But the best songs SLAP. It's so apparent how influential Nile Rodger's production is here (I realized the first songs was sampled by Will Smith). And despite being way too overplayed, relistening made me realize that "We Are Family" is overplayed for a reason: by itself, its so fun.

Slammin'. I bet watching this album live was so hot hot hot.

Is Sister Sledge the long lost sister to Zero 7? Okay, but maybe great grandmother. Regardless, I loved this way more than I thought I would. Specifically, the track You're a Friend to Me... sooo good.

Favorite song: One More Time

Listening to this album makes me want to listen to more disco soul.

Classic funky vibes

Vibes

Will Smith sampled this album's opening track on Getting Jiggy Wit It. Pop, Soul, and Funk all at once is such a GOOD vibe. Groove to this daddy-o! Works best on an uptempo track IMO 4/5 cuz I can't give it 3.5/5

Funk-disco-soul. Un megahit. Un 4.

This is a damn groovy album! I just love good bass work on any album and this is some damn exceptional bass work. And of course the titular track is an all time classic. "He's the Greatest Dancer" has to be my favorite song on the album though.

Lost in music 🎶 I love disco. My fav songs are We Are Family and One More Time

I would probably dance to that, or maybe I did

8/10

Super fun album to get ready to! Listened to it before the bucks game and it got me in a good mood!

Its a pretty great album, and from the perspective of 2022 its absolutely nuts how literally every track has been sampled in basically everything since. 4/5

Kind of an all women Jackson 5. Very, very cool and groovy basslines. We are family Lost in music Thinking of you

Disco is underrated and this album is much better than I was anticipating. Nile Rodgers remains undefeated. 4/5

Piacevole, avvolgente, caldo.

fun!

Nile Rodgers!

Listened to on 10/3/22 4/5 Favorite song: we are family, lost in the music, someone loves me It’s impossible to listen to this album and not want to dance - it’s SO fun, flirty and even the ballads were beautiful

Every song makes you want to dance in place. Gotta love the classic WE ARE FAMILY

Didn’t realise they had so many bangers

Great disco album

Brilliant. Niles can do no wrong.

You’ve heard the song now listen to the album

Now! That's what I call music! But I must wonder about all those strings in the disco era. Did violinists playing for Sister Sledge get more money than, say, violinists in the New York Philmarmonic? There is a lot of funky sweeping strings in the disco era, how did they do it?

so much fun

So many disco-tastic hits.

Maybe one of the best soul album I've ever heard.

Groovy and catchy as hell, definitely a classic that I can't believe fell under my radar. I haven't heard much disco so this is definitely top 1 for now.

The album give some vibes of the 80's, it starts very energetic and then slows down the pace of the music. The voice is great in every song and the instruments were great.

July 12, 1979. Comiskey Park, Chicago. A sad, sad and tragic day. Disco, when done well, has no equal, musically, for danceability, for joyfulness, for pure hedonistic pleasure of moving your body. This album has some cracking good disco on it. But also some crappy disco. The slow end-of-the-night numbers are just plain uninteresting,, even though they showcase the talents of the performers admirably. The higher energy disco hits, though, are superb.

This was a really fun, solid album.

Very good late 70s album, didn't add to Playlist but thoroughly enjoyed

Wow this has a lot of hits in it. Really takes me back to school dances. Disco at it's finest courtesy of Nile Rodgers. 1001 albums could have a whole genre in his name (Chic has 2 albums as well). Amazing how many cultural references have spawned from this too - a lot of people unaware where they came from.

Funny

This album grew on me quickly. It’s got the “we are family” classic on there, and the rest of it is just really smooth, groovy, and good vibes.

I dug most of this. Bonus points for inspiring the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates. Best track: We Are Family

I wouldn't say this is my genre of choice, but I did enjoy the album. Obviously, We are Family is a banger. He's the Greatest Dancer is good too and shows just how lazy the sample was for Will Smith's track. Overall, a decent listen.

Love the album cover photo, I feel like I know just what I'm going to get. And they do indeed bring smooth sweet harmonies along with some funky disco. Feel good fun time music. Thanks album generator!

Motown banger after Motown banger 4.5

Great listen, very surprised as not something I was looking forward to listening to when it appeared. Funky beats and didn’t realise the Chic influence and link

I mean, come on. This album is just fun and groovy. It isn't the most substantial, sure, but the feel of the music is enough to enjoy without an intense meaningful punch.

