I Have a Right

I Have a Right
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1979
GenreDisco
Length47:27
LabelPolydor
ProducerDino Fekaris, Freddie Perren
Gloria Gaynor chronology
Love Tracks
(1978)
I Have a Right
(1979)
Stories
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Smash Hits4/10[3]

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.[4] The album has never been released on CD.

Reception

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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."[1]

Smash Hits, however, said, "A desperately dull collection of over orchestrated nightclub songs, an out of date rhythm machine and a struggling soul singer bring you every disco cliché in the book without a shred of originality or personality to rescue it.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."[5]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let Me Know (I Have a Right)" 8:24
2."Say Somethin'"Dino Fekaris, Gloria Gaynor, Freddie Perren5:16
3."You Took Me In Again" 6:43
4."Don't Stop Us" 4:11
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Tonight"Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim7:19
6."Can't Fight the Feelin'"B.J. Verdi, Freddie Perren4:30
7."Midnight Rocker" 6:09
8."One Number One" 4:40

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Alex Henderson. "Gloria Gaynor I Have a Right". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Colin Larkin (2006). "Gaynor, Gloria". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 705. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  3. ^ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (November 15–28, 1979): 31.
  4. ^ Hilburn, Robert (29 Dec 2000). "From the Vaults". Los Angeles Times. p. F22.
  5. ^ Red Starr (14 November 1979). "Albums". Smash Hits. No. 25.
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