TEAM RNS PRESENTS

ARTIST: The S.O.S Band

TITLE: S.O.S (Remastered)

LABEL: Capitol / Tabou

RIPPER: Team RNS

0hr 40min total- 57.7mb

RELEASE DATE: 2002-00-00

RIP DATE: 2003-02-13

01 S.O.S (Dit Dit Dit Dash Dash   5:48

Dash Dit Dit Dit)

02 What's Wrong With Our Love     4:55

04 Love Won't Wait For Love       5:34

05 Take Your Time (Do It Right)   7:44

06 I'm In Love                    3:40

07 Take Love Where You Find It    5:56

08 S.O.S (reprise)                1:53

Another Hot Release From RNS (old

You may have heard some of SOS Band's

songs on several rap/r&b tracks as

samples used in the past decade but

the original work imho was the best. If

you like 80s funk/R&B bands (Midnight

Star/Cameo/Dazz/Gap Band etc) then this

is a great release to leech. This band

is also known for having worked largely

with legendary producers Jimmy Jam &

Terry Lewis. In Fact, they were so busy

helping SOS Band, Prince fired them from

their group The Time!

Here is the group's debut project from

1980 in full 24-bit digital remastered

I just hate so many good reissues these

days not getting a proper nfo/packaging

(just careless it seems) so here is how it

should be done from somebody who loves

AMG: One of 1980's most promising R&B

debuts came from the S.O.S. Band, whose

debut album is a classic. This sleek yet

gritty album went gold in the U.S.

(which isn't counting sales in Europe),

and the infectious "Take Your Time (Do

It Right)" soared to number one on

Billboard's R&B singles chart. It isn't

hard to see why the S.O.S. Band's first

album was a hit; all of the tracks are

excellent. That is true of up-tempo

funk-dance gems like "Take Your Time (Do

It Right)," "S.O.S. (Dit Dit Dit Dat Dat

Dat Dit Dit Dit)," "Love Won't Wait for

Love," and "Take Love Where You Find

It," as well as the melancholy soul

ballad "What's Wrong With Our Love

Affair?" In 1980, there were plenty of

inconsistent albums that failed to live

up to the promise of an exciting

single, but the S.O.S. Band's debut

isn't one of them. Those who bought this

LP after hearing "Take Your Time (Do It

Right)" on the radio were not

disappointed by the other tracks  they

were happy to learn that the S.O.S.

Band's first album is impressively

consistent. And they also discovered

that the Atlanta outfit had a major

asset in lead singer Mary Davis, an

expressive, big-voiced belter who

demonstrated that she could handle

up-tempo material and ballads equally

well. Not all of the S.O.S. Band's

subsequent albums were consistent, but

this release is superb as well as

essential. - Alex Henderson