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Les Fleurs (album)

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Les Fleurs
Studio album by
Released1983 (1983)
StudioCBS Recording Studios, New York, NY PS Studios, Chicago, IL
GenreJazz
Length43:57
LabelColumbia
ProducerGeorge Butler (Exec.), Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Chance Encounter
(1982)
Les Fleurs
(1983)
The Two of Us
(1984)

Les Fleurs is a studio album by Ramsey Lewis released in 1983 on Columbia Records. The album peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and No. 32 on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums chart.[1][2]

Covers

Lewis covered Stevie Wonder's "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)", "A House Is Not a Home" by Brook Benton, Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" and "Reasons" by Earth, Wind & Fire on the album.[3]

Track listing

Track listing for Les Fleurs[4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)"Stevie Wonder07:05
2."A House Is Not a Home"Burt Bacharach, Hal David06:09
3."Essence of Love" 08:14
4."Les Fleurs"Charles Stepney06:52
5."Physical"Steve Kipner, Terry Shaddick06:16
6."With a Gentle Touch" 04:30
7."Reasons"Philip Bailey, Charles Stepney, Maurice White04:51

References

  1. ^ Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs. Vol. 95. September 17, 1983. p. 57. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Ramsey Lewis: Les Fleurs. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Ramsey Lewis: Les Fleurs". secondhandsongs.com.
  4. ^ Ramsey Lewis: Les Fleurs. Columbia Records. 1983.