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Visions (Gladys Knight & the Pips album)

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wrote: "Accurately acclaimed as her finest work in a decade, this is amazingly uniform for an album featuring eight different bassists and eight different drummers recorded in eight different studios in L.A., Nashville, and Vegas."
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called "Save the Overtime (For Me)" "the kind of jubilant, celebratory, rousing performance that had marked their best Motown singles, and it put some fresh life into what had become a stagnant group."
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thought that "'Oh La De Da'β€”a brassy, fun-filled, funky celebration of the boogieβ€”is a refreshing departure from the ups and downs of luv."
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opined that "a couple of the ballads are weak in spots, and the variety of producers tends to give the album an incoherent feel."
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deemed the album "an uneven but nonetheless bold mixture of stylesβ€”sultry ballads, squeaky-clean pop and pumping funk tunes."
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Half of the album's songs, including "Save the Overtime (For Me)", were produced by the group.
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opined that Knight "is buried in a mire of unimaginative and downright boring arrangements."
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Grein, Paul (May 18, 1985). "Knight & the Pips 'Diversify' Carefully".
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Tom Perry – engineer (4, 5, 7, 9, 10), post production (4, 5, 7, 9, 10)
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Tucker, Ken (14 Oct 1983). "Gladys and the Pips, Vegas-Style".
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Gene Dozier, Richard Randolph, William Shelby, Rickey Smith
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Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
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Barney Perkins – assistant engineer (1, 3), engineer (4)
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Garland, Phyl (October 1983). "Disc and Tape Review".
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Gail Dieterichs – acoustic piano (9), synthesizers (9)
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C. S. S. and Law Recording Studios (Las Vegas, Nevada)
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O'Brien, Tom (Jun 1983). "High Class Knight Vision".
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William Zimmerman – rhythm and vocal arrangements (8)
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1983 studio album by Gladys Knight & the Pips
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Brower, W. A. (May 25, 1983). "Midas-Like Visions".
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James Harris III – rhythm and vocal arrangements (1)
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Gladys Knight and the Pips – vocal arrangements (3)
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Ron Oats – keyboards (10), horns (10), strings (10)
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Joey Gallo – keyboards (2, 3, 6, 8), synth bass (2)
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Vol. 97, no. 20. p. 57. 963:David Crawford – string arrangements (8) 939:Sam Dees – rhythm arrangements (4, 7, 9) 927:Harris Goldman – string conductor (2, 8) 918:William Shelby – rhythm arrangements (2) 449: 1158: 1156: 1048: 1035:Lee Watters – assistant engineer (3, 6) 1026:Mark Harman – assistant engineer (1, 3) 957:Gladys Knight – rhythm arrangements (7) 942:Ron Kersey – rhythm arrangements (4, 7) 1175: 1173: 1132:Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004 1032:Jim Shifflett – assistant engineer (3) 969:Rickey Minor – rhythm arrangements (9) 951:Rickey Smith – rhythm arrangements (6) 92:Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California) 1181:"Robert Christgau: CG: Gladys Knight" 966:Victor Hall – rhythm arrangements (9) 924:Eddie Karam – string arrangements (2) 267: 95:The Sound Shop (Nashville, Tennessee) 7: 1090: 1088: 1072: 1070: 915:Joey Gallo – rhythm arrangements (2) 1692:Gladys Knight & the Pips albums 1591:Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me 972:Ron Oats – rhythm arrangements (10) 906:– rhythm and vocal arrangements (1) 1098:. Random House. 1992. p. 405. 231:The album peaked at No. 34 on the 14: 1556:Help Me Make It Through the Night 1202:. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 891. 1200:The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 735:Michael Lovesmith – keyboards (5) 662:– lead vocals, backing vocals (3) 374: 336: 329:The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 288: 1507:I Heard It Through the Grapevine 1493:Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me 726:Kenny Moore – acoustic piano (4) 593:"You're Number One (In My Book)" 393: 388: 383: 378: 373: 355: 350: 345: 340: 335: 307: 302: 297: 292: 287: 75:, Hollywood Sound Recorders and 1134:. Record Research. p. 330. 693:– keyboards (1), synth bass (1) 146:Rickey Smith (Tracks 3 & 6) 1584:I've Got to Use My Imagination 1008:Gary Boatner – engineer (2, 8) 1005:Bob Brown – engineer (1, 3, 6) 998:Wally Traugott – mastering at 787:Richard Randolph – guitars (6) 453: 1: 1166:– via www.allmusic.com. 1096:The Rolling Stone Album Guide 1023:Ernie Wynnfry – engineer (10) 1011:Steve Hodge – engineer (2, 8) 985:RenΓ© Magritte – cover artwork 781:Spencer Bean – guitars (5, 9) 766:John McClain – guitars (2, 8) 367:The Rolling Stone Album Guide 86:(North Hollywood, California) 1644:Baby, Don't Change Your Mind 1286:Gladys Knight & the Pips 1110:"Gladys Knight And The Pips" 1017:John Banuelos – engineer (5) 988:Bob Seidermann – photography 839:Vincent Brantley – drums (3) 680:– vocals, backing vocals (3) 674:– vocals, backing vocals (3) 668:– vocals, backing vocals (3) 596:Dana Meyers, Wilmer Raglin, 509:"Save the Overtime (For Me)" 226:Gladys Knight & the Pips 220:is an album by the American 174:Gladys Knight & the Pips 160:(Tracks 4, 5, 7, 9 & 10) 42:Gladys Knight & the Pips 1605:I Feel a Song (In My Heart) 1020:Paul McKenna – engineer (7) 860:Ronald Rutledge – drums (9) 732:– synthesizers (4, 5, 7, 9) 1718: 1623:Save the Overtime (For Me) 1232:. No. 31. p. 16. 830:Steve Schaffer – bass (10) 769:Earnest Reed – guitars (3) 240:Save the Overtime (For Me) 163:Richard Randolph (Track 6) 1577:Midnight Train to Georgia 1292: 1079:The Philadelphia Inquirer 872:– percussion (4, 5, 7, 9) 784:Horace Cole – guitars (6) 621: 607: 589: 572: 558: 544: 530: 505: 495:Joey Gallo, Dana Meyers, 488: 468: 460: 457: 411:The Philadelphia Inquirer 275: 272: 180: 69:(Los Angeles, California) 26: 1549:I Don't Want to Do Wrong 933:– vocal arrangements (3) 878:– horns (4), strings (4) 548:"Don't Make Me Run Away" 73:United Western Recorders 1702:Columbia Records albums 1454:The Ultimate Collection 1230:The Washington Informer 1185:www.robertchristgau.com 1002:(Hollywood, California) 562:"Ain't No Greater Love" 425:The Washington Informer 242:" reached No. 1 on the 79:(Hollywood, California) 1521:It Should Have Been Me 1472:Every Beat of My Heart 1198:Larkin, Colin (2006). 772:Wali Ali – guitars (4) 614:Sam Dees, Bubba Knight 472:"When You're Far Away" 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Index


Studio album
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Wally Heider Studios
United Western Recorders
A&M Studios
Larrabee Sound Studios
Genre
R&B
soul
Label
Columbia
Producer
Edmund Sylvers
Bubba Knight
Gladys Knight
Sam Dees
Gladys Knight & the Pips
soul
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Billboard Top LPs & Tape
Save the Overtime (For Me)
Hot Black Singles
AllMusic
Robert Christgau
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Robert Christgau
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Rocket

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