S.O.S. is the debut album released by the R&B band the S.O.S. Band on the Tabu label in the summer of 1980. It was produced by Sigidi Abdullah.

The album was a hit at nightclubs and "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" became a disco classic.

History The album peaked at No. 2 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200. The album yielded the Billboard R&B number-one hit "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" which also peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, and No. 51 on the UK Singles Chart. Two following singles, "S.O.S. (Dit Dit Dit Dash Dash Dash Dit Dit Dit)" and "What's Wrong with Our Love Affair?", also charted on the R&B chart, reaching numbers 20 and 87 respectively. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD with bonus tracks in 2013 by Demon Music Group.

Track listing

Personnel The S.O.S. Band Jason "T.C." Bryant – keyboards, vocals Billy "B.E." Ellis – saxophone, keyboards, vocals Mary Davis – vocals, background vocals, percussion James Earl Jones III – drums, vocals Willie "Sonny" Killebrew – saxophone, flute, vocals Bruno Speight – lead guitar John Alexander Simpson – bass, vocals

Additional Personnel James Stroud – drums (on "Love Won't Wait for Love") Darryl "Munyungo" Jackson – percussion Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Larry Hatcher, David Li, Richard Griffith, Ray Brown, Jr., Nolan Smith, Jeff Clayton – horns Bill Henderson (concertmaster) – strings Rosalind Sweeper, Freddi Rawls, Michele Morgan, Gertha Simms – background vocals Dorothy Farrell, Linda Riley, Pam Jones, Isaac Welcome, Angela (Neicy) Hall, Grace Anderson, Charlene Few – handclaps

Production Sigidi – producer, arranger Clarence Avant – executive producer Fred Wesley, The S.O.S. Band – arrangers Richard Wells, Ted Bush, Tom Race, George Pappas – engineers Tommy Cooper, Greg Webster – assistant engineers David Hassinger, Serge Reyes, Rhonghea Southern – mixers Neil Petinov – assistant mixer Mike Reese – mastering

Charts Chart (1980)PeakU.S. Billboard 20012U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums2

Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US USR&B USDan UK1980 "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" 3 1 1 51 "S.O.S. (Dit Dit Dit Dash Dash Dash Dit Dit Dit)" — 20 54 — "What's Wrong with Our Love Affair?" — 87 — —

References

External links S.O.S. at Discogs