Inside Is Love

Inside Is Love
Inside Is Love
Studio album by Leon Ware
Released	1979
Recorded	1979–1980
Studio	A&M Recording Studios; Los Angeles, California; Hollywood Sound Recorders; Los Angeles, California; Black Orpheus Recording; Los Angeles, California;
Genre	Soul; funk; R&B;
Label	Fabulous
Producer	Leon Ware; Ron Roker;
Leon Ware chronology
Singles from Inside Is Love
	"What's Your Name / Club Sashay"; Released: 1979; "Inside Your Love / Hungry"; Released: 1980;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Inside Is Love is an album by Leon Ware released in 1979. This was his third solo album and his only release for TK Records' Fabulous subsidy.

Background

Inside Is Love was produced primarily by Leon Ware, with Ron Roker producing one track, "Small Café". The album included Ware's own version of the Minnie Riperton hit "Inside Your Love", which he had co-written with Riperton and Richard Rudolph. The lead single, "What's Your Name", peaked at No. 42 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart, becoming his biggest hit as a solo artist. "Inside Your Love" was released as a follow-up but did not chart.

Track listing

What's Your Name – (Leon Ware) 4:10
Inside Your Love – (Leon Ware, Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph) 4:35
Love Is a Simple Thing – (Marcos Valle, Robert Lamm) 3:03
Small Café – (Leon Ware, Ron Roker) 3:43
Club Sashay – (Leon Ware, Melissa Manchester) 3:29
Try It Out – (Allee Willis, Leon Ware) 3:56
Love Will Run Away – (Elkie Brooks, Leon Ware) 4:36
On the Island – (Adrienne Anderson, Leon Ware) 4:31
Hungry – (Adrienne Anderson, David Blumberg, Leon Ware) 3:56

Personnel

Leon Ware – lead and background vocals, electric piano
Criss Hall, Michael King, Sonny Burke – piano
Pete Robinson – synthesizer
Eddie Watkins, Frank McDonah, Scott Lipsker – bass
Bruce Fisher, Chris Roe, David T. Walker, Wah Wah Watson – guitar
Ed Green, Graham Jarvis, Jeff Holman – drums
Holden Raphael, Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
Deborah Thomas, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Melissa Manchester, Oren Waters – background vocals
Deborah Thomas, Plas Johnson – soloist

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[2]	62

References

^ Elias, Jason. Review of Inside Is Love at AllMusic. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
^ "Leon Ware Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

External links

Inside Is Love at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Elias, Jason. Review of Inside Is Love at AllMusic. Retrieved August 22, 2020.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Leon_Ware-2] "Leon Ware Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

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