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5.0 out of 5 stars I'm so glad this has been reissued, 29 Nov 2007

By	Olukayode Balogun (Leeds, England) - See all my reviews

Sometimes good things come to those who wait. I was so glad to see that this had been recently reissued and quickly ordered a copy. The previous version is still on sale on the internet somewhere for $49.99. That might sound like a lot but believe it or not, it was once selling for $99.99. That's around �50 in local money.

This was the other Sister Sledge album produced by the guys from Chic. It was released the year after the phenomenal "We Are Family" and didn't even come close to it in terms of commercial success. While songs like "He's The Greatest Dancer", "Lost In Music", "Thinking Of You" and of course, "We Are Family" are still regularly played to this day on retro radio and in (incredibly popular) 70s/80s nightclubs and have been remixed, remade, covered and sampled hither and yon over the years, songs from this album barely got a look in. A shame really, as in my view, this one had much more to offer musically. Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers were a bit more adventurous with their production on here and were trying out new ideas. Check out "Pretty Baby", for instance, which was purely lead guitar-led (though for years I thought it was piano); a first for the dynamic duo as far as I recall.

Their music was also beginning to break free of the confines disco demanded and the sisters had much more freedom to showcase their very capable vocals. I love all eight of the songs, though "You Fooled Around", "I'm A Good Girl", "How To Love" and "Let's Go On Vacation" (with its wonderful electric piano jazz improvisations towards the end) are forever firm personal favourites. I'm also quite pleased to see that they haven't added on any of those silly remixes that some earlier releases of many classic albums have had. Maybe someone is listening, after all.

Only one quibble: I wish they had put the artwork that appeared on the back of the original vinyl version on the back CD cover. It appears on the inner sleeve so I guess it could be worse but I'm thinking that's where the new artwork that does appear on the CD back cover, would have been much better placed. But I guess it's a minor detail.

As a footnote, my buddy and I were playing some of this old music the other day and we were saying that if someone had told us back in 1980 that we would still be playing and enjoying the music of the day 27 years later, we would have almost died laughing. Yet here we are. And it's not just old fogeys like us going back into the archives. I know a number of much younger people who are sick of today's blandness in popular music and are going back to the music of the 70s and 80s. If you're one of those people and you missed this one first time round, pick a copy up. It's a gem.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Girls are back !, 27 Jul 2005

By	Mr. Russell C. Witheyman "russell22w" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Love somebody was sister sledges follow up to their mega selling "We are family" LP. Not wanting to break up a succesful partnership the girls re-employed the services again of Nile Rodgers and Bernards Edwards of Chic. Released a year after "We are family" "Love Somebody Today" flopped on release,surprisingly none of the singles were hits!! Although less disco-fied than its predecessor. Love somebody Today is still a well rounded album. It never quite hits the heights of Family but thats not to say its a bad album and Nile and Nard's bass and funky guitar are still in evidence on the majority of tracks. Best tracks are the original 1st single"Got to love somebody" and "Reach your Peak" both very typical Chic type affairs with catchy hooks and melodys. I dont know what the other reviwer here is on about this album being mixed poorly,its no different from any of the other chic releases although it maybe could have done with being remasterd. This CD seems to be quite rare to get hold of but if your lucky enough to get one,you won't be disappointed.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Living under the shadow of one of disco,s revered albums., 3 April 2007

By	N. P. Thornton (Runcorn) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Released in 1980 as the follow up to the highly respected We are Family album . Love Somebody Today suffered as disco music went into decline. Produced by the Chic organization it bares all the hallmark of Edwards/Rodgers. The only single from the album Got to love somebody reached no 34 in the charts although there are other outstanding tracks. A very rare cd to get hold of but worthwhile if you enjoy music from the disco era.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Whoever mixed it needs to be SHOT!!!
This album the sequel to 'We are family' could have been great. There are some good tunes 'you fooled around' is one of the most emotional songs the Chic organization ever did... Read more

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