Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
Barry White Sings for Someone You Love | ||||
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Released | August 30, 1977 | |||
Recorded | April 1977 – June 1977 | |||
Genre | Soul, funk, disco | |||
Length | 40:30 | |||
Label | 20th Century Records | |||
Producer | Barry White | |||
Barry White chronology | ||||
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Singles from Barry White Sings for Someone You Love | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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Christgau's Record Guide | C+[3] |
Barry White Sings for Someone You Love is the self-produced seventh album by soul singer Barry White, released in 1977 on the 20th Century label.
Commercial performance
The album topped the R&B albums chart, White's first to do so since 1975. It also reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200, his second to reach the top ten. The album was a success, yielding two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me", which peaked at No. 1,[1] and "Playing Your Game, Baby". "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" was also a hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #4. A third single, "Oh, What a Night for Dancing", reached No. 13 on the R&B chart[1] and No. 24 on the pop chart. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on September 24, 1996, by Mercury Records. The original vinyl album was released with three different covers. In addition to the beige fur with black letters cover shown above, the LP was also issued with dark brown fur and grey fur. Each of these covers had White's name and the album's title in white letters, and are harder to find than the more common light brown fur with black letters cover.
"Playing Your Game, Baby", the first track featured on the album, was remixed by British electronica group Groove Armada for their 2000 album Back to Mine: Groove Armada.[4]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Playing Your Game, Baby" | Austin Johnson, Smeed Hudman | 7:12 |
2. | "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" | Nelson Pigford, Ekundayo Paris | 7:00 |
3. | "You're So Good You're Bad" | Aaron Schroeder, Jerry Ragovoy | 6:15 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Never Thought I'd Fall in Love with You" | Ronald Edward Coleman | 4:48 |
2. | "You Turned My Whole World Around" | Frank Wilson, Danny Pearson | 7:49 |
3. | "Oh, What a Night for Dancing" | Barry White, Vance Wilson | 3:48 |
4. | "Of All the Guys in the World" | Barry White, Danny Pearson | 3:50 |
Personnel
- Barry White - lead vocals, arranger
- John Roberts - orchestration
- Technical
- Frank Kejmar - engineer
- Grant Edwards - front cover photography
Charts
Chart (1977) | Peak |
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U.S. Billboard Top LPs[5] | 8 |
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs[6] | 1 |
- Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||
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US [7] |
US R&B [1] |
US Dan [8] |
UK [9] | ||
1977 | "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" | 4 | 1 | 5 | 40 |
"Playing Your Game, Baby" | 101 | 8 | — | — | |
1978 | "Oh, What a Night for Dancing" | 24 | 13 | — | — |
Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[10] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Barry White - Chart history (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ^ Elias, Jason. Barry White Sings for Someone You Love > review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Dean Carlson (April 4, 2000). "Back to Mine - Groove Armada | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
- ^ "Barry White - Chart history (Billboard 200) | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ^ "Barry White - Chart history (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums) | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ^ "Barry White - Chart history (The Hot 100) | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ^ "Barry White - Chart history (Dance Club Songs) | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ^ "UK Charts > Barry White". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
- ^ "American album certifications – Barry White – Barry White Sings for Someone You Love". Recording Industry Association of America.