Brother to Brother (Gino Vannelli album)

Brother to Brother is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer Gino Vannelli. Despite its success - the biggest of Vannelli's career - it was also his last for A&M Records. The album was released in 1978 and featured "I Just Wanna Stop", Vannelli's highest-charting single to date in both the US and Canada, where the single reached #4 and #1 respectively. Two other singles were released from the LP, "Wheels of Life" (U.S. #78, Canada #31), and "The River Must Flow" (Canada #80).

Brother to Brother
Studio album by Gino Vannelli
Released	September 1978
Recorded	1978
Studio	Davlen Recording Studio (North Hollywood, California).
Genre	Jazz-rock, art rock, soft rock
Length	41:00
Label	A&M
Producer	Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, and Ross Vannelli
Gino Vannelli chronology
A Pauper in Paradise (1977) Brother to Brother (1978) Nightwalker (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Gino Vannelli except Tracks 3 and 4 written by Ross Vannelli.

1. "Appaloosa" - 4:44
2. "The River Must Flow" - 3:48
3. "I Just Wanna Stop" - 3:37
4. "Love and Emotion" - 3:49
5. "Feel Like Flying" - 5:17
6. "Brother to Brother" - 7:16
7. "Wheels of Life" - 4:14
8. "The Evil Eye" - 4:14
9. "People I Belong To" - 4:01

Charts

Chart (1978/79)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2]	78
Canada	3
United States (Billboard 200)	13

Personnel

• Gino Vannelli – lead vocals, synthesizer (Korg PS-3300)[3]
• Joe Vannelli – electric piano, synthesizers
• Carlos Rios – guitars
• Leon Gaer – synthesized electric bass (1-4, 7, 8)
• Jimmy Haslip – electric bass (5, 6, 9), bass solo (6)
• Mark Craney – drums
• Manolo Badrena – percussion
• Victor Feldman – vibraphone
• Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
• Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
• Julia Waters – backing vocals
• Maxine Waters – backing vocals
• Ross Vannelli – backing vocals

Production

• Produced and Arranged by Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli and Ross Vannelli.
• Engineered and Mixed by Norm Kinney
• Assistant Engineer – Chris Desmond
• Remixing Assistants – Paul Aronoff and Betty Banghart
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction – Roland Young
• Design – Grafis
• Photography – Mark Hanauer

References

1. Elias, Jason. Brother to Brother at AllMusic
2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 320. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
3. Vintagesynth.com "Going back to the 70s"

External links

• Brother to Brother (Gino Vannelli album) at Discogs (list of releases)