Search - Sister Sledge :: Together

The shape of things to come........

txacoli | East Sussex | 10/31/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"You know, I'd never heard of this album until all the Sister Sledge albums were reissued by Wounded Bird, so I went ahead and bought it, along with all the others that I only had on vinyl. Compared with some of them, I really like this one a great deal more than some of their later stuff. I mean, "When the boys meet the girls" has some great tracks on Side 1, but Side 2 lets it down badly. This album has the exuberance of youth and early disco on it and to that end, it's such a fun listen. I was cooking when I first played it and up to my neck in mince (there's a camp joke in there somewhere, but honestly, I was making meatballs!), so I put the album on repeat in order that I didn't have to touch the player when the CD finished and could keep listening to some music. I enjoyed it so much the first time round, I let it go round again.



Sure, there are one or two strange choices included on the album, but the gals make a darn good job of them all the same. I have to say, I like the ballads, especially "Baby it's the rain" and I'm not usually that sentimental.



Put this album in context. It was the mid 70's, the girls were exploring the soul/disco groove and sounded as if they were out for a good time. That's really all you need to know. Go in with the attitude that you're going to kick back and listen to so"