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
position

US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)

|79

US Top Jazz LPs (Billboard)

| 7

US Top Soul LPs (Billboard)

| 31

References