When The Boys Meet The Girls (Remastered) Sister Sledge

• 1 When The Boys Meet the Girls 05:28
• 2 Dancing On The Jagged Edge 05:44
• 3 Frankie 04:10
• 4 You're Fine 05:24
• 5 Hold Out Poppy 03:57
• 6 The Boy Most Likely 04:14
• 7 You Need Me 04:47
• 8 Following The Leader 05:04
• 9 Peer Pressure 03:21
• Total Runtime 42:09

Info for When The Boys Meet The Girls (Remastered)

„Their last album to hit the charts, 1985's When the Boys Meet the Girls found Sister Sledge attempting to return to past form as they brought Chic's Nile Rodgers back onboard to produce and perform. And although the move would ultimately prove ineffective, as the album appeared and hovered just out of the Top 50, this easy pairing returned the sisters to an earlier edge. With the title track backed by an eclectic arrangement, those classic punchy Sister Sledge vocals were pushed well into the front of the action. The album birthed two further standouts, as both "Frankie," which is spun to become reggae-lite, and the heavily Rodgers-influenced club hit "Dancing on the Jagged Edge" rippled off the grooves. The latter, just barely limping to a paltry number 73 R&B, would prove the band's last hit until their comeback in the early '90s. Elsewhere, the Kathy Sledge-led ballad "You Need Me" emerges the best of the bunch, while the snappy "Peer Pressure" wades into wave territory, leaving the frenetic and not-quite-pleasing "Hold out Poppy" well out of the loop. When the Boys Meet the Girls is a fine effort, but this late in the day it just doesn't pull enough tricks out of the hat to make it worthwhile. And even through it's a major step up from their last effort, Sister Sledge is far better sampled across their earlier R&B heyday.“ (Amy Hanson, AMG)

Debbie Sledge, vocals
Joni Sledge, vocals
Kim Sledge, vocals
Kathy Sledge, vocals

Jimmy Bralower, drums, percussion
Nile Rodgers, guitar, Synclavier, vocal
Rob Sabino, DX7 bass, Prophet 5
Raymond Jones, DX7, OB8, piano
Mac Gollehon, trumpet
Herbie Hancock, DX7
Lennie Picket, flute, saxophone
Steve Elson, flute
James Farber, Synclavier (bass)
Tommy Rock Jymi, bass, Synclavier
The Borneo Horns:
Lenny Picket, tenor saxophone
Steve Elson, baritone saxophone
Stan Harrison, alto saxophone
Nile Rodgers, horns arranged and conducted

Recorded and mixed at Power Station and Atlantic Studios, New York; Record Plant, L.A., California
Recorded at and mixed by James Farber
Engineered by Eric Mohler
Produced by Nile Rodgers

Digitally remastered

Sister Sledge
The talented Sledge sisters formed Sister Sledge in 1972, and by 1979, they would be recognized for some of the decade's most recognizable hits, including the long-lasting "We Are Family."

Their 1979 album, We Are Family, included not only the title track hit, but also "He's the Greatest Dancer." A year later, Sister Sledge released Love Somebody Today, and the singles "Pretty Baby" and "Got to Love Somebody" both found a home on the charts.

In 1981, Sister Sledge hired Narada Michael Walden as their producer and released All-American Girls. The title track and "Next Time You'll Know" were both hits, and Sister Sledge continued to perform throughout the 1980's and 1990's with new material and additional hits. In 1998, Sister Sledge released African Eyes.

"He's the Greatest Dancer" was brought into the new millennium thanks to a Dannii Minogue cover in 2007 and its sampled use as featured on Will Smith's "Getting' Jiggy Wit It." Other Sister Sledge songs have been remixed and re-released by other bands, both in the United States and in the UK.

Sister Sledge continues to perform regularly, and they were even reunited in 2011 on Oprah Winfrey, for her "Women Who Rock" episode. "We Are Family" was highlighted as one of the most requested songs of all time.

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