Visions (Gladys Knight & the Pips album)

Visions is an album by the American soul group Gladys Knight & the Pips, released in 1983.[2][3]

Visions
Studio album by
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Released1983
GenreR&B, soul
LabelColumbia Records[1]
Gladys Knight & the Pips chronology
Touch
(1981)		 Visions
(1983)		 Life
(1985)

The album peaked at No. 34 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart.[4] "Save the Overtime (For Me)" reached No. 1 on the Hot Black Singles chart.[5]

Production

Half of the album's songs, including "Save the Overtime (For Me)", were produced by the group.[6]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Robert ChristgauB[8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Robert Christgau wrote: "Accurately acclaimed as her finest work in a decade, this is amazingly uniform for an album featuring eight different bassists and eight different drummers recorded in eight different studios in L.A., Nashville, and Vegas."[8] The Philadelphia Inquirer deemed the album "an uneven but nonetheless bold mixture of styles—sultry ballads, squeaky-clean pop and pumping funk tunes."[2]

The Washington Informer thought that "'Oh La De Da'—a brassy, fun-filled, funky celebration of the boogie—is a refreshing departure from the ups and downs of luv."[10] Stereo Review opined that Knight "is buried in a mire of unimaginative and downright boring arrangements."[11]

AllMusic called "Save the Overtime (For Me)" "the kind of jubilant, celebratory, rousing performance that had marked their best Motown singles, and it put some fresh life into what had become a stagnant group."[7]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."When You're Far Away"5:50
2."Just Be My Lover"3:29
3."Save the Overtime (For Me)"4:42
4."Heaven Sent"4:11
5."Don't Make Me Run Away"3:47
6."Ain't No Greater Love"4:53
7."Seconds"4:36
8."You're Number One (In My Book)"5:12
9."Oh La De Da"3:35
10."Hero"3:44

References
  1. "Jet's Top 20 Albums". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. December 26, 1983 – via Google Books.
  2. Tucker, Ken (14 Oct 1983). "GLADYS AND THE PIPS, VEGAS-STYLE". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. E22.
  3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 405.
  4. "Gladys Knight And The Pips". Billboard.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 330.
  6. Grein, Paul (May 18, 1985). "Knight & the Pips 'Diversify' Carefully". Billboard. 97 (20): 57.
  7. "Visions - Gladys Knight & the Pips | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  8. "Robert Christgau: CG: Gladys Knight". www.robertchristgau.com.
  9. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 891.
  10. Brower, W. A. (May 25, 1983). "Midas-Like Visions". The Washington Informer. No. 31. p. 16.
  11. Garland, Phyl (October 1983). "Disc and Tape Review". Stereo Review. 48 (10): 78.
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