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Roy Ayers is often regarded as one of the greatest vibrophone players of all time. He began his career as a jazz player, releasing several albums with Arista Records before his tenure at Polydor Records, during which he progressed a new R&B style, slowly moulding the new Disco genre.
In 1970 Ayers formed the Roy Ayers Ubiquity, which recorded several albums for Polydor and featured such players as Sonny Fortune, Billy Cobham, Omar Hakim, and Alphonse Mouzon. An R&B-jazz-rock band influenced by electric Miles Davis and the Herbie Hancock Sextet at first, the Ubiquity gradually shed its jazz component in favor of R&B/funk and disco.
This is one of Roy's most popular albums - a big hit with chillers the world over! --Dan Cocker
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This album does boast some decent funky tracks. The title track seemed to set the scene for future ambient "trip-hop" tracks (if you hadn't heard it before and someone told you it was Nightmares on Wax you may have a case to believe them - which is quite a compliment!). It's a great laid-back summertime tune.
My only gripe with this album is that unlike so many of the great funk and soul albums of the 70's it sounds painfully dated. Legends such as Curtis Mayfield's albums sound fresh - like they could have been made yesterday. Ayer's love of the synth, which may have sounded progressive back in the day, now begins to grate.
It's still a decent album with some great moments, but not his best. Time is a cruel mistress.
My only gripe with this album is that unlike so many of the great funk and soul albums of the 70's it sounds painfully dated. Legends such as Curtis Mayfield's albums sound fresh - like they could have been made yesterday. Ayer's love of the synth, which may have sounded progressive back in the day, now begins to grate.
It's still a decent album with some great moments, but not his best. Time is a cruel mistress.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Been a fan of Roy Ayers for several years,so can recommend this album,Every Body Loves the Sunshine is the most recognised track,with a good mix of lesser known tracks to complement this album,enjoy.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Upbeat, soulful and funky..the first track Hey You, It aint your sign and Everybody loves the sunshine, are brilliant
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Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves the Sunshine
The title speaks for the CD - I played this on a sunny day and felt the vibes of each track - a great CD
Published on 21 Jan 2010 by Goldie Horne
How can this album not have been reviewed already!!!!!!!
Ah, waking up in the mid eighties to norman jay on kiss FM when it was still a pirate station running out of green lanes in harringay and hearing roy ayers.... Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2003
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