★★★★★
(August 24, 2006) I had the pleasure last night of seeing KC's Boogie Blast, one of the Summer's very fun shows, featuring KC and the Sunshine Band, Gloria Gaynor, Tavares and Sister Sledge. The Sunshine Band (full horn section, two percussionists, two guitarists and two keyboards) sounded fantastic and provided a great backing for all four acts...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
The disco-hit side (three multi-percussed six-minute cuts, two of them Motown remakes) is a solid, danceable B plus. The flip (five shorter songs, the most irritating written by the singer herself) punches in at C or maybe lower. That averages out to B minus or maybe lower. But albums with listenable sides are all too rare these days.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-17
★★★★★
Not only does this lead off with "I Will Survive" (which I--unlike most--find too long in the eight-minute version now included on the repressed album), and "Stoplight," a piece of inspired girl-group foolishness, it winds down into commendable filler-plus. Faves: "You Can Exit" ("If you don't like the size/If you don't like the fit" of what?) and "Anybody Wanna Party" (which for once might induce me to). A better--and cuter--Freddie Perren album than Best of the Sylvers.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
What happens to disco queens when the big mirror ball stops spinning? Some, such as Gloria "I Will Survive" Gaynor, heed the call of "inspirational" music, though it could be argued that Gaynor's Seventies hits were that. Unfortunately, while Gaynor's passion is still here, too much of The Answer sounds like quickly re-purposed disco leftovers....
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Gloria Gaynor's excellent sophomore effort Experience Gloria Gaynor found the influential disco diva embracing the same format she had favored on her first album, Never Can Say Goodbye; side one is a nonstop three-song dance mix that clocks in at almost 19 minutes, whereas on side two, there are breaks between songs...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Although 1979's "I Will Survive" is Gloria Gaynor's most famous recording, it was hardly her first. In 1975, the singer established herself as one of disco's early divas with her debut album Never Can Say Goodbye, which dance club DJs went wild over. With side one of this LP, Gaynor helped to popularize the art of the nonstop dance mix, a concept that was still alive and well when the 21st century arrived 25 years later...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Gloria Gaynor's fifth album was titled Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound, but it might as well have been titled Gloria Gaynor's Broad Street Sound because much of this soul-disco LP is heavily influenced by Philadelphia R&B.; (Broad Street is a main thoroughfare in Philly)...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Gloria Gaynor entered the 1980s with Stories, which marked the third time she worked with producer/songwriter Dino Fekaris. Once again, Fekaris showed a great understanding of what made Gaynor tick. Although Gaynor was among the top disco divas of the 1970s, her roots were Motown and northern soul; and Fekaris, much to his credit, made sure that 1979's Love Tracks, 1979's I Have a Right, and 1980's Stories had both disco appeal and northern soul appeal...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Although not as consistently strong as Never Can Say Goodbye or Experience Gloria Gaynor, the singer's third album, I've Got You, is a generally decent but uneven disco-soul release that has its moments. Once again, Gaynor turns side one into a nonstop three-song dance mix while providing breaks between songs on the less club-oriented side two...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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