Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 15, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hot Productions
• ASIN: B000001RQC
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #522,038 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #76 in Music > Indie Music > Dance & DJ > Disco

Track Listings

1. I Will Survive

2. Stop! In the Name of Love

3. Runaround Love

4. Mack Side

5. Tease Me

6. America

7. For You, My Love

8. Love Me Real

9. Even a Fool Would Let Go

10. I Will Survive [Extended Mix]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of her Best!, November 4, 2006

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RetroRhythms (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gloria Gaynor (Audio CD)

I have to admit, I am not a big fan of a lot of Gaynor's 70's LP's. While I enjoyed select songs from many of them, I haven't found the LP's to be terribly consistent. This 1982 set, however (originally released on Atlantic Records), is different. I can say that I enjoy seven of the eight songs thoroughly (the two versions of "I Will Survive" included here were NOT on the original LP; they were merely added by Hot Productions in order to attract more consumers to purchasing this reissue, being that the song is the one that everybody knows Gloria for!). First single, the remake of "Stop in the Name of Love" is peppy and funky, with a totally new melody to the chorus of the original Supremes recording. "America," also released as a single, is also very bright and feel-good. True, some of the lyrics are questionable in merit; but they do have a positivity about them, and Gaynor's delivery is very pleasing! And the final single from the album, "Tease Me," has the most "soulful" quality of all the uptempo numbers here, with funky-freaky synth-bass, percussion, and sultry background vocal arrangements. Also noteworthy is the catchy "Runaround Love." Fun stuff!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cool, slick R&B record, March 16, 2000

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Søren Jensen (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gloria Gaynor (Audio CD)

Having released 9 albums on Polydor of varying quality, Gloria Gaynor signed with Atlantic in 1982 and released this surprisingly enjoyable album that was all but ignored at the time, despite being one of the lady's most complete albums to date. Kool & The Gang re-worked the Supremes classic "Stop In The Name Of Love" for Gloria, this was the first single, and the result is terrifically funky, as are songs as "Runaway Love", "Tease Me" and "Love Me Real", classy R&B! Also the ballad cuts are worth listening to, the thoughtful "Mack-Side", "For You, My Love" (both co-penned by Gloria's husband) and Tom Snow-penned "Even A Fool Would Let Go". The second single, "America" isn't that bad either, that said if you can only ignore the sickly lyrics that make you wanna puke, it bears several similarities to Donna Summer's equally awful "Living In America" from her 1982 album, in that it also features a children's choir praising God's own country ... yuck! "I Will Survive" is included in both a short & long version on the CD as a bonus track, although it's kept as close as possible to the original 1978 recording, this is a re-recording (the first of many ...), produced by Yves Dessca, for what purpose is not known ... I think 4 stars are too much as the LP lacks a good hit single so it ends up a 3 stars release, it should have been 3½ stars as this is really Gloria Gaynor's best album.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Her finest album of the '80's, January 11, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Gloria Gaynor (Audio CD)

Self titled "Gloria Gaynor" is clearly her finest recording of the '80's, period! Her voice is in prime condition! He production and arrangements are not as Urban contemporary as one would think. There are many excellent, catchy Dance-Pop songs with an Urban slant which would insure Urban radio airplay and as well as rotation in nightclubs such as "Love Me Real", "Mack-Side", "Runaround Love", and "Tease Me." All would have been obivious choices to be lifted as singles. Corporate error set Gloria's career back (Stateside, that is) by releasing teribble single choices which were a needless cover of the Supremes hit, "Stop! In the Name of Love", the catchy but lyrically corny "America" and one of the many needless re-records of "I Will Survive." In addition to the aformentioned album tracks which were not lifted as singles, the other standouts are the two ballad "For You, My Love" and "Even A Fool Would Let Go." Those two ballads are worth knowing, ripe with emotion and romantic themes, an sophistication. Overall, a worthy album overall worth listening to.