Gotta love that Chic sound!

If you appreciate disco, like I do, then this album is awesome - Nile Rogers in full form - with a carefully crafted album of funky, soulful, sexy songs. Obviously, 'He's the Greatest Dancer', and 'We are family' are monster hits, but the whole album is one of the defining records of the disco canon.

Classic disco album, hail to Nile Rogers

I wasn't looking forward to this listen simply because I have never like the song "We Are Family": it sucks. But the rest of the album was pretty damn good. It was funk/r&b with the lasting touched of disco, but it is what it is. It has Nile Rodgers stamp ALL over it. As a matter of fact, if I didn't know it was Sister Sledge, I would have guessed that it was Chic that I was listening to.

Pleasant listen. There's nothing wrong with this music but doesn't move me.

We are family is a classic and this just brings back memories. Great album overall but somehow also sounds a little disco era

8th July 2022 Listened in the morning getting ready to drive to Norfolk for Josh Wright’s wedding. Pure disco, doesn’t get better than this if you want to jive on the dance floor.

It’s a pretty good album from the height of the disco era from a group of sisters

Super funky, slightly girly, reminds me of car rides with my dad.

Didn't realize Will Smith sampled He's the Greatest Dancer for Jiggy with it, quite the jam.

great dance music - blast from the past

Diskoklassikoita! Eipä tästä muuta voi sanoa kuin että toimii. 4/5

Solid disco album

I'm listening to this on a Friday morning, the sun is shining. I made an effort to listen to it as a "new" album, and get past the feeling of being at a wedding or awful corporate away day, or another concert that Nile Rodgers has been wheeled out for (he just turns up to anything these days eh) and I really enjoyed it.

Great album with some brilliant highlights. Enjoyed so can’t complain.

pretty good, I enjoyed it - 8/10

Disco music huh, interesting to see how it holds up. Not bad so far, easy to groove to. I like the first song. The title song is a classic hit. Overall I enjoyed this album.

Классный альбом, очень понравился романтичный трек Somebody Loves Me. Здоровский.

About peak disco, marred only by the vapidity of some of the lyrics. It's rate for something to be such a complete period piece that can still stand on its own merits.

I like very much this music. Sister Sledge is a great band. "We are family" is a hit song.

I imagine this this is probably pretty classic for the genre. For what it's worth it was enjoyable.

I am very tired

Nice

Megabangerzz

Så gott som alla låtar lät likadana men det var en banger var gång...

Slick and similar to C'est Chic, but with more hits (4 out of 8 album tracks).

Funky Disco that has 3-4 really big bangers. I am especially enthralled by Lost in the Music and He's the Greatest Dancer, both of which are fun. I'm guessing We Are Family must have been a smash hit but commercials have ruined that song for me. While those songs are great, listening to the entire album is a rather repetitive experience with all songs having the same guitar riffs (which are cool in smaller doses) and bass lines. Also the more quite songs are kind a meh. It is a 3 1/2 album for me, but forced to choose, we end at 4.

Great

Smooth disco classic.

Classic. Great album, exceptionally funky.

Ones I didn't know were pretty slow. Still d i s c o. How do so many reviewers not like disco?!

It's got all the bangers! Great album.

I obviously knew We Are Family but the rest of this was pretty good too!

Un très bon album de funk magnifiquement bien présenté par Christophe Dechavanne et son chien. Le concept est très simple: deux familles s'affrontent, chacune d'elles étant composée de cinq membres, dont un capitaine. Le but est de répondre à des questions ouvertes posées à un panel de Français sondés composé de cent personnes et de trouver les réponses les plus fréquemment données par ce panel. La famille qui accède à la finale peut remporter une somme pouvant s'élever jusqu'à 100 000 €. J'ai beaucoup aimé les passages au cours desquels les candidats donnent une mauvaise réponse et que retentit le son « Pwooon » illustré par une croix rouge ; Dechavanne ajoutant souvent la phrase « Ça sent le vécu... »

Cet album m'a permis de comprendre que le groupe CHIC proposait en fait du sous Sister Sledge. J'ai par conséquent demandé à Robert de réduire la note de leurs deux précédents albums d'une étoile. A bon entendeur.

The quality on an 8-song album is incredibly high, everything is done so well and so efficiently, almost nothing wasted, a no-skips contender, has everything you want.

