Stars (Sylvester album)

Stars
Stars
Studio album by Sylvester
Released	1979
Studio	Fantasy; (Berkeley, California); Island; (London, England)
Genre	Disco; pop;
Length	33:34
Label	Fantasy
Producer	Harvey Fuqua; Sylvester;
Sylvester chronology

Stars is the fifth studio album by American singer Sylvester, released in 1979 on the Fantasy label.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B ^[2]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul	^[3]

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 27 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 63 on the Billboard 200. The album features a disco-styled cover version of Ben E. King's "I (Who Have Nothing)", which peaked at No. 27 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached No. 4 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart along with the title track and "Body Strong".

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Stars"	Patrick Cowley	8:06
2.	"Body Strong"	Michael Finden, Sylvester	8:10

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
3.	"I (Who Have Nothing)"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	10:40
4.	"I Need Somebody to Love Tonight"	Patrick Cowley	6:38
Total length:			33:34

Album

Chart (1979)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs^[4]	63
US Billboard Top Soul LPs^[4]	27

Singles

^ Stars review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved November 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 324.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "US Charts > Sylvester". Billboard. Retrieved 23 November 2019.