I Know I Love Him

{{short description|1973 album by Nancy Wilson}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox album

| name = I Know I Love Him

| type = studio

| artist = Nancy Wilson

| cover = I_Know_I_Love_Him_Cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 1973

| recorded = 1973

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Vocal jazz, Soul

| length = 28:47

| label = Capitol

| producer = David D. Cavanaugh

| prev_title = Kaleidoscope

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = All in Love Is Fair

| next_year = 1974

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002544343|first=Andy|last=Kellman}}

}}

I Know I Love Him is a studio album by American singer Nancy Wilson, released by Capitol Records in February 1973. One of several R&B/soul-oriented albums that Wilson recorded during the 1970s, it features The Crusaders as backing musicians, along with songs by Marvin Gaye and Gordon Parks. Don Sebesky did the arrangements and conducting, and David D. Cavanaugh served as producer.

In a 1973 review, Billboard magazine called Wilson "the perfect person to bridge the gap between pop and soul.... Her gift on this LP is a mellowish mood, orchestrated beautifully by Don Sebesky to kiss her soulfully smooth voice within lush settings."{{cite magazine |title=Billboard Album Reviews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NwkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47|magazine=Billboard |date=February 24, 1973 |access-date=10 December 2018}}

Gramophone hailed the album as "a masterpiece in concept and musicianship," calling Wilson "truly superb in every aspect." They highlighted the Marvin Gaye-penned "We Can Make It Baby" and Gordon Parks' "Don't Misunderstand," a song that he had written the previous year for the soundtrack of Shaft's Big Score!.{{cite magazine |author= |title=Keeping Track: A Cross Section of Recent Popular LPs and Singles |magazine=The Gramophone |location=London |publisher=General Gramophone Publications Ltd. | publication-date=January 1974 |volume=51 |page=1446}}

More recently, Andy Kellman at AllMusic called the album "a deep gem – laid-back but resonant late-night listening."

Despite positive critical reaction, I Know I Love Him was not a commercial success when it was released. It only reached No. 201 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1973/Billboard%201973-04-21.pdf|title=Bubbling Under the Top LPs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=11 December 2018}} and the single from the album, "We Can Make It Baby," did not chart.

In 2013, SoulMusic Records released a digitally remastered version of the album, paired with Wilson's 1971 album Kaleidoscope.{{cite web |url=http://www.soulmusic.info/main.asp?S=3&T=36&ART=2854 |title=NANCY WILSON: KALEIDOSCOPE/I KNOW I LOVE HIM (SMCR-25096) |last=Nathan |first=David |author-link=David Nathan (music writer)| access-date=11 December 2018}}