Not a disco fan, but this is class. This was an absolute delight. Some classic disco here mixed in with some really lovely, soulful ballads. Nice and upbeat, will be listening to this again when I need a pick-me-up. 4/5, maybe deserves a 5 but I don't like disco enough for that.

Some really nice disco on this! All the people in the reviews who hate this clearly don't know how to have fun. Not a 5 because of the more boring songs (Somebody Loves Me, You're a Friend to Me).

Loved it!

Some great songs, can see a few reviewers knocking stars off as it goes on a bit too long with weaker songs, but don't believe in penalising for providing more. The first few tunes are more than worthy of a 4

Loved this. Start to finish. Really entertaining, listenable. Added.

I enjoyed it. A lot.

Probably liked this more than I should have

DISCO music!

I was surprised by how much I liked this album. The one issue I have with these disco/funk albums from the 70s is that the god damn strings always sound like shit. Dunno how they caught on. Despite that, it's a great record with some good performances and exceptional songwriting.

When disco was huge, I missed most of it because I was really into rock as a kid. I do recall a couple of these hits, but this was definitely my first full listen to this album. It's great! I'm not a dancer at all, but even this awkward listener was bopping his head to this album. The four sisters' vocals are fantastic -- wow, the harmonies. And when one of them takes a lead, it's just gorgeous. Nile Rodgers' guitar work is stunning. Bernard Edwards on bass and Tony Thompson on drums...Holy Schneikies, some serious chops there. Too easy to dismiss music when it's in a genre I don't listen to, and I admit that. This has some real fun and interesting songs on it.

Fun times!

Classic disco album. Love almost every song from it.

Fun, good for dinner party. Lost in music fav track

This originally put me off because of "We Are Family", but the album stands up as a decent work of the disco era, with R&B flavour. It probably helps that Nile Rodgers helmed the album, and he seems like a perfect match for the fierce vocal talents of the sisters. It's an album with plenty to dance about.

Rrr

The genius of the Chic Organisation working hand in hand with a great vocal group - smart, sophisticated disco, packed with hooks, great tunes, fabulous vocal performances. All the big hits open with the title (in classic Chic style) - Lost In Music, He's The Greatest Dancer, We Are Family - "BOOM! HERE WE ARE! TO THE DANCEFLOOR EVERYONE!"

Funky

With all the basic albums this week, I’m glad we could end on a high note. This was a great album with a ton of fun dance songs that also are good to chill to. We are family is a classic but I found myself jamming to almost every song on here.

Of course I'm familiar with the title track here, who isn't? Props to Sister Sledge for picking the perfect band name, as they are indeed four Sledge sisters. When I saw the tracklist, the song "One More Time" reminded me of Daft Punk, and oddly enough when hearing this thing get started I couldn't help but think they were influenced by this. Maybe not this particular album, but the disco fever. There are plenty of gems on here, not just the reunion fodder that is "We Are Family." But it helps to know that song was literally sung by four sisters in a band. Great album. Favorite tracks: He's the Greatest Dancer, We Are Family, Somebody Loves Me, Thinking of You. Album art: A great band photo, made a little funnier by the familial relationship. Perfectly late '70s though, especially all the mirrors. 4/5

Funk-disco-soul. Un megahit.

There are no less than four major hits on this album. In the context of this album, even those sound fresh, and swing like they must have done 42 years ago.

Good funky/soul vibe. Faves: Thinking of You, He's the Greatest Dancer

I love Sister Sledge! I don't ever listen to their work in albums though for some reason. Packed with bangers, very nostalgic for me makes me think of good times and makes me feel goooood! Only down side is Somebody Loves Me - not feeling them doing a slow song to be honest. Other than that it's all top for me, funky beats and just gold.

I understand why this group was so popular - they knew their sound and they stuck to it and stuck to it well. It's not really my jam, but I can see how the album is perfect for someone whose jam it is.

Disco cool

Un dels millors discos de disco... perquè de fet tampoc en té gaire dels tòpics del génere. El que més en té és curiosament el tema titular -i gran single de l'època. Per la resta, una molt elegant combinació de pop, soul, r&b, funk amb uns arranjaments de luxe

Some classic songs on here I forgot was SS. Enjoyed. V good fun

You can't deny it's a disco classic. You can boogie, you can sing, it gets ya bopping and I won't hear another word about it.

Some great disco classics on this album, although some of the slower tracks are a bit saccharine.

