I Have a Right explained

I Have a Right
Type:studio
Artist:Gloria Gaynor
Cover:Gloriahavearight.jpg
Released:September 24, 1979
Genre:Disco
Length:47:27
Label:Polydor
Producer:Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren
Prev Title:Love Tracks
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Stories
Next Year:1980

I Have a Right is Gloria Gaynor's seventh studio album, released in 1979. The track, "Let Me Know (I Have a Right)", was released as a single and reached No. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] The album has never been released on CD.

Reception

AllMusic called the opening track "Let me Know” "a very weak and contrived start" and "a poor person's 'I Will Survive'." However, "the rest of the material is excellent. From both a disco standpoint and a Northern soul standpoint, I Have a Right is a welcome addition to Gaynor's catalog."[2]

Smash Hits, however, said, "A desperately dull collection of over orchestrated nightclub songs, an out of date rhythm machine and a struggling soul singer bring you every disco cliché in the book without a shred of originality or personality to rescue it. Formula dance music for computers."[3]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. News: Hilburn . Robert . From the Vaults . Los Angeles Times . 29 Dec 2000 . F22.
  2. Web site: AllMusic . Gloria Gaynor I Have a Right. Alex Henderson .
  3. Smash Hits . Albums. Red Starr. 25. 14 November 1979.