Brother To Brother (Remastered) Gino Vannelli

• 1 Appaloosa (Album Version) 04:44
• 2 The River Must Flow (Album Version) 03:48
• 3 I Just Wanna Stop 03:37
• 4 Love & Emotion (Album Version) 03:49
• 5 Feel Like Flying (Album Version) 05:17
• 6 Brother To Brother (Album Version) 07:16
• 7 Wheels Of Life 04:14
• 8 The Evil Eye (Album Version) 04:14
• 9 People I Belong To (Album Version) 04:01
• Total Runtime 41:00

Info for Brother To Brother (Remastered)

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.

"By this point, Vannelli has pared away the often-bizarre edges of his sound and became more mainstream. That's not a bad thing. This album's predecessor, A Pauper in Paradise, seemed to blow up his pretensions to skyscraper size with only the melodic and gorgeous "The Surest Things Can Change" coming out unscathed. The good news is that Brother to Brother seems to pick up from that point. The big hit here, the sexy and confident "I Just Want to Stop," gets a great vocal from Vannelli and the backing vocalists. Throughout, this one gets the sense that Vannelli finally got what made him special vocally and lyrically. "Love and Emotion" and "Feel Like Flying" have a maturity that he couldn't have pulled off two albums before. That is also true of the pensive "Wheels of Life," a song that's so melodically rich and thought-provoking, it's surprising that Peabo Bryson didn't cover it on one of his albums. Gino Vannelli's often more personal than more artists, and the final track proves it. The sleek and well-arranged "People I Belong To" has Vannelli examining the lives of his parents and brothers in a way that can't help but be affecting. After a few years of successful albums for A&M, Brother to Brother coalesced the sound and is recommended to fans of pop and R&B." (Jason Elias, AMG)

Gino Vannelli, lead vocals, synthesizers
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

Produced by Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, and Ross Vannelli

Digitally remastered