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that disco is bad! What a collection of smooth groovy bops. I only previously knew the title track, but recognised many of the others from later sampled songs. I enjoyed 'Thinking of You' the most, as well as 'He's The Greatest Dancer' and the title track of course.

Groovy, nice mix of slow and upbeat songs

Had me boppin and movin at my desk. Boogie woogie tushy for sure.

funk my weak spot

When you imagine disco, this sound is what you think of. Not many disco albums don't have a single filler track, and this is nearly one of them.

Copado mismo jajaj

Another classic. Reminds me of the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates World Series champions

Great easy listening 70s vibe

okay

Surprisingly full of absolute bangers.

Yo I know disco is dead but like this was really fun dancy music. Considered giving this a 3 but its pretty enjoyable so rating it higher

Decent for a disco album!

Fabulous. This is one of the first albums I acquired on vinyl from a record store in the same shopping center as a pretzel place. Anyways.. the album is so much more than the title track. The first two songs are disco standards and “Thinking of You” is a personal favorite. 4/5 I recommend the Dimitri from Paris remix of “Lost in Music” as well.

Super funky album. Disco wasn't so bad huh?

Really funky, good tunes there. 4/5

Yes! Love! 4. Thinking of you best track. Banger after banger

Enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Now I know where so many samples come from.

Got me dancing ;)

Sad I had never listened to this. What fantastic classics

Was really getting into this one, some classic tunes

We are family and thinking of you are clearly the most groovy songs...love the overall album tone and all basslines are dope! --- Perfect to listen the entire album in one go

Simple and appealing with groovy bass lines that you can dance to.

Solid soul/disco album, plenty of smash hits on this 4*

was ok

A classic album. Nile Rogers in peak songwriting and producing form. So many disco classics which you’ll still hear at least one of on any given night out and will always bring the vibes no matter the sort of club you’re in. The Dimitri From Paris remixes are also pure fire.

Another album that got played twice during the day. So many classics! Nile Rodgers creating a legacy for himself, Sister Sledge and an entire genre.

When I listen to disco music I like to pretend I’m Matt Damon trying to escape from Mars. I enjoyed this a lot more than just the one hit I only hear at weddings.

most of this album is pretty catchy

Fucking great, and I don’t care

Bastante bueno.

Highlights - He's The Greatest Dancer, You're a friend to me Lowlights - Somebody Loves Me (too long), We Are Family The title track, in my opinion is the weakest of the bunch, and Somebody Loves Me is long and repetitious...But the rest of this album is fantastic, especially when you're gettin' jiggy with the Greatest Dancer. This is pure R&B/disco joy.

Então esse é o famoso We Are Family?? Loucura, muito bacana as músicas mas meio coisa que eu não iria ouvir intencionalmente.

Me ha gustado mucho la cancion de We are Family

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A goddamn CLASSIC. I always associated We Are Family with Motown; come to find out they are from Philadelphia. Still a great album.

funky af, nice finding. that easier to love track is a delight (even thogh my apple music likes to act and cut some tracks)

Beautiful, groovy, funky & sexy.

Had no idea "We are Family" was on this album

just what i needed today... fun album

Oooh baby, disco riffs to kick things off. Not upset about that. This is bringing me to the 'gettin' jiggy with it' era that followed in the 90s, and the disco revitalization (Get Lucky) that came afterwards. I don't know how much these sisters get credit as pioneers, but maybe the OG disco music isn't as bad as it's cracked up to be. And yes, I still hate the title track - credit that to being overplayed I guess. Now time to listen to Poolside's Daytime Disco playlist for the next 10 hours.

This is music from when I had a drive-in disco. Disco, among with a lot of other music styles, is still one of my favorite music styles. It was nice to listen to this album. I had not listened to it as an album but I know all the songs of the album. If I would go through my single collection I know I have some singles of ‘Sister Sledge’ there. I really liked the remixes.

Knew many of them. I'd say like 7/10

Great album, but so many disco hits it feels like a disco compilation. Amazing talent

Funky!

Can beat a bit of disco. Stone cold classics. Love the extra remixs

Funky album for a Friday!

that Friday feeling

Good dance music. Funky.

Groovy Thinking of you We are family

Lush, fun, and joyful. Maybe a touch repetitive, but doesn't really detract from the experience all that much. Favorite tracks: "He's the Greatest Dancer", "We Are Family"

Essential disco album, featuring Nile and Bernie from Chic. The Spotify version substitutes the radio edit of the title track instead of the full 8-minute version. YMMV for disco, but this should be at least a 3 star for everyone. 4 star for me, almost a 5, but a little filler takes it down a notch.

