Album
Everybody Loves The Sunshine
1976 · Jazz, Funk / Soul
31 collectors on Gatefold own this
Everybody Loves The Sunshine is a Soul & Funk album by Roy Ayers Ubiquity, originally released in 1976. On Gatefold: 37 pressings tracked, owned by 31 collectors.
About
Reinvigorated by a new backing band, Roy Ayers reached a high-water mark in 1976 with <i>Everybody Loves the Sunshine</i>. Bolstered by drummer Doug Rhodes, bassist John “Shaun” Solomon, and guitarist Ronald “Head” Drayton, the album has an exuberance not seen since Ayers’ early days. The album is drenched in layers of piano and synthesizer. Working in tandem with longtime Ubiquity keyboardist Philip Woo, Ayers personally applied keyboard to each song, striving for the warmest, most sensual palette possible. There's plenty of disco energy here, but the performances are anything but cookie-cutter. Ayers devises unusual and ingenious rhythmic ideas, which (as on “The Third Eye”) seem to at once stalk listeners and hover over them. The album culminates with “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” which Ayers sings in unison with his vivacious young partner, Chicas. What could have easily been a corny hippy song in 1966 becomes in 1976 an oozing, sophisticated slow burn of a groove. It's a supernatural piece of music, eerily optimistic and intoxicating.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Hey Uh-What You Say Come On3:45
- A2The Golden Rod3:03
- A3Keep On Walking3:46
- A4You And Me My Love3:11
- A5The Third Eye6:21
Side B
- B1It Ain't Your Sign It's Your Mind3:28
- B2People And The World4:48
- B3Everybody Loves The Sunshine4:01
- B4Tongue Power3:02
- B5Lonesome Cowboy4:03
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- warm
- laid-back
- funky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Chano O'FerralCONGAS CONGAS, PERCUSSION, LEAD VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- ChicasBACKING VOCALS LEAD VOCALS LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS
- Debbie DarbyLEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS
- Doug RhodesDRUMS
- Philip WooELECTRIC PIANO ELECTRIC PIANO, SYNTHESIZER , STRINGS , PIANO PIANO
- Ronald "Head" DraytonGUITAR
- Roy AyersARRANGED BY, VIBRAPHONE, LEAD VOCALS, ELECTRIC PIANO, SYNTHESIZER , PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS ARRANGED BY, VIBRAPHONE, LEAD VOCALS, ELECTRIC PIANO, SYNTHESIZER, PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS
- Shaun SolomonBASS ELECTRIC BASS
31 collectors on Gatefold own this · 37 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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