Bridging the Gap (Charlie Wilson album)

Bridging the Gap
Studio album by Charlie Wilson
Released	November 14, 2000
Length	59:28
Label	Interscope
Producer	Laney Stewart Tricky Stewart Ray Watkins Wirlie Morris Angie Stone
Charlie Wilson chronology
You Turn My Life Around (1992) Bridging the Gap (2000) Charlie, Last Name Wilson (2005)

Bridging the Gap is the second studio album by Charlie Wilson, a member of the R&B group The Gap Band. It was released on November 14, 2000, through Interscope Records. The album debuted at number 184 on the US Billboard 200 and managed to peak at number 152 on the chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

AllMusic rated the album two out of five stars and wrote: "Wilson is equally comfortable with the percolating, hip-hop-inflected jump of the opening cut "Absolutely," the tender, Stevie Wonder-influenced ministrations of the love ballad "For Your Love," or the unapologetically titled "Big Pimpin'," wherein our mack daddy tells the object of his desire "if you're not planning to stay/let me help you on your way." Wilson's fluid tenor provides him equal access to all these soul scenarios. The state-of-the-art production keeps things sounding seamless no matter which direction the appropriately named Bridging the Gap takes."^[1] Billboard found that Wilson "scores a home run with his first solo set" and described the album as a "mix of R&B/hip-hop finds the veteran doing just that, teaming up with such contempo- raries as Case, Angie Stone, Snoop Dogg, Mare Nelson, Nate Dogg, and Chris "Tricky" Stewart [...] Uncle Charlie proves he's still a player."^[2]

Chart performance

Bridging the Gap peaked at number 152 on the US Billboard 200 and number 30 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[3] By January 2009, it had sold 195,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[4]

Track listing

Bridging the Gap track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Absolutely"	Christopher Stewart Traci Hale	Tricky Stewart	3:57
2.	"Another Man" (featuring Case)	Case Woodard Raymond Watkins	Leland Robinson Watkins	4:18
3.	"Without You"	Orenthal Harper Laney Stewart Hale Katrina Willis Thabiso "Tab" Nkhereanye	L. Stewart	5:00
4.	"Would You Mind"	C. Stewart Hale Nkhereanye	T. Stewart	3:37
5.	"Big Pimpin'" (featuring Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg)	L. Stewart Hale Nkhereanye	L. Stewart	4:11
6.	"Can I Take You Home"	L. Stewart Hale Nkhereanye	L. Stewart	4:12
7.	"For Your Love" (featuring Marc Nelson)	Nelson Wirlie Morris	Nelson Morris	5:00
8.	"Now Ya Sayin' Bye"	C. Stewart Hale Nkhereanye	T. Stewart	3:58
9.	"Him or Me"	C. Stewart Hale Nkhereanye	T. Stewart	3:57
10.	"Sweet Love"	Nelson Morris	Nelson Morris	4:57
11.	"Come Back My Way"	L. Stewart Hale Nkhereanye	L. Stewart	3:57
12.	"A Wonderful One"	Angie Stone	Stone Freedom Lyles^[a]	4:14
13.	"Charlie's Angel"	L. Stewart Hale Nkhereanye	L. Stewart	4:02

Bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"One Way Street" (featuring Avant)	Myron Avant Steve "Stone" Huff	Huff	4:13
Total length:				59:28

Notes

• ^{^[a]} denotes co-producer(s)

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Bridging the Gap

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[5]	152
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3]	30

References

1. "Bridging the Gap". AllMusic. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
2. Paoletta, Michael (October 21, 2000). "Reviews > Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
3. "Charlie Wilson Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
4. Mitchell, Gail (January 31, 2009). "R&B vet Wilson has fresh hit on his hands". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 11, 2024 – via Reuters.com.
5. "Charlie Wilson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 28, 2017.

External links

• Bridging The Gap at AllMusic
• Bridging The Gap at Discogs