This is one of those things I never actively listen to, but even in like 15 seconds of the start of this album I knew I was gonna like it. Catchy AF, cool disco/R&B beats. Must make a mental note to listen to more of this stuff 4/5.

Vocally impressive, and overall, not too bad. Favourite Track(s): He's the Greatest Dancer, We Are Family Least Favourite Track(s): Somebody Loves Me

Above average disco album. 3.5/5.

Really enjoyed listening to this, did my Sunday reset while listening and I had to stop to dance. This album is just a dance party and solidified my love for disco.

Mukavasti meni aamupäivä tän levyn kanssa. Ei tätä kyllä useampaa tuntia jaksais renkuttaa, mutta ihan positiivinen kolmonen

Ihan jees diskojytkettä. Luomua menoa.

Ajattelin että ei kyllä jaksa, kun ainut mitä etukäteen tiesin tästä oli se ihan saatanan rasittava kertosäe tuosta nimiveisusta. Mutta itseasiassa sekin oli ihan ok biisi, kun jätti kertsin pois! Ihan kivaa poljentoa muutenkin, posin kautta kolmoseen.

Honestly after the Chic album and now this, I think I'm just not really a huge disco fan. Bernard Edwards is on this, who was the same bass player as the one on the Chic album funnily enough, and whilst his tone and playing style is cool, I again have the same sort of feelings with the Chic albums that it doesn't really go anyway. Sure, the vocals and harmonies throughout are pretty good, but it all feels like it repeats itself too much and each track lacks personality in my opinion, but then again I'm a Swans fan.

We are a good band mais un peu répétitif

Giving this a three solely on the strength of the iconic title track.

A fun listen with well known title track and complimentary songs that match the same vibe. As long as your vibe is dance.

Not my cup of tea as an album, but damn they packed a lot of hits into this one

Groovy! Very fun and We Are Family is a banger! It all sounds very nice but after a while it all blends into one and nothing in particular stands out. Its very pleasant and easy on the ears which makes it a very nice morning listen for work. 3 stars.

This remastered version of the album just seemed to lengthen the songs when compared to the original album. I don't think making the songs longer makes them better and often it just irritates me. Other than that, the album was fine. The Wikipedia article listed three well known songs, but I think that "We are Family" should have been on that list as it was featured in a movie and I think that helped to make "We are Family" one of the most known songs. Best song for me was, "Somebody Loves Me". Still don't understand the point of having a song go on for more than 8 minutes, come on.....selections 9, 10, 11, & 12 just kind of a waste of time in my opinion. The original album was a solid 4 for me, but the repeated renditions of two of the songs in the remastered album dropped my rating down to a 3.

Nice upbeat music. Nothing special either

Title song brought me back to the skating rink, but for me the album was kind of average. I do like picking f out the bass lines though.

Cohesive and vibrant

Fun to hear "We Are Family" out of its usual context for me: weddings and bar and bat mitzvahs. It's a good song. This is a good album, but I don't think I'll revisit it any time soon.

A few tracks I 10000% adore on here!

More Nile Rodgers, Tony Thompson, and Bernard Edwards 🔥

Had some bangers, had some meh

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A groovy, smooth listen. 3.4/5.

Dayum wait I kinda like this. Yeah it’s fire. Way better than le chic. 👀

We Are Family by Sister Sledge is a classic disco and R&B album from the late 1970s that remained hugely influential throughout the 1980s dance scene. Produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic, the album delivers polished grooves, catchy basslines, and uplifting vocals that defined the era. Overall, I thought the album was okay. It has a fun, upbeat sound, and it's easy to hear why songs like "We Are Family" and "He's the Greatest Dancer" became enduring classics. The production is excellent, with tight rhythms and memorable hooks that still sound fresh today. That said, I found that I mostly enjoyed the well-known singles, while some of the deeper album tracks felt less memorable. The album maintains a consistent disco style throughout, which fans of the genre will likely appreciate, but it didn't always hold my attention from start to finish. Even though it wasn't a personal favorite, I can appreciate its importance in music history and its influence on dance, funk, and pop music. If you enjoy disco, funk, or the polished sound associated with the late '70s and early '80s, We Are Family is definitely worth listening to

A classic, but was it truly influential?

Classic. Really enjoyed.

