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    Destination: Sun

    Sun - Destination: Sun

    01/01/1979


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    All Music Guide Review

    Sun had high hopes for its fourth album, Destination: Sun, which came out in 1979. The Dayton funksters had enjoyed two hits -- "Wanna Make Love" in 1976 and "Sun Is Here" in 1978 -- but they had yet to come out with a blockbuster album that would go double or triple platinum and give them supergroup status. Unfortunately for Sun, Destination: Sun wasn't that album. The infectious funk single "Radiation Level" wasn't the hit it should have been, and the LP didn't receive very much attention. But while Destination: Sun isn't a masterpiece (except for "Radiation Level"), it's a generally enjoyable record. Catchy funk items like "Deep Rooted Feeling (Stand Up)" and "Pure Fire" didn't make Sun as big as the Commodores or the Bar-Kays; nor did the soul ballad "Baby, I Confess" or the perky, Earth, Wind & Fire-ish "Hallelujah Spirit" (which is somewhat similar to EWF's "Sing a Song"). But they're still decent. The weakest tune on the LP is "I Want to Be With You (Forever)," a pop/R&B ballad that tries to emulate the Commodores' "Three Times the Lady" and ends up being much too mushy for its own good. Nonetheless, Destination: Sun has more plusses than minuses, and it's a shame that the record didn't enjoy more attention. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

    Destination: Sun Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Radiation Level
  • 5:55

  • 2
  • Pure Fire
  • 5:08

  • 3
  • I Want to Be With You (Forever)

  • 4
  • Everybody Disco Down
  • 3:32

  • 5
  • Light of the Universe
  • 4:52

  • 6
  • Deep Rooted Feeling
  • 4:58

  • 7
  • Baby, I Confess
  • 4:02

  • 8
  • Hallelujah Spirit
  • 4:43

  • Credits of Destination: Sun

    • Kym Yancey
    • Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
    • Robert Arnold
    • Flute, Trombone, Trumpet, Vocals (Background), Percussion
    • Nigel Boulton
    • Flute, Percussion, Piano, Flugelhorn, Vocals (Background), Vocals, Trumpet
    • Byron Byrd
    • Bass, Vocals (Background), Producer, Vocals, Flute, Piano, Arranger, Sax (Tenor), Percussion
    • Keith Cheatham
    • Percussion, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Guitar (Electric)
    • Curtis Hooks
    • Bass (Electric), Sax (Alto), Vocals, Vocals (Background)
    • Gary King
    • Flute, Trombone, Vocals (Background), Percussion
    • Sun
    • Main Performer


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