Tracklisting:
A1 Landlord 4:33
Drums - Chris Parker
Horns, Strings - Rob Mounsey
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
A2 Taste Of Bitter Love 4:37
Drums - Chris Parker
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Ray Chew
Handclaps, Finger Snaps - Doug Grinbergs, Jimmy Simpson,
Joan Meisel, Michael Hutchinson
Horns, Strings - Paul Riser
A3 Still Such A Thing 5:34
Drums - Chris Parker
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Ray Chew
Horns, Strings - Rob Mounsey
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
A4 Get The Love 3:40
Horns, Strings - Rob Mounsey
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
B1 Add It Up 3:53
Drums - Chris Parker
Horns, Strings - Rob Mounsey
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
B2 Bourgie', Bourgie' 4:37
Drums - Chris Parker
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Ray Chew
Horns, Strings - Paul Riser
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
B3 Friendly Persuasion 4:37
Drums - Chris Parker
Horns, Strings - Paul Riser
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
B4 We Need Hearts 3:57
Clavinet - Ray Chew
Drums - Chris Parker
Horns, Strings - Paul Riser
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
Personnel & Credits:
Arranged By [Horns, Strings] - Paul Riser , Robert Mounsey
Arranged By [Rhythm, Vocals] - Ashford & Simpson
Arranged By [Rhythm] - Ray Chew
Backing Vocals - Merald "Bubba" Knight, Edward Patten, William Guest
Bass - Francisco Centeno
Copyist - Chiefy Salaam
Engineer - John Potoker
Engineer [Assistant] - Carla Bandini, Craig Michaels, Doug Grinbergs,
Jim Costello, Steve Katz
Engineer [Recording, Mixing] - Mike Hutchinson
Engineer [Vocal Recording] - Dave Iveland
French Horn - Brooks Tillotson, Donald Corrada, John Clarke, Peter Gordon
Guitar - Eric Gale
Horns, Copyist - Sephra Herman
Lead Vocals - Gladys Knight
Mastered By - Stewart Romain
Mixed By, Mastered By - Jimmy Simpson
Other [Studio Coordinator] - Barbara Tiesi
Piano - Valerie Simpson
Producer, Written-By - Nickolas Ashford And Valerie Simpson
Saxophone [Alto] - Eddie Daniels
Saxophone [Baritone] - Howard Johnson, Ronnie Cuber
Saxophone [Tenor] - George Young, Michael Brecker
Strings - Gene Orloff
Trumpet - Jon Faddis, Lou Soloff
Notes:
Produced for Hopsack & Silk Productions, Inc.
Mastered at CBS Recording Studios, New York on the CBS Discomputer System
Recorded at Sigma Sound Studio, New York
Recorded at A&M Recording Studio, California
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:US
Released:1980
Review:
In 1977, 1978, and 1979, Gladys Knight & the Pips put a lot of effort into recording separately. Minus Knight, the Pips recorded two LPs as a trio (1977's At Last The Pips and 1978's Callin', both on Casablanca), while Knight provided her first two solo albums (1978's Miss Gladys Knight on Buddah/Arista and 1979's Gladys Knight on Columbia). But by 1980, the group itself was their top priority again. The R&B department at Columbia had very high hopes for this album, and they weren't disappointed. Both creatively and commercially, About Love was Gladys Knight & the Pips' most successful album since 1974's I Feel a Song. The people they can thank for the album's excellence are the husband and wife team of Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson, who wrote and produced all of the material. The ballad "Landlord" soared to number three on Billboard's R&B singles charts, and the uptempo dance items "Bourgie, Bourgie" (originally recorded by Ashford & Simpson as an instrumental) and "Taste of Bitter Love" also became hits. Meanwhile, About Love also contains its share of gems that weren't released as singles, including the dramatic "Add It Up" and the smooth "Friendly Persuasion." This impressively consistent LP indicated that Gladys Knight & the Pips still had a lot of life left in them as a group, and sure enough, they stayed together for another ten years before parting company for good in 1990.
By Alex Henderson (AMG. Copyright © 2010 All Media Guide, LLC. Content provided by All Music Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved.)