"Lost in Music" and "We Are Family" still groove after all these years! The rest of the album is solid in a good way.

plesant fun bouncy album, thought some of the deeper tracks were pretty good. Also who can hate "We Are Family" 3/5

much more varied/nuanced than expected

RATING: 7.5/10 HIGHLIGHT: We Are Family LOWLIGHT: One More Time

Perfectly fine.

If I have to listen to 'we are family' one more time, I'm gonna shoot myself in the head. the other songs were fun though.

WE ARE FAAA MI LY - fun but too happy

Not a huge fan of the remixes, would rate a 3.5 if I could but the album without the remixes is too short.

J'ai été transporté par cet album mais le voyage a été trop court malheureusement, j'aurais aimé plus de titre et plus varié aussi peut être.

niet perse slecht maar gewoon absoluut niet mijn muziek

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Never actually listened to this. Don’t really know what I’m in for… Disco. Groovie. Yeah. A whole album is tedious. 3 Boolean: True, but not one more time

Not the biggest disco fan but this record is pretty good.

the jams are jammin', but the slower tracks definitely dragged a little.

A solid album with a groove that I enjoy. Did not blow me away but never bored me either. If I am in the mood, I may go to a 4/5, but in general it is a 3/5 for me. Nothing to complain about here!

Bon mais pas extraordinaire

Solid disco with great harmony.

Peaked with the first song imo, but the rest was still pretty decent, also has an iconic title track. Highlights-He's The Greatest Dancer, Lost in Music, and One More Time.

Really good music and singing, but not a fan of 5 minutes of the same thing on each track lol

Very talented. Just not my cup of tea. Actually tea is not cup of tea either. But, I digress.

Die Balladen waren mir zu Schmalz, den Rest mochte ich.

Couple of disco centric bangers on this one and the rest of the album also pretty good. Overall an easy album to listen to but doubt I’ll ever get back to it.

While this was a very popular album, Disco is not my thing. We Are Family is my least favorite song on the album. I am more favorable to those songs that lean toward funk.

2026.06.19.

We truly are a family.

It was the very definition of middle-of-the road for me. 2.5 rounded up because I'm not a total bastard.

Smooth but effervescent, peach and tobacco notes, looks like a model 'cept she's got a little more ass.

Several good tracks, but I got a little tired of the style as the album progressed.

A mixed bag. Some of the more energetic tracks are really fun. “Thinking Of You” is a pop classic and the opener is pure disco. The title track is cheesy and far too long; the second half of the track is completely redundant and annoying repetitive. The slower ballads are pretty poor and offer nothing except a change of pace. It’s good, but not great. I would listen to the is more than most of the rubbish on this list, but it’s an album of peaks and valleys.

We are Family is on it would you believe. I like that song, the others aren't really my jam that much.

This is very obviously the handiwork of Nile Rodgers which means it's pretty good. Songs you know, songs you recognise from samples. Excellent stuff.

Classic. Pretty coo.

Kind of boring. Not my vibe.

I'm a huge Nile Rodgers fan. His influence in pop, dance and eventually electronic music is amazing, not to mention Chic's guitar rifs as a base for so many hip-hop samples. Lucky for us, at the height of their creative peak they recorded this album with Sister Sledge where half of the songs are as good and sometimes better than Chic's best songs. We Are Family is just as big as Le Freak and Good Times. Lost in Music is an great great deepish track. There's mostly cringe fame for Greatest Dancer because of Will Smith, but the song is great, one of Chic's best And where do I start with Thinkin of You, one of my favorite songs ever. The groove on this song is, the guitar riff is great, the bass line is unique and sticks with you forever. Shame that the rest of the album suffers the same as other Chic albums, half amazing, half forgetable. I don't know how to rate this album, is it the listenability? Ho consise or essential of an album listening experience it is? There's so much music that it's enjoyed as a set of songs from different artists that flow better than the album it came from, assuming it's ever on an album. If it were on the strength of it's top songs, i'd rate it 5 stars, but it's not so I won't.

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I guess I never realized that the album version of We Are Family was 8 minutes long.

After the last 3 days of albums this was a breath of fresh air. I think the nostalgia of growing up listening to my dad's band play "We Are Family" and loving "Getting Jiggy With It" made me like this album a bit more than I would otherwise.

3 - This is good, just not really something I get Jiggy With.

