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Released
  
June 6, 1980

Producer
  
Sigidi

Release date
  
13 August 1980

Length
  
40:02

Artist
  
The S.O.S. Band

Label
  
Tabu Records

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Recorded
  
Web IV Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) Apogee Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) Axis Studios (Atlanta, Georgia)

Genres
  
Funk, Soul music, Disco, Rhythm and blues, Contemporary R&B, Boogie

Similar
  
The SOS Band albums, Funk albums

S.O.S. is the debut album released by the R&B band The S.O.S. Band on the Tabu label in the summer of 1980. It was produced by Sigidi.

Contents

The album was a hit at nightclubs and "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" became a disco classic.

S o s band even when you sleep


History

The album peaked at #2 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached #12 on the Billboard 200. The album yielded the Billboard R&B number-one hit "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" The single also peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play, and #51 on the UK Singles Chart. Two following singles, "S.O.S. (Dit Dit Dit Dash Dash Dash Dit Dit Dit)" and "What's Wrong with Our Love Affair?", also charted on the R&B chart, reaching #20 and #87 respectively. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD with bonus tracks in 2013 by Demon Music Group.

Personnel

The S.O.S. Band

  • Jason "T.C." Bryant – keyboards, vocals
  • Billy "B.E." Ellis – saxophone, keyboards, vocals
  • Mary Davis – vocals, percussion
  • James Earl Jones III – drums, vocals
  • Willie "Sonny" Killebrew – saxophone, flute, vocals
  • Bruno Speight – lead guitar
  • John Alexander Simpson – bass, vocals

    • Additional Personnel

  • James Stroud – drums (on "Love Won't Wait for Love")
  • Munyungo – percussion
  • Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Larry Hatcher, David Li, Richard Griffith, Ray Brown, Jr., Nolan Smith, Jeff Clayton – horns
  • Bill Henderson (concertmaster) – strings
  • Rosalind Sweeper, Freddi Rawls, Michele Morgan, Gertha Simms – background vocals
  • Dorothy Farrell, Linda Riley, Pam Jones, Isaac Welcome, Angela (Neicy) Hall, Grace Anderson, Charlene Few – handclaps

    • Production

  • Sigidi – producer, arranger
  • Clarence Avant – executive producer
  • Fred Wesley, The S.O.S. Band – arrangers
  • Richard Wells, Ted Bush, Tom Race, George Pappas – engineers
  • Tommy Cooper, Greg Webster – assistant engineers
  • David Hassinger, Serge Reyes, Rhonghea Southern – mixers
  • Neil Petinov – assistant mixer
  • Mike Reese – mastering

    • Charts

    Singles

    Songs

    1SOS (Dit Dit Dit Dat Dat Dat Dit Dit Dit)5:49
    2What's Wrong With Our Love Affair?4:55
    3Open Letter4:32

    References

    S.O.S. (S.O.S. Band album) Wikipedia
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