I Am Love (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = I Am Love
| type = Studio album
| artist = Peabo Bryson
| cover = File:PBryson_IAmLove.jpg
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| released = November 1981
| recorded = 1980–1981 77 at WEB IV Studios, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
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| studio =
| genre = Soul, funk, post-disco
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| label = Capitol Records
| producer = Johnny Pate, Peabo Bryson
| prev_title = Turn the Hands of Time
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Don't Play with Fire
| next_year = 1982
}}
I Am Love is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Peabo Bryson, released in 1981 under Capitol Records. The album features singles, "There's No Guarantee" and the top ten R&B hit, "Let the Feeling Flow".
Reception
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-am-love-mw0000840893 I Am Love Album Review]. Allmusic.com
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The lead single "Let the Feeling Flow", became Bryson's highest charting pop single at that time. The song reached #42 on Billboards Top Pop Singles. "I Am Love" peaked to #40 on Billboards Top Pop Albums, earning his second top 40 pop album following 1979's Crosswinds (at #35).
Track listing
- All songs written by Peabo Bryson, "Move Your Body" written by Charles Bryson and Peabo Bryson.
- "I Am Love" - 5:08
- "Move Your Body" - 4:30
- "Split Decision" - 5:17
- "Impossible" - 5:49
- "There's No Guarantee" - 4:30
- "Love is on the Rise" - 3:52
- "Let the Feeling Flow" - 4:38
- "Get Ready to Cry" - 4:17
- "You" - 4:37
Personnel
Musicians
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- Peabo Bryson – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic piano, BGV arrangements; horn, rhythm and string arrangements, conductor
- Thomas Campbell – keyboards
- Mark Parrish – synthesizers
- Richard Horton – guitars
- Dwight W. Watkins – bass, backing vocals
- Andre Robinson – drums
- Chuck Bryson – percussion, backing vocals
- Ron Dover – tenor saxophone
- Daniel Dillard – trombone
- Thaddeus Johnson – trumpet
- Dorothy Ashley – harp
- Johnny Pate – string arrangements and conductor
- Phil Wright – string contractor
- Gerard Vinci – concertmaster
- Terry Dukes – backing vocals
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Production
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- Peabo Bryson – producer, mixing
- Johnny Pate – producer, mixing
- Rik Pekkonen – engineer
- Ed Seay Jr. – engineer, mixing
- Tommy Cooper – assistant engineer
- Roy Kohara – art direction
- Roland Young – design
- Bobby Holland – photography
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Charts
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{{album chart|Billboard200|40|artist=Peabo Bryson|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 30, 2021|refname="Billboard200"}} |
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|6|artist=Peabo Bryson|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 30, 2021|refname="BillboardRandBHipHop"}} |
References
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External links
- [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3789|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Peabo Bryson]
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Category:Albums arranged by Johnny Pate
Category:Albums conducted by Johnny Pate