Great album that influenced and was sampled by lots of the rap first generation. The importance of this album that mixes funk with disco in a pop soulish vibe is undeniable

Funky 70s soul. I can dig it! 3 We Are Family is the song though! 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates. I wasn't even alive in 1979 & I know that song & that team are forever intertwined.

Getting Jiggy with it.

Maybe innovative and certainly not bad to listen to, but not my thing.

wanted to like this more than i did :( perfectly Fine disco album

The title track was a huge part of the soundtrack to my summer of 1979. It was literally EVERYWHERE. That said, I have no idea why this album is on this list. It is pleasant, competent post-disco, elevated somewhat above its contemporary competitors by the presence of Chic’s Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards as producers and composers. Their obvious fingerprints are easily noted throughout this album. So these nice young women had their 15 minutes of fame, and then gradually faded back into relative obscurity in the 80s. Sad note: they seem to have expended a more than a modicum of effort in the 2010s/2020s suing and countersuing each other over rights to the Sister Sledge name/copyright. We are family, indeed.

Ken ik echt totaal niet. Maar als de titel van het nummer is dat ik denk dat het is wordt het disco bonanza. Lost in music: Vet, voelt wat zwaarder dan de meeste disco Thinking of you: He deze ken ik van een setje van laatst. Job Jobse ofzo? Tot nu toe echt nice. Disco heb ik vaak het idee dat ik alleen maar naar hetzelfde nummer luister, dat heb ik binnen dit album zelf ook wel, maar met iets meer nadruk op strings en compositie is het net een andere take. One more time: gitaarsolo in een disconummer wtf Eerste indruk: normaal niet echt een discofan (niet te lang iig), maar dit is met de strings net speciaal genoeg voor een 3

Well sung and well produced. I'm not the biggest fan of this genre - it honestly sounds too slick but I can appreciate the craft that went into this.

Fun one time listen

Cheesy as hell but it’s actually pretty decent. Never listening to it again though.

Been humming all day...

I really like the sound of "He's the Greatest Dancer," and I could not have said it was Sister Sledge. Of course, the title track is classic disco.

I'm not the biggest fan of disco and I wasn't expecting great things from this. However, while I wouldn't necessarily put this on again I did enjoy it and in part that was because it's female vocal rather then male. Not sure why that makes a difference but it does, so go figure

Classic disco record, but not one of my all-time favorites or anything. Everyone knows the title track.

Repetitive, as disco tends to be, but some slower pieces too.

The title song was heard EVERYWHERE when it came out. I mean EVERYWHERE!! Nile’s and Bernard knew how to bring out the best in everyone. Fun album. Not sure why it was deemed worthy to be on this list, however.

Nice funky album, great for a dance floor. Nile Rodgers knows how to create a great funky groove

The album is more than just its title track. It's good mixture of disco and R&B, and the bass lines are amazing.

First listen

Tuesday, 19 May, 2026 Amazing voices. Nile’s Rogers’ production and direction of Chic as backing band is great. That Philly Sound!

Getting jiggy with it

Maybe my first full-length disco record I've ever listened to? I can respect the arrangements here and I imagine a lot of the repetitive dancier songs would be perfect for clubs and dancefloors but this isn't a highly enjoyable album experience. "Somebody Loves Me" is pretty though.

The first thing you think of hearing the beginning of this record is "damn, this sounds like Chic". That's because Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards wrote all the songs and produce and perform on it. Disco with strings and silky vocals, it's a product of its time, a snapshot of the late 70s. Irresistible boogie bait with Sledge sisters singing. "Thinking of You" and the title track stand out with slinky funky bass performances and groovy arrangements.

Not a particularly cohesive album, but some great tracks.

Really good songs, disco vibes, liked

Really great disco album, wouldn't return so I'm giving it a 3

I had a summer retail job where music came from a small colletion of CDs. Some shifts I'd hear We Are Family 2-3 times. Favorite songs: Easier to Love, Thinking of You

Disco with nile rogers He's the greatest dancer We are family

Takes me to the disco days, dancing to a lot of this music on the dancefloor. Enjoyed this album overall, although it's not my go to genre.

Ранний R'n'B. Прародитель всяких TLC и пр. Вполне неплох. Слушать дальше я его конечно же не буду.

This is the album that got me stuck on this project for like a year. Moving on.

#937. Ah shit, another disco album this week? I thought the party was over, I was about to put the cocaine away, but don't worry, I'll put it back out, we're not going home just yet. 3/5: fun

Can't fault it if disco and We are Family is your thing.

Lost In Music ❤️