When the Boys Meet the Girls (album) When the Boys Meet the Girls (album) When the Boys Meet the Girls is the eighth studio album by the American R&B vocal group Sister Sledge, released on June 7, 1985 by Atlantic Records. It was the group's first release on the Atlantic label. Prior to this album, the group's releases had been released under the Cotillion Label, a subsidiary of Atlantic which became defunct in 1985. Produced by Nile Rodgers, This album reached number nineteen in the UK charts. The two singles released from this album charted in the UK, "Frankie", released in June 1985 peaked at number one;
In with the Out Crowd on and in a new direction as band." In July, the band went on a co-headlining U.S. tour with Reel Big Fish, with support from Streetlight Manifesto and Against All Authority. The album reached number 78 on the Billboard charts. In 2016, bass guitarist Roger Lima reflected on his dissatisfaction with the overall writing and recording process, stating: "I wanted to write songs that were a little bit faster, edgier and more punk rock sounding, but the producer that we were working with at the time, Howard Benson, who we’d worked with previously on "Hello Rockview", was kind of curving