S.O.S. (The S.O.S. Band album)
# S.O.S. (The S.O.S. Band album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Smash Hits | 4/10 |

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.

## 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) | Peak |
| - | - |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 2 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Single | US | US R&B | US Dan | UK |
| 1980 | "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" | 3 | 1 | 1 | 51 |
| 1980 | "S.O.S. (Dit Dit Dit Dash Dash Dash Dit Dit Dit)" | — | 20 | 54 | — |
| 1980 | "What's Wrong with Our Love Affair?" | — | 87 | — | — |
