Love Season

Love Season
Love Season
Studio album by Alex Bugnon
Released	1988
Studio	Presence Studios (East Haven, Connecticut); Unique Studios (New York City, New York); 39th Street Music Studio (Midtown Manhattan, New York); Rawlston Recording Studio (Brooklyn, New York);
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	42:43
Label	Orpheus
Producer	Beau Huggins (exec.); Rahni Song; Poogie Bell; Victor Bailey; Alex Bugnon (co.);
Alex Bugnon chronology
Singles from Love Season
	"Piano in the Dark"; Released: 1988; "Going Out"; Released: 1989; "Yearning for Your Love"; Released: 1989;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Love Season is the debut studio album by jazz pianist Alex Bugnon. It was released in 1988 through Orpheus Records. Recording sessions took place at Presence Studios in East Haven, Connecticut, at Unique Studios, 39th Street Music Studio and Rawlston Recording Studio in New York City. The production was handled by Rahni Song, Poogie Bell and Victor Bailey with executive producer Beau Huggins. The album spawned three singles: "Piano in the Dark", "Going Out" and "Yearning for Your Love".

The album peaked at number 127 on the Billboard 200 and at number 34 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. Its singles "Going Out" and "Yearning for Your Love" made it to #83 and #85 respectively on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Alex Bugnon received a nomination for Soul Train Music Award for Best Jazz Album in 1990 Soul Train Music Awards, but lost to Quincy Jones' Back on the Block.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Going Out"	Alex Bugnon Charles "Poogie" Bell Victor Bailey	Poogie Bell Victor Bailey Alex Bugnon (co.)	4:59
2.	"Piano in the Dark"	Brenda Russell Jeff Hull Scott Cutler	Rahni Song LaVerne Blair (ass.)	5:30
3.	"Around 12:15 Am"	Alex Bugnon Rahni P. Harris, Jr.	Rahni Song LaVerne Blair (ass.)	4:52
4.	"Love Season"	Alex Bugnon	Rahni Song LaVerne Blair (ass.)	6:16
5.	"Yearning for Your Love"	Oliver Scott Ronnie Wilson	Poogie Bell Victor Bailey Alex Bugnon (co.)	5:57
6.	"Falling for You"	Alex Bugnon	Rahni Song LaVerne Blair (ass.)	4:42
7.	"Time Is Running Out"	Alex Bugnon	Rahni Song LaVerne Blair (ass.)	5:43
8.	"Magie Noire"	Alex Bugnon	Poogie Bell Victor Bailey Alex Bugnon (co.)	4:44
Total length:				42:43

Track 2 is a cover of "Piano in the Dark" originally recorded by Brenda Russell
Track 5 is a cover of "Yearning for Your Love" originally recorded by The Gap Band

Alex Bugnon – main artist, keyboards, synthesizer, synth bass, Yamaha grand piano, Fairlight drums, arranger, co-producer
Kysia Bostic – backing vocals
Rahni P. Harris, Jr. – backing vocals, electric bass, horns, percussion, koto, Fairlight programming, additional synthesizer, producer, engineering, arranger
Victor Bailey – backing vocals, bass, arranger, producer
Mark Ledford – backing vocals, trumpet, arranger
Keith Robinson – guitar
Michael ''Dino'' Campbell – guitar
Charles "Poogie" Bell – drum programming, percussion, arranger, producer
Randy Hutchinson – arranger
LaVerne Blair – assistant producer
Beau Huggins – executive producer
Claude Achille – engineering
Michael Finlayson – engineering
Kurt Upper – mixing
Mike Allaire – mixing
Jack Skinner – mastering
Henry Marquez – art direction
Lu Ann Graffeo – design
Robert Cohen – photography

Chart (1989)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	127
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	34