Outline (album)

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Outline
Studio album by
Released1979
Recorded1979
VenueMontreal
GenreDisco
LabelRFC/Warner Bros.
ProducerMix Machine
Gino Soccio chronology
Outline
(1979)
S-Beat
(1980)
Singles from Outline
  1. "The Visitors"
    Released: 1979
  2. "Dancer"
    Released: 1979
  3. "Dance To Dance"
    Released: 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Outline is the debut album by Gino Soccio, released in 1979 on RFC Records, a Warner Bros. Records disco subsidiary run by Ray Caviano.[2][3][4][5][6]

The album peaked at No. 79 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 12 in Canada. "Dancer" is Soccio's only Billboard Hot 100 entry, peaking at No. 48, and his first No. 1 hit on the Disco Top 80 chart.

Track listing[edit]

All songs are written by Gino Soccio.

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Dancer"8:35
2."So Lonely"2:00
3."The Visitors"6:37
Side B
No.TitleLength
4."Dance to Dance"7:13
5."There's A Woman"8:30

Personnel[edit]

  • Gino Soccio – vocals, keyboards, drums, guitar
  • Busta Jones – vocals, bass
  • Heather Gauthier – vocals
  • Julia Gilmore – vocals
  • Laurie Niedzielski – vocals
  • Sharon Lee Williams – vocals
  • Al McNeil – bass
  • Mark Hygden – drums
  • Terry Martell – drums
  • Carlyle Miller – flute, horns (4)
  • Walter Rossi – guitar
  • Richard Mortimer – horns
  • Roger Walls – horns
  • Yoram Levy – horns
  • Luc Boivin – percussion
  • Stanley Brown – synthesizer (1, 2, 4 and 5)
Production
  • Producer: Mix Machine
  • Engineer: Lindsay Kidd, Jose Bunting, Pierre Groulx
  • Art direction and illustration: Greg Porto

Charts[edit]

Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1979 "Dancer" Canada RPM Top Singles[10] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 48
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles[11] 60
US Billboard Disco Top 80[11] 1[a]
UK Singles[12] 46
  1. ^ Back-to-back with Dance to Dance.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Outline". AllMusic. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  2. ^ Black Music & Jazz Review: Vol. 2. IPC Specialist & Professional Press. 1979. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Gino Soccio: The Mastermind of "Outline"". High Fidelity Incorporating Musical America. 29 (2). Billboard Publications: 138. 1979. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ High Fidelity: Vol. 29, Issues 1–6. ABC Leisure Magazines. 1979. p. 111. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Outline". Billboard. 91 (14). Nielsen Business Media: 102. April 7, 1979. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Ortleb, Charles (1979). Christopher Street: Vol. 4. That New Magazine. p. 57. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - June, 23, 1979" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. May 12, 1979. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  9. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - December 22, 1979" (PDF).
  10. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 23, 1979" (PDF).
  11. ^ a b c "Dancer (US)". Music VF. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  12. ^ "Dancer (UK)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

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