Album of the Day

A few years after taking the pop world by storm with “Disco Inferno,” Philly funk favorites The Trammps shifted gears slightly for SLIPPING OUT. The 1980 Atlantic collection was recorded in New York with fellow R&B hitmakers Mass Production handling production duties as well as supplying songs and instrumental support. Though there are plenty of uptempo numbers like “Looking For You” to help disco fans shake their booty, the ballads sung by Robert Upchurch (opener “Loveland,” “I Don't Want to Ever Lose Your Love”) and Jimmy Ellis (“Our Thought (Slipping Away)”) are just as impressive. We're SLIPPING OUT of 2020 with The Trammps tonight, in the hope that the New Year will be better than the old one...