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Skyy Line

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New York based band Skyy at their best with an explosive album featuring the No. 1 R&B hit "Call Me" and "Let's Celebrate," also featured here as a bonus 12" mix. This is one definite classic to own.

This is old school for real people. I haven't heard this album sence I was a little girl. I was about 4 years old. My favorite songs are, Let's Celebreat, Call Me, Girl In Blue, Jam The Box, When You Touch Me, And of course Gonna get it on. So. If you have a chance, Buy the Album you won't be sorry.

Skyy's Skyy Line takes me back to good memories when Disco was on its way out but good bands were still trying to make their mark, I was a D-Jay in a club and one of my favorites on this album was, Lets Celebrate, of course Call Me was nice also. Its good to be able to look back at the past and know you were part of what youngsters read or hear about. I sometime wish that I could go back with the knowledge that I have now, I would be "TOO COLD" Thanks Skyy...

I know this was a New York thing, But, man Skyy had Cali grooving... And I hate hearing the word Disco associated with them. It's called "Dancefloor Funk"
Solomon Roberts r. the Dunning sisters,Tommy McConnell, Randy Muller and the rest of the gang holding it down. This was the way disco wanted to be. That get you on the floor, to dance type music. During the glory days of the funk-a-puss, there were four other bands "aka" alter egos to the funk. One of those alter ego's was called Skyy. This is skyy at their ultimate best. Every cut is dance floor funky, and when they decided to slow it down, they hit you with "When You Touch Me" or to get you ready they would tell you with a song like "Gonna Get it On". If you know dance floor funk, you know about Skyy !!!DJ Warlock "Out n Cali"

In its early iterations, the New York-based band Skyy visually took it's cues from the Earth, Wind, & Fire look--the funky, shiny one-piece jumpsuits, etc. But the Brass Construction's Randy Mueller--who was the producer for Skyy--had them follow a different sound, using their guitars and the three voices of the Dunning sisters--Denise, Dolores, and Bonny. As a result, they were a quieter version of Mueller's band; but had a more driven and funkier sound.
The sound of Skyy reached a full maturity with Skyyline, and may have best been represented by the cover, in which the band dropped the EWF look for suits and skirts. This 1995 re-release of the 1982 album has both versions of "Let's Celebrate", which is a forgotten song of the time because of Kool And The Gang's "Celebration". While the latter song became a sports anthem and somewhat iconic; Skyy's similarly named song is one of the great dance floor songs EVER. It's driven by the two guitars of Solomon Roberts (Who also sings the lead on the song) and Anibal "Boochie" Sierra, who use a "combatative picking" on their axes--a sort of "Dueling Banjos" for the electric guitar. Both versions highlight the picking, especially the longer version which finishes the re-release.
Of course, one can't dismiss the rest of this album--the other classics "Call Me"--I can remember Skyy playing this on Soul Train back in the day, and Solomon bringing out the mobile phone for the bridge--and "When You Touch Me".
But I admit that I bought this for both versions of "Let's Celebrate"...and loved it.