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A1 Landlord 4:33
Drums - Chris Parker
Horns, Strings - Rob Mounsey
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
A2 Taste Of Bitter Love 4:37
Drums - Chris Parker
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Ray Chew
Handclaps, Finger Snaps - Doug Grinbergs, Jimmy Simpson,
Joan Meisel, Michael Hutchinson
Horns, Strings - Paul Riser
A3 Still Such A Thing 5:34
Drums - Chris Parker
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Ray Chew
Horns, Strings - Rob Mounsey
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
A4 Get The Love 3:40
Horns, Strings - Rob Mounsey
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
B1 Add It Up 3:53
Drums - Chris Parker
Horns, Strings - Rob Mounsey
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
B2 Bourgie', Bourgie' 4:37
Drums - Chris Parker
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Ray Chew
Horns, Strings - Paul Riser
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
B3 Friendly Persuasion 4:37
Drums - Chris Parker
Horns, Strings - Paul Riser
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
B4 We Need Hearts 3:57
Clavinet - Ray Chew
Drums - Chris Parker
Horns, Strings - Paul Riser
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
Personnel & Credits:
Arranged By [Horns, Strings] - Paul Riser , Robert Mounsey
Arranged By [Rhythm, Vocals] - Ashford & Simpson
Arranged By [Rhythm] - Ray Chew
Backing Vocals - Merald "Bubba" Knight, Edward Patten, William Guest
Bass - Francisco Centeno
Copyist - Chiefy Salaam
Engineer - John Potoker
Engineer [Assistant] - Carla Bandini, Craig Michaels, Doug Grinbergs,
Jim Costello, Steve Katz
Engineer [Recording, Mixing] - Mike Hutchinson
Engineer [Vocal Recording] - Dave Iveland
French Horn - Brooks Tillotson, Donald Corrada, John Clarke, Peter Gordon
Guitar - Eric Gale
Horns, Copyist - Sephra Herman
Lead Vocals - Gladys Knight
Mastered By - Stewart Romain
Mixed By, Mastered By - Jimmy Simpson
Other [Studio Coordinator] - Barbara Tiesi
Piano - Valerie Simpson
Producer, Written-By - Nickolas Ashford And Valerie Simpson
Saxophone [Alto] - Eddie Daniels
Saxophone [Baritone] - Howard Johnson, Ronnie Cuber
Saxophone [Tenor] - George Young, Michael Brecker
Strings - Gene Orloff
Trumpet - Jon Faddis, Lou Soloff
Notes:
Produced for Hopsack & Silk Productions, Inc.
Mastered at CBS Recording Studios, New York on the CBS Discomputer System
Recorded at Sigma Sound Studio, New York
Recorded at A&M Recording Studio, California
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:US
Released:1980
Review:
In 1977, 1978, and 1979, Gladys Knight & the Pips put a lot of effort into recording separately. Minus Knight, the Pips recorded two LPs as a trio (1977's At Last The Pips and 1978's Callin', both on Casablanca), while Knight provided her first two solo albums (1978's Miss Gladys Knight on Buddah/Arista and 1979's Gladys Knight on Columbia). But by 1980, the group itself was their top priority again. The R&B department at Columbia had very high hopes for this album, and they weren't disappointed. Both creatively and commercially, About Love was Gladys Knight & the Pips' most successful album since 1974's I Feel a Song. The people they can thank for the album's excellence are the husband and wife team of Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson, who wrote and produced all of the material. The ballad "Landlord" soared to number three on Billboard's R&B singles charts, and the uptempo dance items "Bourgie, Bourgie" (originally recorded by Ashford & Simpson as an instrumental) and "Taste of Bitter Love" also became hits. Meanwhile, About Love also contains its share of gems that weren't released as singles, including the dramatic "Add It Up" and the smooth "Friendly Persuasion." This impressively consistent LP indicated that Gladys Knight & the Pips still had a lot of life left in them as a group, and sure enough, they stayed together for another ten years before parting company for good in 1990.
By Alex Henderson (AMG. Copyright © 2010 All Media Guide, LLC. Content provided by All Music Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved.)
By Pier
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Gladys Knight has never had the acclaim she really deserves, her ¬Everybody needs love" album was great. I haven`t got this one so thanks for the share.
Thank you very much ;)
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