Everybody Loves the Sunshine [LP]

by Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Roy Ayers

Overview

Roy Ayers's had long made his shift into R&B/soul by 1976's Everybody Loves the Sunshine. His recordings of this period can be very hit and miss, and in this particular record, you get both. The title track, "Everybody Loves the Sunshine," is a quintessential song from the mid-'70s. While it might not have slammed the charts like Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music," it's still a revered classic. It evokes that feeling of sweltering concrete in Brooklyn where the only relief is the local fire hydrant. Entirely sung by a choir repeating the same lines throughout, the rhythm section rolls along with a perfectly looped laid-back groove. It moves along lazily, hypnotically, and sluggishly as the sun slows things down to the right speed and "folks get down in the sunshine." The rest of the album contains Ayers classics such as the burning percussive funk of "It Ain't AYour Sign It's Your Mind," the spacey cosmic soul of "the Third Eye," the bumping rubbery disco in "People and the World," and the two horn-scorched closers "Tongue Power," and "Lonesome Cowboy." [Everybody Loves the Sunshine was re-released on LP in 2016.] ~ Sam Samuelson

Product Details

Release Date:	02/19/2016
Label:	Polydor
UPC:	0602547669919
Rank:	21273

Tracks

1. Hey Uh What You Say Come On
2. The Golden Rod
3. Keep On Walking
4. You and Me My Love
5. The Third Eye
6. It Ain't Your Sign It's Your Mind
7. People and the World
8. Everybody Loves the Sunshine
9. Tongue Power
10. Lonesome Cowboy

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Roy Ayers Ubiquity   Primary Artist
Roy Ayers   Primary Artist,Harp,Vocals,Percussion,Vibraphone,String Ensemble,Piano (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Philip Woo   Piano,String Ensemble,Piano (Electric)
Chano O'Ferral   Congas,Vocals,Percussion
Las Chicas   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Doug Rhodes   Drums

Technical Credits

Gary N. Mayo   Digital Remastering
Chano O'Ferral   Composer
Jerry Solomon   Engineer
Gino Vannelli   Composer
Beverly Parker   Design
Leonid Lubianitsky   Photography
Dave Heffernan   Photography
James Green   Engineer
Roy Ayers Ubiquity   Performer
Maurice Green   Producer
Roy Ayers   Arranger,Composer,Producer
William Allen   Composer