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{{Infobox album
| name       = Gap Band VII
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[The Gap Band]]
| cover      = Gap Band VII.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = December 9, 1985
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[funk]]
| length     = 42:07
| label      = [[Total Experience Records|Total Experience]] (original release) <br /> Big Break Records (expanded CD reissue)
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Gap Band VI]]
| prev_year  = 1984
| next_title = [[Gap Band 8]]
| next_year  = 1986
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000851891}}</ref>
|noprose=yes}}

'''''Gap Band VII''''' is the ninth album by [[the Gap Band]], released in 1985 on [[Total Experience Records]]. The album includes the single from original Jerry Peters's song "[[Going in Circles]]". As [[AllMusic]]'s Amy Hanson said in her review of the album, "The band was quickly back to business across the eminently catchy tunes "Automatic Brain" and "Ooh, What a Feeling," leaving both "L'il Red Funkin' Hood" and "Bumpin' Gum People," which features funkier vocals than listeners had heard from the band in quite some time, to round out the set with some good-old Gap Band sonics. Elsewhere, the band pulled a quiet storm trick out of their bag on 'I Know We'll Make It'."
 
An expanded and remastered version of the album was released on April 29, 2013, by Big Break Records with six additional tracks.

==Track listing==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Title !! Writer(s) !! Length
|-
| 1. || Desire || Jonah Ellis || 5:35
|-
| 2. || [[Going In Circles]] || Jerry Peters || 4:30
|-
| 3. || Automatic Brain || Anthony Walker, Charlie Wilson, Billy Young || 5:01
|-
| 4. || L'il Red Funkin' Hood || Anthony Walker, Charlie Wilson, Billy Young || 5:26
|-
| 5. || Ooh, What A Feeling || Jonah Ellis || 4:17
|-
| 6. || I Want A Real Love || Jonah Ellis || 3:57
|-
| 7. || Bumpin' Gum People || Charlie Wilson, Robert Lynn Wilson, Ronnie Wilson || 4:35
|-
| 8. || I Know We'll Make It || Raymond Calhoun || 4:54
|-
| 9. || I Need Your Love || Oliver Scott || 3:42
|-
| 10.* || Desire (12" Special Remix) || Jonah Ellis, Lamont Johnson, Lonnie Simmons || 6:26
|-
| 11.* || Going in Circles (12" Long Version Remix) || Jerry Peters || 5:33
|-
| 12.* || Automatic Brain (12" Club Mix) || Anthony Walker, Charlie Wilson, Billy Young || 7:41
|-
| 13.* || Desire (12" Dub Mix) || Jonah Ellis, Lamont Johnson, Lonnie Simmons || 6:28
|-
| 14.* || Going in Circles (12" Instrumental with Harmonica) || Jerry Peters || 5:14
|-
| 15.* || Automatic Brain (12" Rap Version) || Anthony Walker, Charlie Wilson, Billy Young || 5:52
|}

(*) Bonus tracks on the remastered version

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1985–1986)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|159|artist=The Gap Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 22, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|6|artist=The Gap Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 22, 2021}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1986)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1986|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 22, 2021}}</ref>
| 31
|}
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.discogs.com/Gap-Band-Gap-Band-VII/master/158014 Gap Band VII] at [[Discogs]]
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Back-in-1995/376397873051?v=stream#!/pages/The-Gap-Band/105491452818905?ref=ts Facebook Page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/the.gap.band Myspace Page]
* [http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GA009 Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Gap Band]
* [http://www.whosampled.com/sampled/The%20Gap%20Band/ The Gap Band] at [[WhoSampled]]
* [http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/708/charlie_wilson_outstanding_contributions/ Charlie Wilson in-depth interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' August 2011]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110827183259/http://soulinterviews.com/interviews-archive/686-charlie-wilson-swe.html Charlie Wilson 2011 Interview at Soulinterviews.com]

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