The Gap Band

The much-loved funk outfit from Tulsa, Oklahoma, debuted in 1974 but really blew up in the disco era of the late 1970s and early '80s. This collection features their biggest hits in all their dance-mix glory, such as a 13-minute version of "You Dropped a Bomb on Me."

Tsk-tsk--"Party Train," which leads off side two, repeats the formula of "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" and "Burn Rubber" and for that matter "Early in the Morning," which begin-middle-and-end side one. I mean--wotta formula: stratoliner funk that leaves their more than passable P-Funk rip in the dust. In fact, Party Train is what they should have called the only Gap Band anybody need own. And anybody includes you. (Grade - A)