Gap Band VII
Studio album by
The Gap Band
ReleasedDecember 9, 1985
GenreR&B, funk
Length42:07
LabelTotal Experience (original release)
Big Break Records (expanded CD reissue)
The Gap Band chronology
Gap Band VI
(1984)		 Gap Band VII
(1985)		 Gap Band 8
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Gap Band VII is the ninth album by the Gap Band, released in 1985 on Total Experience Records. The album includes the single from original Jerry Peters's song "Going in Circles". As AllMusic's Amy Hanson said in her review of the album, "The band was quickly back to business across the eminently catchy tunes "Automatic Brain" and "Ooh, What a Feeling," leaving both "L'il Red Funkin' Hood" and "Bumpin' Gum People," which features funkier vocals than listeners had heard from the band in quite some time, to round out the set with some good-old Gap Band sonics. Elsewhere, the band pulled a quiet storm trick out of their bag on 'I Know We'll Make It'."

An expanded and remastered version of the album was released on April 29, 2013, by Big Break Records with six additional tracks.

Track listing

#TitleWriter(s)Length
1.DesireJonah Ellis5:35
2.Going In CirclesJerry Peters4:30
3.Automatic BrainAnthony Walker, Charlie Wilson, Billy Young5:01
4.L'il Red Funkin' HoodAnthony Walker, Charlie Wilson, Billy Young5:26
5.Ooh, What A FeelingJonah Ellis4:17
6.I Want A Real LoveJonah Ellis3:57
7.Bumpin' Gum PeopleCharlie Wilson, Robert Lynn Wilson, Ronnie Wilson4:35
8.I Know We'll Make ItRaymond Calhoun4:54
9.I Need Your LoveOliver Scott3:42
10.*Desire (12" Special Remix)Jonah Ellis, Lamont Johnson, Lonnie Simmons6:26
11.*Going in Circles (12" Long Version Remix)Jerry Peters5:33
12.*Automatic Brain (12" Club Mix)Anthony Walker, Charlie Wilson, Billy Young7:41
13.*Desire (12" Dub Mix)Jonah Ellis, Lamont Johnson, Lonnie Simmons6:28
14.*Going in Circles (12" Instrumental with Harmonica)Jerry Peters5:14
15.*Automatic Brain (12" Rap Version)Anthony Walker, Charlie Wilson, Billy Young5:52

(*) Bonus tracks on the remastered version

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Gap Band VII at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "The Gap Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Gap Band Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
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