OUTLINE (ALBUM)

Outline
Outline
Studio album by Gino Soccio
Released	1979
Recorded	1979
Venue	Montreal
Genre	Disco
Label	RFC/Warner Bros.
Producer	Mix Machine
Gino Soccio chronology
Singles from Outline
	"The Visitors"; Released: 1979; " Dancer"; Released: 1979; "Dance To Dance"; Released: 1979;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Outline is the debut album by Gino Soccio, released in 1979 on RFC Records, a Warner Bros. Records disco subsidiary run by Ray Caviano.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The album peaked at No. 79 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 12 in Canada. " Dancer" is Soccio's only Billboard Hot 100 entry, peaking at No. 48, and his first No. 1 hit on the Disco Top 80 chart.

Track listing

All songs are written by Gino Soccio.

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	" Dancer"	8:35
2.	"So Lonely"	2:00
3.	"The Visitors"	6:37

Side B
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Dance to Dance"	7:13
5.	"There's A Woman"	8:30

Personnel

Gino Soccio – vocals, keyboards, drums, guitar
Busta Jones – vocals, bass
Heather Gauthier – vocals
Julia Gilmore – vocals
Laurie Niedzielski – vocals
Sharon Lee Williams – vocals
Al McNeil – bass
Mark Hygden – drums
Terry Martell – drums
Carlyle Miller – flute, horns (4)
Walter Rossi – guitar
Richard Mortimer – horns
Roger Walls – horns
Yoram Levy – horns
Luc Boivin – percussion
Stanley Brown – synthesizer (1, 2, 4 and 5)

Production

Producer: Mix Machine
Engineer: Lindsay Kidd, Jose Bunting, Pierre Groulx
Art direction and illustration: Greg Porto

Charts

Weekly

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Canada RPM Top Albums^[7]	12
	US Billboard 200^[8]	79
	US Billboard Top Soul Albums	34
	Australia	78

Year-end

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Canada RPM Top Albums^[9]	75

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	" Dancer"	Canada RPM Top Singles^[10]	6
		US Billboard Hot 100^[11]	48
		US Billboard Hot Soul Singles^[11]	60
		US Billboard Disco Top 80^[11]	1^[a]
		UK Singles^[12]	46

^ Back-to-back with Dance to Dance.

References

^ Henderson, Alex. "Outline". AllMusic. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
^ Black Music & Jazz Review: Vol. 2. IPC Specialist & Professional Press. 1979. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.
^ "Gino Soccio: The Mastermind of "Outline"". High Fidelity Incorporating Musical America. 29 (2). Billboard Publications: 138. 1979. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.
^ High Fidelity: Vol. 29, Issues 1–6. ABC Leisure Magazines. 1979. p. 111. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.
^ "Outline". Billboard. 91 (14). Nielsen Business Media: 102. April 7, 1979. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.
^ Ortleb, Charles (1979). Christopher Street: Vol. 4. That New Magazine. p. 57. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.
^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - June, 23, 1979" (PDF).
^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. May 12, 1979. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - December 22, 1979" (PDF).
^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 23, 1979" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dancer (US)". Music VF. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
^ "Dancer (UK)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

External links

Outline at Discogs
Outline at AllMusic

[backside-12] Back-to-back with Dance to Dance.

[1] Henderson, Alex. "Outline". AllMusic. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

[2] Black Music & Jazz Review: Vol. 2. IPC Specialist & Professional Press. 1979. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.

[3] "Gino Soccio: The Mastermind of "Outline"". High Fidelity Incorporating Musical America. 29 (2). Billboard Publications: 138. 1979. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.

[4] High Fidelity: Vol. 29, Issues 1–6. ABC Leisure Magazines. 1979. p. 111. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.

[5] "Outline". Billboard. 91 (14). Nielsen Business Media: 102. April 7, 1979. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.

[6] Ortleb, Charles (1979). Christopher Street: Vol. 4. That New Magazine. p. 57. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Google Books.

[7] "RPM Top 100 Albums - June, 23, 1979" (PDF).

[8] "Billboard 200". Billboard. May 12, 1979. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

[9] "RPM Top 100 Albums - December 22, 1979" (PDF).

[10] "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 23, 1979" (PDF).

[BB-11] "Dancer (US)". Music VF. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

[13] "Dancer (UK)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

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