Love Notes (Ramsey Lewis album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Love Notes
| type = Album
| artist = Ramsey Lewis
| cover = Ramsey Lewis (Love Notes).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1977
| recorded = 1976–1977
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 35:08
| label = Columbia
| producer = Ramsey Lewis, Bert DeCoteaux
| prev_title = Salongo
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Tequila Mockingbird
| next_year = 1977
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/love-notes-mw0000832317|title=Ramsey Lewis: Love Notes|website=allmusic.com}}
| rev2 = Cashbox
| rev2Score = (favourable){{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox38unse_49|title=Album Reviews|page=[https://archive.org/details/cashbox38unse_49/page/24 24]|issue=49|volume=38|date=May 7, 1977|publisher=Cashbox|website=archive.org}}
| rev3 = People
| rev3Score = (favourable){{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-love-notes-vol-8-no-1/#!|title=Picks and Pans Review: Love Notes|date=July 4, 1977|publisher=People|website=people.com}}
}}
Love Notes is a jazz album by Ramsey Lewis that was recorded in 1976–77 and released in 1977 by Columbia.{{cite work|title=Ramsey Lewis: Love Notes |date=1977 |publisher=Columbia Records}} The album reached No. 7 on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 31 on the US Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103012013/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ramsey-lewis-mn0000334770/awards|title=Ramsey Lewis: Billboard Charts (Archived) |publisher=AllMusic|via=archive.org|access-date=January 3, 2025}}
Overview
This album features Lewis's collaboration with Motown artist Stevie Wonder on the songs "Spring High" and the title track, which Wonder wrote and arranged.
Track listing
{{Tracklist
|title1 = Spring High
|writer1 = Stevie Wonder
|length1 = 4:16
|title2 = Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen)
|writer2 = Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams
|length2 = 4:28
|title3 = "Shining"
|writer3 = Zuri Raheem, Byron Gregory
|length3 = 4:37
|title4 = Love Notes
|writer4 = Stevie Wonder
|length4 = 6:17
|title5 = Chili Today, Hot Tamale
|writer5 = Zuri Raheem
|length5 = 5:10
|title6 = The Messenger
|writer6 = Byron Gregory
|length6 = 5:15
|title7 = Stash Dash
|writer7 = Zuri Raheem
|length7 = 4:51
}}
Charts
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Chart (1977)
! Peak |
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US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)
|79 |
US Top Jazz LPs (Billboard)
| 7 |
US Top Soul LPs (Billboard)
| 31 |
References
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