| The Gap Band | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | the Gap Band |
| Cover: | The_Gap_Band_(1979_album).png |
| Released: | February 26, 1979 |
| Recorded: | 1978–1979 |
| Studio: | Total Experience Recording Studios (Hollywood, California) |
| Length: | 42:15 |
| Label: | Mercury |
| Producer: | Lonnie Simmons |
| Prev Title: | The Gap Band |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | The Gap Band II |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
The Gap Band is the major label debut album by the Gap Band, released in 1979 on Mercury Records. It is the group's second self-titled album, and their third album overall. It reached number ten on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.
| Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shake | Charlie Wilson | 4:57 | |
| 2. | You Can Count On Me | Buddy Jones, Charlie Wilson | 4:59 | |
| 3. | Open Up Your Mind (Wide) | Charlie Wilson, Ronnie Wilson | 7:08 | |
| 4. | Messin' With My Mind | Charlie Wilson, Rick Calhoun, Robert Louis Whitfield | 4:12 | |
| 5. | Baby Baba Boogie | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson | 6:36 | |
| 6. | I'm In Love | Ronnie Wilson | 5:25 | |
| 7. | Got To Get Away | Robert Lynn Wilson | 3:48 | |
| 8. | I Can Sing | Charlie Wilson, Ronnie Wilson | 5:18 |
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Pop Albums[1] | 77 |
| Billboard Top Soul Albums | 10 |
| Year | Single | Chart positions[2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B | US Disco | ||
| 1979 | "Baby Baba Boogie" | - | 48 |
| "Shake" | 4 | - | |