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 September 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^[4]), and "The River Must Flow" (Canada #80^[5]).

Brother to Brother
Studio album by Gino Vannelli
Released	September 9, 1978[1]
Recorded	1978
Studio	Davlen (North Hollywood)
Genre	Jazz-rock, art rock, soft rock, yacht 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	[2]
Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992)	[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gino Vannelli, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Appaloosa"		4:44
2.	"The River Must Flow"		3:48
3.	"I Just Wanna Stop"	Ross Vannelli	3:37
4.	"Love and Emotion"	Ross Vannelli	3:49
5.	"Feel Like Flying"		5:17
Total length:			20:25

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Brother to Brother"	7:16
2.	"Wheels of Life"	4:14
3.	"The Evil Eye"	4:14
4.	"People I Belong To"	4:01
Total length:		19:45

Usage In Media

"Appaloosa" was featured in the 2006 Rockstar Games video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, which is set in 1984, on the in-game radio station Flash FM.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978/79)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6]	78
Canada (RPM) [7]	3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8]	43
US Billboard 200[9]	13

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[10]	45
Chart (1979)	Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[11]	43
US Billboard 200[12]	47

Personnel

• Gino Vannelli – lead vocals, synthesizer
• 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
• Maxine Waters – backing vocals
• Julia 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